H8055 · שָׂמַח
sâmach · saw-makh' · rejoice, glad, joy
H8055 (sâmach, pronounced saw-makh') is the Hebrew word שָׂמַח in Strong’s dictionary: probably to brighten up, i.e. (figuratively) be (causatively, make) blithe or gleesome. It appears 155 times in 147 verses of the BSB (Yahweh).
Strong’s entry
- Original word
- שָׂמַח (Hebrew)
- Transliteration
- sâmach
- Pronunciation
- saw-makh'
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- Definition
- probably to brighten up, i.e. (figuratively) be (causatively, make) blithe or gleesome
- Rendered in the KJV
- cheer up, be (make) glad, (have, make) joy(-ful), be (make) merry, (cause to, make to) rejoice, [idiom] very.
In the Berean Standard Bible (Yahweh)
155 occurrences in 147 verses (152 with English words of their own, 3 in the original with no English word of their own).
How the BSB renders it
- “rejoice” ×16
- “rejoiced” ×10
- “and rejoice” ×9
- “and be glad” ×7
- “be glad” ×7
- “will rejoice” ×6
- “gloat” ×5
- “Rejoice” ×4
By book
Exodus 1 · Leviticus 1 · Deuteronomy 10 · Judges 3 · 1 Samuel 5 · 2 Samuel 1 · 1 Kings 1 · 2 Kings 1 · 1 Chronicles 3 · 2 Chronicles 7 · Ezra 1 · Nehemiah 1 · Esther 1 · Job 4 · Psalms 52 · Proverbs 16 · Ecclesiastes 8 · Song of Solomon 1 · Isaiah 9 · Jeremiah 4 · Lamentations 2 · Ezekiel 3 · Hosea 2 · Joel 2 · Obadiah 1 · Jonah 1 · Micah 1 · Habakkuk 1 · Zephaniah 1 · Zechariah 3
First 30 of 147 verses
- Exodus 4:14
- Leviticus 23:40
- Deuteronomy 12:7
- Deuteronomy 12:12
- Deuteronomy 12:18
- Deuteronomy 14:26
- Deuteronomy 16:11
- Deuteronomy 16:14
- Deuteronomy 24:5
- Deuteronomy 26:11
- Deuteronomy 27:7
- Deuteronomy 33:18
- Judges 9:13
- Judges 9:19
- Judges 19:3
- 1 Samuel 2:1
- 1 Samuel 6:13
- 1 Samuel 11:9
- 1 Samuel 11:15
- 1 Samuel 19:5
- 2 Samuel 1:20
- 1 Kings 5:7
- 2 Kings 11:20
- 1 Chronicles 16:10
- 1 Chronicles 16:31
- 1 Chronicles 29:9
- 2 Chronicles 6:41
- 2 Chronicles 15:15
- 2 Chronicles 20:27
- 2 Chronicles 23:21
Related words
Numbers that share a root with H8055.