Strong's Concordance H8055

Original Word: שָׂמַח
Transliteration: sâmach
Phonetic Spelling: 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, × very.

Usages throughout the bible

Proverbs 23:25 - Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, H8055 and she that bare thee shall rejoice.

Proverbs 24:17 - Rejoice H8055 not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth:

Proverbs 27:9 - Ointment and perfume rejoice H8055 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, H8055 that I may answer him that reproacheth me.

Proverbs 29:2 - When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: H8055 but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.

Proverbs 29:3 - Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth H8055 his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his substance.

Ecclesiastes 3:12 - I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, H8055 and to do good in his life.

Ecclesiastes 3:22 - Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice H8055 in his own works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?

Ecclesiastes 4:16 - There is no end of all the people, even of all that have been before them: they also that come after shall not rejoice H8055 in him. Surely this also is vanity and vexation of spirit.

Ecclesiastes 5:19 - Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice H8055 in his labour; this is the gift of God.

Ecclesiastes 8:15 - Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: H8055 for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 10:19 - A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: H8055 but money answereth all things.

Ecclesiastes 11:8 - But if a man live many years, and rejoice H8055 in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many. All that cometh is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 11:9 - Rejoice, H8055 O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.

Song of Solomon 1:4 - Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice H8055 in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: the upright love thee.

Isaiah 9:3 - Thou hast multiplied the nation, and not increased the joy: they joy H8055 before thee according to the joy in harvest, and as men rejoice when they divide the spoil.

Isaiah 9:17 - Therefore the Lord shall have no joy H8055 in their young men, neither shall have mercy on their fatherless and widows: for every one is an hypocrite and an evildoer, and every mouth speaketh folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

Isaiah 14:8 - Yea, the fir trees rejoice H8055 at thee, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying, Since thou art laid down, no feller is come up against us.

Isaiah 14:29 - Rejoice H8055 not thou, whole Palestina, because the rod of him that smote thee is broken: for out of the serpent's root shall come forth a cockatrice, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent.

Isaiah 25:9 - And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the LORD; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice H8055 in his salvation.

Isaiah 39:2 - And Hezekiah was glad H8055 of them, and shewed them the house of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious ointment, and all the house of his armour, and all that was found in his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah shewed them not.

Isaiah 56:7 - Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful H8055 in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar; for mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people.

Isaiah 65:13 - Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry: behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty: behold, my servants shall rejoice, H8055 but ye shall be ashamed:

Isaiah 66:10 - Rejoice H8055 ye with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all ye that love her: rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn for her:

Jeremiah 20:15 - Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A man child is born unto thee; making him very H8055 glad. H8055

Jeremiah 31:13 - Then shall the virgin rejoice H8055 in the dance, both young men and old together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice H8055 from their sorrow.

Jeremiah 41:13 - Now it came to pass, that when all the people which were with Ishmael saw Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with him, then they were glad. H8055

Jeremiah 50:11 - Because ye were glad, H8055 because ye rejoiced, O ye destroyers of mine heritage, because ye are grown fat as the heifer at grass, and bellow as bulls;

Lamentations 2:17 - The LORD hath done that which he had devised; he hath fulfilled his word that he had commanded in the days of old: he hath thrown down, and hath not pitied: and he hath caused thine enemy to rejoice H8055 over thee, he hath set up the horn of thine adversaries.

Lamentations 4:21 - Rejoice and be glad, H8055 O daughter of Edom, that dwellest in the land of Uz; the cup also shall pass through unto thee: thou shalt be drunken, and shalt make thyself naked.

Ezekiel 7:12 - The time is come, the day draweth near: let not the buyer rejoice, H8055 nor the seller mourn: for wrath is upon all the multitude thereof.

Ezekiel 25:6 - For thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast clapped thine hands, and stamped with the feet, and rejoiced H8055 in heart with all thy despite against the land of Israel;

Ezekiel 35:14 - Thus saith the Lord GOD; When the whole earth rejoiceth, H8055 I will make thee desolate.

Hosea 7:3 - They make the king glad H8055 with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.

Hosea 9:1 - Rejoice H8055 not, O Israel, for joy, as other people: for thou hast gone a whoring from thy God, thou hast loved a reward upon every cornfloor.

Joel 2:21 - Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice: H8055 for the LORD will do great things.

Joel 2:23 - Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice H8055 in the LORD your God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first month.

Obadiah 1:12 - But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the day that he became a stranger; neither shouldest thou have rejoiced H8055 over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; neither shouldest thou have spoken proudly in the day of distress.

Jonah 4:6 - And the LORD God prepared a gourd, and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shadow over his head, to deliver him from his grief. So Jonah was exceeding glad H8055 of the gourd.

Micah 7:8 - Rejoice H8055 not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD shall be a light unto me.

Habakkuk 1:15 - They take up all of them with the angle, they catch them in their net, and gather them in their drag: therefore they rejoice H8055 and are glad.

Zephaniah 3:14 - Sing, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel; be glad H8055 and rejoice with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem.

Zechariah 2:10 - Sing and rejoice, H8055 O daughter of Zion: for, lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, saith the LORD.

Zechariah 4:10 - For who hath despised the day of small things? for they shall rejoice, H8055 and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel with those seven; they are the eyes of the LORD, which run to and fro through the whole earth.

Zechariah 10:7 - And they of Ephraim shall be like a mighty man, and their heart shall rejoice H8055 as through wine: yea, their children shall see it, and be glad; H8055 their heart shall rejoice in the LORD.