שִׂמְחָה

Why did you run away secretly and deceive me, without even telling me? I would have sent you away with joy and singing, with tambourines and harps.

Genesis 31:27

• בְּשִׂמְחָ֥הbesimchahpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: with gladness

And on your joyous occasions, your appointed feasts, and the beginning of each month, you are to blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings and fellowship offerings to serve as a reminder for you before your God. I am the LORD your God.”

Numbers 10:10

• שִׂמְחַתְכֶ֥םsimchatkhemnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: rejoicing your

Because you did not serve the LORD your God with joy and gladness of heart in all your abundance,

Deuteronomy 28:47

• בְּשִׂמְחָ֖הbesimchahpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: with joy

Now the lords of the Philistines gathered together to offer a great sacrifice to their god Dagon. They rejoiced and said, “Our god has delivered Samson our enemy into our hands.”

Judges 16:23

• וּלְשִׂמְחָ֑הulesimchahconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: and for joy

As the troops were returning home after David had killed the Philistine, the women came out of all the cities of Israel to meet King Saul with singing and dancing, with joyful songs, and with tambourines and other instruments.

1 Samuel 18:6

• בְּשִׂמְחָ֖הbesimchahpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: with joy

Now it was reported to King David, “The LORD has blessed the house of Obed-edom and all that belongs to him, because of the ark of God.” So David went and had the ark of God brought up from the house of Obed-edom into the City of David with rejoicing.

2 Samuel 6:12

• בְּשִׂמְחָֽה׃besimchahpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: with rejoicing

All the people followed him, playing flutes and rejoicing with such a great joy that the earth was split by the sound.

1 Kings 1:40

• שִׂמְחָ֣הsimchahnoun · feminine singulartagged: joy

And their neighbors from as far away as Issachar, Zebulun, and Naphtali came bringing food on donkeys, camels, mules, and oxen—abundant supplies of flour, fig cakes and raisin cakes, wine and oil, oxen and sheep. Indeed, there was joy in Israel.

1 Chronicles 12:40

• שִׂמְחָ֖הsimchahnoun · feminine singulartagged: joy

David also told the leaders of the Levites to appoint their relatives as singers to lift up their voices with joy, accompanied by musical instruments—harps, lyres, and cymbals.

1 Chronicles 15:16

• לְשִׂמְחָֽה׃ פlesimchahpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: of joy

So David, the elders of Israel, and the commanders of thousands went with rejoicing to bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD from the house of Obed-edom.

1 Chronicles 15:25

• בְּשִׂמְחָֽה׃ סbesimchahpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: with joy

And the people rejoiced at the willing response of their leaders, for they had given to the LORD freely and wholeheartedly. And King David also rejoiced greatly.

1 Chronicles 29:9

• שִׂמְחָ֥הsimchahnoun · feminine singulartagged: joy

I know, my God, that You test the heart and delight in uprightness. All these things I have given willingly and with an upright heart, and now I have seen Your people who are present here giving joyfully and willingly to You.

1 Chronicles 29:17

• בְשִׂמְחָ֖הvesimchahpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: with joy

That day they ate and drank with great joy in the presence of the LORD. Then, for a second time, they designated David’s son Solomon as king, anointing him before the LORD as ruler, and Zadok as the priest.

1 Chronicles 29:22

• בְּשִׂמְחָ֣הbesimchahpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: with joy

Then all the men of Judah and Jerusalem, with Jehoshaphat at their head, returned joyfully to Jerusalem, for the LORD had made them rejoice over their enemies.

2 Chronicles 20:27

• בְּשִׂמְחָ֑הbesimchahpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: with joy

Moreover, Jehoiada put the oversight of the house of the LORD into the hands of the Levitical priests, whom David had appointed over the house of the LORD, to offer burnt offerings to the LORD as is written in the Law of Moses, with rejoicing and song, as ordained by David.

2 Chronicles 23:18

• בְּשִׂמְחָ֣הbesimchahpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: with joy

Then King Hezekiah and his officials ordered the Levites to sing praises to the LORD in the words of David and of Asaph the seer. So they sang praises with gladness and bowed their heads and worshiped.

