To rejoice
שָׂמַחStrong’s H8055samach (sa-mach)
Appears in 147 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Samach is the Hebrew word usually translated “rejoice”, “rejoiced” and “rejoices”. It appears in 147 verses of the Old Testament.
“Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for, lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, saith the LORD.”
Meaning
- To rejoice, be glad(Qal) · (Piel) to cause to rejoice, gladden, make glad · (Hiphil) to cause to rejoice, gladden, make glad
How it's translated
- and you will rejoice 9
- rejoice 7
- and they rejoiced 7
- he rejoices 5
- they will rejoice 5
- and rejoice 5
- you rejoice 5
- i rejoiced 4
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 52
- Proverbs 16
- Deuteronomy 10
- Isaiah 9
- Ecclesiastes 8
- 2 Chronicles 7
30 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Zechariah 4:10In contextFor who hath despised the day of small things? for they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel with those seven; they are the eyes of the LORD, which run to and fro through the whole earth.
- Zechariah 10:7In contextAnd they of Ephraim shall be like a mighty man, and their heart shall rejoice as through wine: yea, their children shall see it, and be glad; their heart shall rejoice in the LORD.
- Exodus 4:14And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Moses, and he said, Is not Aaron the Levite thy brother? I know that he can speak well. And also, behold, he cometh forth to meet thee: and when he seeth thee, he will be glad in his heart.
- Leviticus 23:40And ye shall take you on the first day the boughs of goodly trees, branches of palm trees, and the boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook; and ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God seven days.
- Deuteronomy 12:7And there ye shall eat before the LORD your God, and ye shall rejoice in all that ye put your hand unto, ye and your households, wherein the LORD thy God hath blessed thee.
- Deuteronomy 12:12And ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God, ye, and your sons, and your daughters, and your menservants, and your maidservants, and the Levite that is within your gates; forasmuch as he hath no part nor inheritance with you.
All 147 verses, by book
- Exodus 1
- 4:14
- Leviticus 1
- 23:40
- 2 Samuel 1
- 1:20
- 1 Kings 1
- 5:7
- 2 Kings 1
- 11:20
- Ezra 1
- 6:22
- Nehemiah 1
- 12:43
- Esther 1
- 8:15
- Psalms 52
- 5:119:214:716:919:821:130:131:732:1133:2134:235:1535:1935:2435:2738:1640:1645:846:448:1153:658:1063:1164:1066:667:468:369:3270:485:686:489:4290:1490:1592:496:1197:197:897:12104:15104:31104:34105:3105:38106:5107:30107:42109:28118:24119:74122:1149:2
- Song of Solomon 1
- 1:4
- Obadiah 1
- 1:12
- Jonah 1
- 4:6
- Micah 1
- 7:8
- Habakkuk 1
- 1:15
- Zephaniah 1
- 3:14
Hebrew dictionary
שָׂמַח samach · to rejoice
1) to rejoice, be glad 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to rejoice 1a2) to rejoice (arrogantly), exult (at) 1a3) to rejoice (religiously) 1b) (Piel) to cause to rejoice, gladden, make glad 1c) (Hiphil) to cause to rejoice, gladden, make glad
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “rejoice” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
REJOICE, verb intransitive
rejois'.
- “When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice; but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn” Proverbs 29:2“I will rejoice in thy salvation” Psalms 9:14
All definitions and other forms of “rejoice”
REJOICE, verb transitive
rejois'. To make joyful; to gladden; to animate with lively pleasurable sensations; to exhilarate.
- “Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father” Proverbs 29:3
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.