Usually translated as
joy, gladness, mirth, rejoice, rejoicing, exceeding, exceedingly, joyfulness, pleasure
Occurrences
Simchâh occurs 93 times in 89 verses of the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (1), Numbers (1), Deuteronomy (1), Judges (1), 1 Samuel (1), 2 Samuel (1), 1 Kings (1), 1 Chronicles (6), 2 Chronicles (6), Ezra (3), Nehemiah (5), Esther (6), Job (1), Psalms (13), Proverbs (8), Ecclesiastes (8), Song of Songs (1), Isaiah (12), Jeremiah (7), Ezekiel (2), Joel (1), Jonah (1), Zephaniah (1), Zechariah (1)
- Genesis 31:27 — Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from me; and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth (בְּשִׂמְחָ֥ה), and with songs, with tabret, and with harp?
- Numbers 10:10 — Also in the day of your gladness (שִׂמְחַתְכֶ֥ם), and in your solemn days, and in the beginnings of your months, ye shall blow with the trumpets over your burnt offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings; that they may be to you for a memorial before your God: I am the LORD your God.
- Deuteronomy 28:47 — Because thou servedst not the LORD thy God with joyfulness (בְּשִׂמְחָ֖ה), and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things;
- Judges 16:23 — Then the lords of the Philistines gathered them together for to offer a great sacrifice unto Dagon their god, and to rejoice (וּלְשִׂמְחָ֑ה): for they said, Our god hath delivered Samson our enemy into our hand.
- 1 Samuel 18:6 — And it came to pass as they came, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tabrets, with joy (בְּשִׂמְחָ֖ה), and with instruments of musick.
- 2 Samuel 6:12 — And it was told king David, saying, The LORD hath blessed the house of Obed-edom, and all that pertaineth unto him, because of the ark of God. So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-edom into the city of David with gladness (בְּשִׂמְחָֽה).
- 1 Kings 1:40 — And all the people came up after him, and the people piped with pipes, and rejoiced with great joy (שִׂמְחָ֣ה), so that the earth rent with the sound of them.
- 1 Chronicles 12:40 — Moreover they that were nigh them, even unto Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, brought bread on asses, and on camels, and on mules, and on oxen, and meat, meal, cakes of figs, and bunches of raisins, and wine, and oil, and oxen, and sheep abundantly: for there was joy (שִׂמְחָ֖ה) in Israel.
- 1 Chronicles 15:16 — And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren to be the singers with instruments of musick, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding, by lifting up the voice with joy (לְשִׂמְחָֽה).
- 1 Chronicles 15:25 — So David, and the elders of Israel, and the captains over thousands, went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the house of Obed-edom with joy (בְּשִׂמְחָֽה).
- 1 Chronicles 29:9 — Then the people rejoiced, for that they offered willingly, because with perfect heart they offered willingly to the LORD: and David the king also rejoiced with great joy (שִׂמְחָ֥ה).
- 1 Chronicles 29:17 — I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy (בְשִׂמְחָ֖ה) thy people, which are present here, to offer willingly unto thee.
- 1 Chronicles 29:22 — And did eat and drink before the LORD on that day with great gladness (בְּשִׂמְחָ֣ה). And they made Solomon the son of David king the second time, and anointed him unto the LORD to be the chief governor, and Zadok to be priest.
- 2 Chronicles 20:27 — Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat in the forefront of them, to go again to Jerusalem with joy (בְּשִׂמְחָ֑ה); for the LORD had made them to rejoice over their enemies.
- 2 Chronicles 23:18 — Also Jehoiada appointed the offices of the house of the LORD by the hand of the priests the Levites, whom David had distributed in the house of the LORD, to offer the burnt offerings of the LORD, as it is written in the law of Moses, with rejoicing (בְּשִׂמְחָ֣ה) and with singing, as it was ordained by David.
- 2 Chronicles 29:30 — Moreover Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praise unto the LORD with the words of David, and of Asaph the seer. And they sang praises with gladness (לְשִׂמְחָ֔ה), and they bowed their heads and worshipped.
- 2 Chronicles 30:21 — And the children of Israel that were present at Jerusalem kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with great gladness (בְּשִׂמְחָ֣ה): and the Levites and the priests praised the LORD day by day, singing with loud instruments unto the LORD.
- 2 Chronicles 30:23 — And the whole assembly took counsel to keep other seven days: and they kept other seven days with gladness (שִׂמְחָֽה).
- 2 Chronicles 30:26 — So there was great joy (שִׂמְחָֽה) in Jerusalem: for since the time of Solomon the son of David king of Israel there was not the like in Jerusalem.