2 Chronicles 29:30

• לְשִׂמְחָ֔הlesimchahpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: to joy

The Israelites who were present in Jerusalem celebrated the Feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days with great joy, and the Levites and priests praised the LORD day after day, accompanied by loud instruments of praise to the LORD.

2 Chronicles 30:21

• בְּשִׂמְחָ֣הbesimchahpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: with joy

The whole assembly agreed to observe seven more days, so they observed seven days with joy.

2 Chronicles 30:23

• שִׂמְחָֽה׃simchahnoun · feminine singulartagged: joy

So there was great rejoicing in Jerusalem, for nothing like this had happened there since the days of Solomon son of David king of Israel.

2 Chronicles 30:26

• שִׂמְחָֽה־simchah-noun · feminine singulartagged: joy

But many of the older priests, Levites, and family heads who had seen the first temple wept loudly when they saw the foundation of this temple. Still, many others shouted joyfully.

Ezra 3:12

• בְשִׂמְחָ֖הvesimchahpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: with gladness

The people could not distinguish the shouts of joy from the sound of weeping, because the people were making so much noise. And the sound was heard from afar.

Ezra 3:13

• הַשִּׂמְחָ֔הhasimchahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the happiness

For seven days they kept the Feast of Unleavened Bread with joy, because the LORD had made them joyful and turned the heart of the king of Assyria toward them to strengthen their hands in the work on the house of the God of Israel.

Ezra 6:22

• בְּשִׂמְחָ֑הbesimchahpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: with joy

Then all the people began to eat and drink, to send out portions, and to rejoice greatly, because they understood the words that had been made known to them.

Nehemiah 8:12

• שִׂמְחָ֣הsimchahnoun · feminine singulartagged: joy

The whole assembly who had returned from exile made booths and lived in them. From the days of Joshua son of Nun until that day, the Israelites had not celebrated like this. And there was great rejoicing.

Nehemiah 8:17

• שִׂמְחָ֖הsimchahnoun · feminine singulartagged: joy

At the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem, the Levites were sought out from all their homes and brought to Jerusalem to celebrate the joyous dedication with thanksgiving and singing, accompanied by cymbals, harps, and lyres.

Nehemiah 12:27

• וְשִׂמְחָה֙vesimchahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and joy

On that day they offered great sacrifices, rejoicing because God had given them great joy. The women and children also rejoiced, so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard from afar.

Nehemiah 12:43

• שִׂמְחָ֣הsimchahnoun · feminine singulartagged: joy
• שִׂמְחַ֥תsimchatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: rejoicing of

And on that same day men were appointed over the rooms that housed the supplies, contributions, firstfruits, and tithes. The portions specified by the Law for the priests and Levites were gathered into these storerooms from the fields of the villages, because Judah rejoiced over the priests and Levites who were serving.

Nehemiah 12:44

• שִׂמְחַ֣תsimchatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: joy of

For the Jews it was a time of light and gladness, of joy and honor.

Esther 8:16

• וְשִׂמְחָ֑הvesimchahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and gladness

In every province and every city, wherever the king’s edict and decree reached, there was joy and gladness among the Jews, with feasting and celebrating. And many of the people of the land themselves became Jews, because the fear of the Jews had fallen upon them.

Esther 8:17

• שִׂמְחָ֤הsimchahnoun · feminine singulartagged: gladness

This was done on the thirteenth day of the month of Adar, and on the fourteenth day they rested, making it a day of feasting and joy.

Esther 9:17

• וְשִׂמְחָֽה׃vesimchahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and joy

The Jews in Susa, however, had assembled on the thirteenth and the fourteenth days of the month. So they rested on the fifteenth day, making it a day of feasting and joy.

Esther 9:18

• וְשִׂמְחָֽה׃vesimchahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and joy

This is why the rural Jews, who live in the villages, observe the fourteenth day of the month of Adar as a day of joy and feasting. It is a holiday for sending gifts to one another.

