Strong's #8055: samach (pronounced saw-makh')
a primitive root; probably to brighten up, i.e. (figuratively) be (causatively, make) blithe or gleesome:--cheer up, be (make) glad, (have, make) joy(-ful), be (make) merry, (cause to, make to) rejoice, X very.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:
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śâmach
1) to rejoice, be glad
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to rejoice
1a2) to rejoice (arrogantly), exult (at)
1a3) to rejoice (religiously)
1b) (Piel) to cause to rejoice, gladden, make glad
1c) (Hiphil) to cause to rejoice, gladden, make glad
Part of Speech: verb
Relation: a primitive root
Usage:
This word is used 155 times:
Proverbs 15:20: "A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother."
Proverbs 15:30: "The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart: and a good report maketh the bones fat."
Proverbs 17:21: "and the father of a fool hath no joy."
Proverbs 23:15: "thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine."
Proverbs 23:24: "shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy"
Proverbs 23:25: "Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bore thee shall rejoice."
Proverbs 24:17: " Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth:"
Proverbs 27:9: "Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel."
Proverbs 27:11: "My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth"
Proverbs 29:2: "When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn."
Proverbs 29:3: "Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth"
Proverbs 29:6: "there is a snare: but the righteous doth sing and rejoice."
Ecclesiastes 3:12: "good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life."
Ecclesiastes 3:22: "better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that"
Ecclesiastes 4:16: "them: they also that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity"
Ecclesiastes 5:19: "and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labor; this is the gift of God."
Ecclesiastes 8:15: "than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labor"
Ecclesiastes 10:19: "is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth"
Ecclesiastes 11:8: "live many years, and rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days"
Ecclesiastes 11:9: " Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk"
Song of Solomon 1:4: "hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine:"
Isaiah 9:3: "and not increased the joy: they joy before thee according to the joy in harvest, and as"
Isaiah 9:17: "Therefore the Lord shall have no joy in their young men, neither"
Isaiah 14:8: "Yea, the fir trees rejoice at thee, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying, Since thou art laid down,"
Isaiah 14:29: " Rejoice not thou, whole Philistia, because the rod of him that smote"
Isaiah 25:9: "is the LORD; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation."
Isaiah 39:2: "And Hezekiah was glad of them, and showed them the house of his precious things,"
Isaiah 56:7: "to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices"
Isaiah 65:13: "shall be thirsty: behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be ashamed:"
Isaiah 66:10: " Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all ye that love her: rejoice for joy"
Jeremiah 20:15: "A man child is born unto thee; making him very glad."
Jeremiah 20:15: "A man child is born unto thee; making him very glad."
Jeremiah 31:13: "Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together: for I will turn"
Jeremiah 31:13: "their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow."
Jeremiah 41:13: "of the forces that were with him, then they were glad."
Jeremiah 50:11: "Because ye were glad, because ye rejoiced, O ye destroyers of mine heritage, because ye are grown fat"
Lamentations 2:17: "he hath thrown down, and hath not pitied: and he hath caused thine enemy to rejoice over thee, he hath set up the horn"
Lamentations 4:21: "Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, that dwellest in the land of Uz; the cup"
Ezekiel 7:12: "draweth near: let not the buyer rejoice, nor the seller mourn: for"
Ezekiel 25:6: "thine hands, and stamped with the feet, and rejoiced in heart with all thy despite against"
Ezekiel 35:14: "GOD; When the whole earth rejoiceth, I will make thee desolate."
Hosea 7:3: " They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies."
Hosea 9:1: " Rejoice not, O Israel, for joy, as other people: for thou hast gone a whoring"
Joel 2:21: "not, O land; be glad and rejoice: for the LORD will do great things."
Joel 2:23: "Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God: for he hath given"
Amos 6:13: " Ye which rejoice in a thing of naught, which say, Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength?"
Obadiah 1:12: "in the day that he became a stranger; neither shouldest thou have rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction;"
Jonah 4:6: "his head, to deliver him from his grief. So Jonah was exceeding glad"
Micah 7:8: " Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit"
Habakkuk 1:15: "and gather them in their drag: therefore they rejoice and are glad."
