Hebrew word

sâmach

saw-makh'

שָׂמַח

What it means

probably to brighten up, i.e. be blithe or gleesome

probably to brighten up, i.e. (figuratively) be (causatively, make) blithe or gleesome

Where it comes from

a primitive root

How the King James translates it

rejoice64
glad35
rejoiced19
rejoiceth4
joyful2
merry2
joy2
cheer1

Every place it appears 132

Exodus4:14

Leviticus23:40

Deuteronomy12:7 12:12 12:18 14:26 16:11 16:14 24:5 26:11 27:7 33:18

Judges9:13 9:19 19:3

1 Samuel2:1 6:13 11:9 11:15 19:5

2 Samuel1:20

1 Kings5:7

2 Kings11:20

1 Chronicles16:10 16:31 29:9

2 Chronicles6:41 15:15 20:27 23:21 24:10 29:36 30:25

Ezra6:22

Nehemiah12:43

Job21:12 22:19 31:25 31:29

Psalms5:11 9:2 16:9 19:8 31:7 32:11 33:21 35:15 35:19 35:27 38:16 40:16 46:4 48:11 58:10 63:11 64:10 67:4 68:3 69:32 70:4 86:4 90:14 90:15 92:4 96:11 97:8 97:12 104:15 104:31 104:34 105:3 105:38 106:5 107:30 107:42 119:74 149:2

Proverbs5:18 10:1 13:9 15:20 15:30 23:15 23:25 24:17 27:9 27:11 29:2 29:3

Ecclesiastes3:12 3:22 4:16 5:19 8:15 10:19 11:8 11:9

Song of Solomon1:4

Isaiah9:3 9:17 14:8 14:29 25:9 39:2 56:7 65:13 66:10

Jeremiah20:15 31:13 50:11

Lamentations2:17 4:21

Ezekiel7:12 25:6 35:14

Hosea7:3 9:1

Joel2:21 2:23

Obadiah1:12

Jonah4:6

Micah7:8

Habakkuk1:15

Zephaniah3:14

Zechariah2:10 4:10 10:7