Esther 9:19

• שִׂמְחָ֥הsimchahnoun · feminine singulartagged: joy

as the days on which the Jews gained rest from their enemies and the month in which their sorrow turned to joy and their mourning into a holiday. He wrote that these were to be days of feasting and joy, of sending gifts to one another and to the poor.

Esther 9:22

• לְשִׂמְחָ֔הlesimchahpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: into joy
• וְשִׂמְחָ֔הvesimchahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and joy

the triumph of the wicked has been brief and the joy of the godless momentary?

Job 20:5

• וְשִׂמְחַ֖תvesimchatconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and gladness of

You have filled my heart with more joy than when grain and new wine abound.

Psalms 4:7

• שִׂמְחָ֣הsimchahnoun · feminine singulartagged: joy

You have made known to me the path of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence, with eternal pleasures at Your right hand.

Psalms 16:11

• שְׂ֭מָחוֹתsemachotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: gladnesses

For You grant him blessings forever; You cheer him with joy in Your presence.

Psalms 21:6

• בְ֝שִׂמְחָ֗הvesimchahpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: with gladness

You turned my mourning into dancing; You peeled off my sackcloth and clothed me with joy,

Psalms 30:11

• שִׂמְחָֽה׃simchahnoun · feminine singulartagged: joy

Then I will go to the altar of God, to God, my greatest joy. I will praise You with the harp, O God, my God.

Psalms 43:4

• שִׂמְחַ֪תsimchatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: joy of

They are led in with joy and gladness; they enter the palace of the king.

Psalms 45:15

• בִּשְׂמָחֹ֣תbismachotpreposition + noun · feminine pluraltagged: with joys

Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones You have crushed rejoice.

Psalms 51:8

• וְשִׂמְחָ֑הvesimchahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and gladness

But the righteous will be glad and rejoice before God; they will celebrate with joy.

Psalms 68:3

• בְשִׂמְחָֽה׃vesimchahpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: with gladness

Light shines on the righteous, gladness on the upright in heart.

Psalms 97:11

• שִׂמְחָֽה׃simchahnoun · feminine singulartagged: joy

Serve the LORD with gladness; come into His presence with joyful songs.

Psalms 100:2

• בְּשִׂמְחָ֑הbesimchahpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: with joy

that I may see the prosperity of Your chosen ones, and rejoice in the gladness of Your nation, and give glory with Your inheritance.

Psalms 106:5

• בְּשִׂמְחַ֣תbesimchatpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in joy of

for there our captors requested a song; our tormentors demanded songs of joy: “Sing us a song of Zion.”

Psalms 137:3

• שִׂמְחָ֑הsimchahnoun · feminine singulartagged: gladness

May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you, if I do not exalt Jerusalem as my greatest joy!

Psalms 137:6

• שִׂמְחָתִֽי׃simchatinoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: joy my

The hope of the righteous is joy, but the expectations of the wicked will perish.

Proverbs 10:28

• שִׂמְחָ֑הsimchahnoun · feminine singulartagged: joy

Deceit is in the hearts of those who devise evil, but the counselors of peace have joy.

Proverbs 12:20

• שִׂמְחָֽה׃simchahnoun · feminine singulartagged: joy

The heart knows its own bitterness, and no stranger shares in its joy.

Proverbs 14:10

• וּ֝בְשִׂמְחָת֗וֹuvesimchatoconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and in joy its

Even in laughter the heart may ache, and joy may end in sorrow.

Proverbs 14:13

• שִׂמְחָ֣הsimchahnoun · feminine singulartagged: joy

Folly is joy to one who lacks judgment, but a man of understanding walks a straight path.

Proverbs 15:21

• שִׂמְחָ֣הsimchahnoun · feminine singulartagged: a joy

A man takes joy in a fitting reply—and how good is a timely word!

Proverbs 15:23

• שִׂמְחָ֣הsimchahnoun · feminine singulartagged: joy

Justice executed is a joy to the righteous, but a terror to the workers of iniquity.

Proverbs 21:15

• שִׂמְחָ֣הsimchahnoun · feminine singulartagged: a joy

He who loves pleasure will become poor; the one who loves wine and oil will never be rich.

