Word

שָׂמֵחַ

sâmêach · H8056 · Hebrew · 21 occurrences

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Meanings

joyful, rejoicing

State in which humans feel and show great joy

Examples
Deuteronomy 16:15 “For seven days you shall celebrate a feast to the LORD your God in the place which the LORD chooses, because the LORD your God will bless you in all your produce and in all the work of your hands, so that you will be altogether joyful.
1 Kings 1:45 “Furthermore, Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king in Gihon, and they have come up from there rejoicing, so that the city is going wild. This is the noise which you have heard.
1 Kings 4:20 Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand that is on the seashore in abundance; they were eating, drinking, and rejoicing.

How it’s used In 5 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

2 occurrences in 2 groups

לֵבheart, mind 1
רַעevil, bad 1

Named alongside itApposition

1 occurrences in 1 groups

אָמַרto say 1

What it doesIt is the subject

4 occurrences in 5 groups

חָפֵרto paw 1
נָקָהto be innocent, to go unpunished 1
אָנַחto sigh 1
שׂוּשׂto rejoice 1
בּוּשׁto be ashamed, to be put to shame 1

What is done to itIt is the object

1 occurrences in 1 groups

הָיָהto be, to become 1

What is said to be itIt is the predicate

3 occurrences in 2 groups

עַםpeople 2
לֵבheart, mind 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Near synonyms 1 word

עָלֵז ʻâlêz · H5938 · rejoicing, exulting: Both clearly denote states or acts of rejoicing and gladness, and can substitute for each other in expressing joy.

In the other Testament 2 words

εὐφραίνω euphraínō · G2165 · to make glad, to cheer up, to cause to be happy: Greek εὐφραίνω frequently renders Hebrew שָׂמֵחַ in LXX contexts expressing rejoicing, gladness, or being made merry, representing a core translation equivalent across both languages' semantic fields of joy and celebration.
χαίρω chaírō · G5463 · to rejoice, to be glad, hail: Greek χαίρω (chaírō, G5463) is the standard LXX rendering of Hebrew שָׂמֵחַ (sâmêach, H8056), both denoting joy/gladness as an emotional state; χαίρω encompasses both the inner state and its formulaic greeting usage ('rejoice/hail'), while שָׂמֵחַ focuses primarily on the emotional experience of joy itself.

Semantic domains 1 entry

Rejoice002001002022: This adjective describes a state of gladness, as in 1 Kings 1:40's description of the people rejoicing with great joy at Solomon's anointing.

Word family 3 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

שָׂמַח sâmach · H8055 · to rejoice, to cause to rejoice · 154×שִׂמְחָה simchâh · H8057 · joy · 94×שָׂמֵחַsâmêach · H8056

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H8056. sameach שָׂמֵחַ verbal adjective glad, joyful, merry; — absolute ׳שׂ Deu 16:15 +,…

H8056. sameach
שָׂמֵחַ verbal adjective glad, joyful, merry; — absolute ׳שׂ Deu 16:15 +, feminine שְׂמֵחָה Psa 119:9; plural שְׂמֵחִים 1Ki 1:45 +, construct שִׂמְחֵי Isa 24:17, שְׂמֵחֵי Psa 35:26; —
1. a. as adjective joyful, shewing joy, 1Ki 1:45; Est 5:9 (+ לֵב טוֺב), Est 5:14; שְׂמֵחָה אֵם Psa 113:9; שׂ ׳לֵב Pro 15:13; Pro 17:22; at feast of tabernacle Deu 16:15, in thankfulness to ׳י Psa 126:3 (both predicate with הָיָה), 1Ki 8:66 (+ לֵב טוֺבֵי) = 2Ch 7:10.
b. = participle 1Ki 1:40 (|| מְחַלְּלִים piping), 1Ki 4:20; 2Ki 11:14 (+ ב תֹּקֵעַ) = 2Ch 23:13, מִן of thing Ecc 2:10.
2 as substantive ׳הַשׂ Amo 6:13 (+ ל of thing), Pro 2:14 (ל infinitive), Job 3:22 (+ אֱלֵיגִֿיל; || יָשְׂישׂוּ); שִׂמְחֵילֵֿב Isa 24:7; of malicious joy ׳שׂ Pro 17:5 (ל of thing), רָעָתִי שְׂמֵחֵי Psa 35:26.

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Rejoice20 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0