שִׂמְחָה simchah

Hebrew word for “joy” · Strong’s H8057 · used 94 times in 89 verses

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Meaning

1) joy, mirth, gladness; 1a) mirth, gladness, joy, gaiety, pleasure; 1b) joy (of God); 1c) glad result, happy issue

How it is translated

Glosses given for simchah in context, with how often each is used:

• joy 52
• gladness 27
• rejoicing 6
• pleasure 4
• happiness 1
• gladnesses 1
• joys 1
• like the rejoicing 1
• delight 1

Where it is used

Also in 12 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Esther 9 (4), Ecclesiastes 2 (4), 1 Chronicles 29 (3), 2 Chronicles 30 (3), Nehemiah 12 (3), 1 Chronicles 15 (2), Ezra 3 (2), Nehemiah 8 (2), Esther 8 (2), Psalms 137 (2)

Forms

• שׂמחה 34
• בשׂמחה 19
• ושׂמחה 11
• שׂמחת 5
• ושׂמחת 4
• בשׂמחת 4
• ולשׂמחה 3
• לשׂמחה 3
• השׂמחה 3
• שׂמחתכם 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with simchah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• שָׂשׂוֹן sasvon “rejoicing” 13
• לֵב lev “heart” 14
• גָּדוֹל gadol “great” 12
• שָׂמַח samach “to rejoice” 9
• טוֹב tov “pleasant” 11
• גִּיל gil “rejoicing” 5
• יַיִן yayin “wine” 7
• קוֹל qol “voice” 9
• שִׁיר shir “song” 6
• מִשְׁתֶּה mishteh “feast” 5
• לֵוִי leviyyi “Levi” 7
• רֹאשׁ rosh “head” 8

Key verses

The verses using simchah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• 1 Chronicles 15:16 — And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren to be the singers with instruments of musick, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding,…
• 1 Chronicles 29:17 — I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have willingly offered all…
• Job 20:5 — That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?
• Psalms 16:11 — Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
• Ecclesiastes 9:7 — Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.
• Isaiah 35:10 — And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and…
• Isaiah 51:3 — For the LORD shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the LORD;…
• Isaiah 51:11 — Therefore the redeemed of the LORD shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their head: they shall obtain gladness and…
• Isaiah 55:12 — For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the…
• Isaiah 66:5 — Hear the word of the LORD, ye that tremble at his word; Your brethren that hated you, that cast you out for my name’s sake, said, Let the LORD be glorified:…
• Jeremiah 33:11 — The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that shall say, Praise the LORD of…
• Zephaniah 3:17 — The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.