Proverbs 21:17

• שִׂמְחָ֑הsimchahnoun · feminine singulartagged: pleasure

I said to myself, “Come now, I will test you with pleasure; enjoy what is good!” But it proved to be futile.

Ecclesiastes 2:1

• בְשִׂמְחָ֖הvesimchahpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: with pleasure

I said of laughter, “It is folly,” and of pleasure, “What does it accomplish?”

Ecclesiastes 2:2

• וּלְשִׂמְחָ֖הulesimchahconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: and of pleasure

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.

Ecclesiastes 2:10

• שִׂמְחָ֗הsimchahnoun · feminine singulartagged: pleasure

To the man who is pleasing in His sight, He gives wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner He assigns the task of gathering and accumulating that which he will hand over to one who pleases God. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

Ecclesiastes 2:26

• וְשִׂמְחָ֑הvesimchahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and joy

For a man seldom considers the days of his life, because God keeps him occupied with the joy of his heart.

Ecclesiastes 5:20

• בְּשִׂמְחַ֥תbesimchatpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: with joy of

The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of pleasure.

Ecclesiastes 7:4

• שִׂמְחָֽה׃simchahnoun · feminine singulartagged: gladness

So I commended the enjoyment of life, because there is nothing better for a man under the sun than to eat and drink and be merry. For this joy will accompany him in his labor during the days of his life that God gives him under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 8:15

• הַשִּׂמְחָ֔הhasimchahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the gladness

Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart, for God has already approved your works:

Ecclesiastes 9:7

• בְּשִׂמְחָה֙besimchahpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: with gladness

Come out, O daughters of Zion, and gaze at King Solomon, wearing the crown his mother bestowed on the day of his wedding— the day of his heart’s rejoicing.

Song of Solomon 3:11

• שִׂמְחַ֥תsimchatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: rejoicing of

You have enlarged the nation and increased its joy. The people rejoice before You as they rejoice at harvest time, as men rejoice in dividing the plunder.

Isaiah 9:3

• הַשִּׂמְחָ֑הhasimchahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the rejoicing
• כְּשִׂמְחַ֣תkesimchatpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: like rejoicing

Joy and gladness are removed from the orchard; no one sings or shouts in the vineyards. No one tramples the grapes in the winepresses; I have put an end to the cheering.

Isaiah 16:10

• שִׂמְחָ֤הsimchahnoun · feminine singulartagged: gladness

But look, there is joy and gladness, butchering of cattle and slaughtering of sheep, eating of meat and drinking of wine: “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!”

Isaiah 22:13

• וְשִׂמְחָ֗הvesimchahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and gladness

In the streets they cry out for wine. All joy turns to gloom; rejoicing is exiled from the land.

Isaiah 24:11

• שִׂמְחָ֔הsimchahnoun · feminine singulartagged: gladness

The humble will increase their joy in the LORD, and the poor among men will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.

Isaiah 29:19

• שִׂמְחָ֑הsimchahnoun · feminine singulartagged: joy

You will sing as on the night of a holy festival, and your heart will rejoice like one who walks to the music of a flute, going up to the mountain of the LORD, to the Rock of Israel.

Isaiah 30:29

• וְשִׂמְחַ֣תvesimchatconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and gladness of

So the redeemed of the LORD will return and enter Zion with singing, crowned with everlasting joy. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee.

Isaiah 35:10

• וְשִׂמְחַ֥תvesimchatconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and gladness of
• וְשִׂמְחָה֙vesimchahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and gladness

For the LORD will comfort Zion and will look with compassion on all her ruins; He will make her wilderness like Eden and her desert like the garden of the LORD. Joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving and melodious song.

Isaiah 51:3

• וְשִׂמְחָה֙vesimchahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and gladness

So the redeemed of the LORD will return and enter Zion with singing, crowned with everlasting joy. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee.

Isaiah 51:11

• וְשִׂמְחַ֥תvesimchatconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and gladness of
• וְשִׂמְחָה֙vesimchahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and gladness

You will indeed go out with joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands.