- Ezra 3:12 — But many of the priests and Levites and chief of the fathers, who were ancient men, that had seen the first house, when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice; and many shouted aloud for joy (בְשִׂמְחָ֖ה):
- Ezra 3:13 — So that the people could not discern the noise of the shout of joy (הַשִּׂמְחָ֔ה) from the noise of the weeping of the people: for the people shouted with a loud shout, and the noise was heard afar off.
- Ezra 6:22 — And kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy (בְּשִׂמְחָ֑ה): for the LORD had made them joyful, and turned the heart of the king of Assyria unto them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.
- Nehemiah 8:12 — And all the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth (שִׂמְחָ֣ה), because they had understood the words that were declared unto them.
- Nehemiah 8:17 — And all the congregation of them that were come again out of the captivity made booths, and sat under the booths: for since the days of Jeshua the son of Nun unto that day had not the children of Israel done so. And there was very great gladness (שִׂמְחָ֖ה).
- Nehemiah 12:27 — And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to keep the dedication with gladness (וְשִׂמְחָה֙), both with thanksgivings, and with singing, with cymbals, psalteries, and with harps.
- Nehemiah 12:43 — Also that day they offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced: for God had made them rejoice with great joy (שִׂמְחָ֣ה): the wives also and the children rejoiced: so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar off.
- Nehemiah 12:43 — Also that day they offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced: for God had made them rejoice with great joy: the wives also and the children rejoiced: so that the joy (שִׂמְחַ֥ת) of Jerusalem was heard even afar off.
- Nehemiah 12:44 — And at that time were some appointed over the chambers for the treasures, for the offerings, for the firstfruits, and for the tithes, to gather into them out of the fields of the cities the portions of the law for the priests and Levites: for Judah rejoiced (שִׂמְחַ֣ת) for the priests and for the Levites that waited.
- Esther 8:16 — The Jews had light, and gladness (וְשִׂמְחָ֑ה), and joy, and honour.
- Esther 8:17 — And in every province, and in every city, whithersoever the king’s commandment and his decree came, the Jews had joy (שִׂמְחָ֤ה) and gladness, a feast and a good day. And many of the people of the land became Jews; for the fear of the Jews fell upon them.
- Esther 9:17 — On the thirteenth day of the month Adar; and on the fourteenth day of the same rested they, and made it a day of feasting and gladness (וְשִׂמְחָֽה).
- Esther 9:18 — But the Jews that were at Shushan assembled together on the thirteenth day thereof, and on the fourteenth thereof; and on the fifteenth day of the same they rested, and made it a day of feasting and gladness (וְשִׂמְחָֽה).
- Esther 9:19 — Therefore the Jews of the villages, that dwelt in the unwalled towns, made the fourteenth day of the month Adar a day of gladness (שִׂמְחָ֥ה) and feasting, and a good day, and of sending portions one to another.
- Esther 9:22 — As the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to joy (לְשִׂמְחָ֔ה), and from mourning into a good day: that they should make them days of feasting and joy, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor.
- Esther 9:22 — As the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into a good day: that they should make them days of feasting and joy (וְשִׂמְחָ֔ה), and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor.
- Job 20:5 — That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy (וְשִׂמְחַ֖ת) of the hypocrite but for a moment?
- Psalms 4:7 — Thou hast put gladness (שִׂמְחָ֣ה) in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and their wine increased.
- Psalms 16:11 — Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy (שְׂ֭מָחוֹת); at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
- Psalms 21:6 — For thou hast made him most blessed for ever: thou hast made him exceeding glad (בְ֝שִׂמְחָ֗ה) with thy countenance.
- Psalms 30:11 — Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness (שִׂמְחָֽה);
- Psalms 43:4 — Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding (שִׂמְחַ֪ת) joy: yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God my God.
- Psalms 45:15 — With gladness (בִּשְׂמָחֹ֣ת) and rejoicing shall they be brought: they shall enter into the king’s palace.
- Psalms 51:8 — Make me to hear joy and gladness (וְשִׂמְחָ֑ה); that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.
- Psalms 68:3 — But let the righteous be glad; let them rejoice before God: yea, let them exceedingly (בְשִׂמְחָֽה) rejoice.
- Psalms 97:11 — Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness (שִׂמְחָֽה) for the upright in heart.
- Psalms 100:2 — Serve the LORD with gladness (בְּשִׂמְחָ֑ה): come before his presence with singing.
- Psalms 106:5 — That I may see the good of thy chosen, that I may rejoice in the gladness (בְּשִׂמְחַ֣ת) of thy nation, that I may glory with thine inheritance.
- Psalms 137:3 — For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth (שִׂמְחָ֑ה), saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.
- Psalms 137:6 — If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy (שִׂמְחָתִֽי).
- Proverbs 10:28 — The hope of the righteous shall be gladness (שִׂמְחָ֑ה): but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.