Hebrew adjective · H8056
שָׂמֵחַ
sameachsaw-may'-akh
glad
21 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: sâmêach
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H8056is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 11 of 39Old Testament books
- 19spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H8056
blithe or gleeful
The King James renders it: (be) glad, joyful, (making) merry((-hearted), -ily), rejoice(-ing).
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
sameach is rendered "glad". It stands 21 times in the Hebrew text, across eleven books.
- Four of the uses stand in 1 Kings, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Deuteronomy 16:15For seven days you shall celebrate a feast to the LORD your God in the place He will choose, because the LORD your God will bless you in all your produce and in all the work of your hands, so that your joy will be complete.
- The Greek text spells it nineteen different ways.
The first use
For seven days you shall celebrate a feast to the LORD your God in the place He will choose, because the LORD your God will bless you in all your produce and in all the work of your hands, so that your joy will be complete.
Deuteronomy 16:15שָׂמֵֽחַ׃
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
The word stands in eleven of the 39 Old Testament books.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- joyful14
- the joyful3
- and joyful2
- joyful of2
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
The words it stands beside
All 21, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
19 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- שָׂ֭מֵחַ2
- שְׂמֵחִים֙2
- הַשְּׂמֵחִ֥ים1
- הַ֭שְּׂמֵחִים1
- הַשְּׂמֵחִ֖ים1
- וּשְׂמֵחִ֖ים1
- וּשְׂמֵחִֽים׃1
- שָׂמֵ֔חַ1
- שָׂמֵ֗חַ1
- שָׂמֵ֥חַ1
- שָׂמֵ֙חַ֙1
- שָׂמֵ֖חַ1
and 7 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- adjective · masculine singular9HAamsa
- adjective · masculine plural4HAampa
- the definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine plural3HTd/Aampa
- adjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)2HAampc
- adjective · feminine singular1HAafsa
- conjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine plural1HC/Aampa
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural1HC/Vqrmpa
Deuteronomy
one use
For seven days you shall celebrate a feast to the LORD your God in the place He will choose, because the LORD your God will bless you in all your produce and in all the work of your hands, so that your joy will be complete.
- שָׂמֵֽחַ׃sameachadjective · masculine singulartagged: joyful
1 Kings
four uses
All the people followed him, playing flutes and rejoicing with such a great joy that the earth was split by the sound.
- וּשְׂמֵחִ֖יםusemechimconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: and joyful
Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king at Gihon, and they have gone up from there with rejoicing that rings out in the city. That is the noise you hear.
- שְׂמֵחִ֔יםsemechimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: joyful
The people of Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand on the seashore, and they were eating and drinking and rejoicing.
- וּשְׂמֵחִֽים׃usemechimconjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine pluraltagged: and joyful
On the fifteenth day Solomon sent the people away. So they blessed the king and went home, joyful and glad in heart for all the good things that the LORD had done for His servant David and for His people Israel.
- שְׂמֵחִים֙semechimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: joyful
2 Kings
one use
And she looked out and saw the king standing by the pillar, according to the custom. The officers and trumpeters were beside the king, and all the people of the land were rejoicing and blowing trumpets. Then Athaliah tore her clothes and screamed, “Treason! Treason!”
- שָׂמֵ֔חַsameachadjective · masculine singulartagged: joyful
2 Chronicles
two uses
On the twenty-third day of the seventh month, Solomon sent the people away to their homes, joyful and glad of heart for the good things that the LORD had done for David, for Solomon, and for His people Israel.
- שְׂמֵחִים֙semechimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: joyful
And she looked out and saw the king standing by his pillar at the entrance. The officers and trumpeters were beside the king, and all the people of the land were rejoicing and blowing trumpets, while the singers with musical instruments were leading the praises. Then Athaliah tore her clothes and screamed, “Treason, treason!”
- שָׂמֵ֗חַsameachadjective · masculine singulartagged: joyful
Esther
two uses
That day Haman went out full of joy and glad of heart. At the king’s gate, however, he saw Mordecai, who did not rise or tremble in fear at his presence. And Haman was filled with rage toward Mordecai.
- שָׂמֵ֖חַsameachadjective · masculine singulartagged: joyful
His wife Zeresh and all his friends told him, “Have them build a gallows fifty cubits high, and ask the king in the morning to have Mordecai hanged on it. Then go to the banquet with the king and enjoy yourself.” The advice pleased Haman, and he had the gallows constructed.
- שָׂמֵ֑חַsameachadjective · masculine singulartagged: joyful
Job
one use
who rejoice and greatly exult when they can find the grave?
- הַשְּׂמֵחִ֥יםhasemechimthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine pluraltagged: the joyful
Psalms
three uses
May those who gloat in my distress be ashamed and confounded; may those who exalt themselves over me be clothed in shame and reproach.
- שְׂמֵחֵ֪יsemecheiadjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: joyful of
He settles the barren woman in her home as a joyful mother to her children. Hallelujah!
- שְׂמֵחָ֗הsemechahadjective · feminine singulartagged: joyful
The LORD has done great things for us; we are filled with joy.
- שְׂמֵחִֽים׃semechimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: joyful
Proverbs
four uses
from those who enjoy doing evil and rejoice in the twistedness of evil,
- הַ֭שְּׂמֵחִיםhasemechimthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine pluraltagged: the joyful
A joyful heart makes a cheerful countenance, but sorrow of the heart crushes the spirit.
- שָׂ֭מֵחַsameachadjective · masculine singulartagged: joyful
He who mocks the poor insults their Maker; whoever gloats over calamity will not go unpunished.
- שָׂמֵ֥חַsameachadjective · masculine singulartagged: joyful
A joyful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones.
- שָׂ֭מֵחַsameachadjective · masculine singulartagged: joyful
Ecclesiastes
one use
Anything my eyes desired, I did not deny myself. I refused my heart no pleasure. For my heart took delight in all my work, and this was the reward for all my labor.
- שָׂמֵ֙חַ֙sameachadjective · masculine singulartagged: joyful
Isaiah
one use
The new wine dries up, the vine withers. All the merrymakers now groan.
- שִׂמְחֵי־simchei-adjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: joyful of
Amos
one use
you who rejoice in Lo-debar and say, ‘Did we not take Karnaim by our own strength?’
- הַשְּׂמֵחִ֖יםhasemechimthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine pluraltagged: the joyful
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.