Isaiah 55:12

• בְשִׂמְחָ֣הvesimchahpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: in joy

Instead of shame, My people will have a double portion, and instead of humiliation, they will rejoice in their share; and so they will inherit a double portion in their land, and everlasting joy will be theirs.

Isaiah 61:7

• שִׂמְחַ֥תsimchatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: joy of

You who tremble at His word, hear the word of the LORD: “Your brothers who hate you and exclude you because of My name have said, ‘Let the LORD be glorified that we may see your joy!’ But they will be put to shame.”

Isaiah 66:5

• בְשִׂמְחַתְכֶ֖םvesimchatkhempreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: on joy your

I will remove from the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem the sounds of joy and gladness and the voices of the bride and bridegroom, for the land will become a wasteland.”

Jeremiah 7:34

• שִׂמְחָ֔הsimchahnoun · feminine singulartagged: gladness

Your words were found, and I ate them. Your words became my joy and my heart’s delight. For I bear Your name, O LORD God of Hosts.

Jeremiah 15:16

• וּלְשִׂמְחַ֣תulesimchatconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and into delight of

For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: I am going to remove from this place, before your very eyes and in your days, the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bride and bridegroom.

Jeremiah 16:9

• שִׂמְחָ֔הsimchahnoun · feminine singulartagged: gladness

Moreover, I will banish from them the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bride and bridegroom, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the lamp.

Jeremiah 25:10

• שִׂמְחָ֔הsimchahnoun · feminine singulartagged: gladness

For this is what the LORD says: “Sing with joy for Jacob; shout for the foremost of the nations! Make your praises heard, and say, ‘O LORD, save Your people, the remnant of Israel!’

Jeremiah 31:7

• שִׂמְחָ֔הsimchahnoun · feminine singulartagged: gladness

the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bride and bridegroom, and the voices of those bringing thank offerings into the house of the LORD, saying: ‘Give thanks to the LORD of Hosts, for the LORD is good; His loving devotion endures forever.’ For I will restore the land from captivity as in former times, says the LORD.

Jeremiah 33:11

• שִׂמְחָ֗הsimchahnoun · feminine singulartagged: gladness

Joy and gladness are removed from the orchard and from the fields of Moab. I have stopped the flow of wine from the presses; no one treads them with shouts of joy; their shouts are not for joy.

Jeremiah 48:33

• שִׂמְחָ֥הsimchahnoun · feminine singulartagged: joy

As you rejoiced when the inheritance of the house of Israel became desolate, so will I do to you. You will become a desolation, O Mount Seir, and so will all of Edom. Then they will know that I am the LORD.

Ezekiel 35:15

• כְּשִׂמְחָ֨תְךָ֜kesimchatekhapreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: according to rejoicing your

Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Surely in My burning zeal I have spoken against the rest of the nations, and against all Edom, who took My land as their own possession with wholehearted joy and utter contempt, so that its pastureland became plunder.

Ezekiel 36:5

• בְּשִׂמְחַ֤תbesimchatpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: with joy of

Has not the food been cut off before our very eyes—joy and gladness from the house of our God?

Joel 1:16

• שִׂמְחָ֥הsimchahnoun · feminine singulartagged: joy

So the LORD God appointed a vine, and it grew up to provide shade over Jonah’s head to ease his discomfort, and Jonah was greatly pleased with the plant.

Jonah 4:6

• שִׂמְחָ֥הsimchahnoun · feminine singulartagged: a joy

The LORD your God is among you; He is mighty to save. He will rejoice over you with gladness; He will quiet you with His love; He will rejoice over you with singing.”

Zephaniah 3:17

• בְּשִׂמְחָ֗הbesimchahpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: with joy

“This is what the LORD of Hosts says: The fasts of the fourth, the fifth, the seventh, and the tenth months will become times of joy and gladness, cheerful feasts for the house of Judah. Therefore you are to love both truth and peace.”

Zechariah 8:19

• וּלְשִׂמְחָ֔הulesimchahconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: and into gladness