שָׂמַח

Derivation

a primitive root;

Meaning

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

In the King James Version

cheer up, be (make) glad, (have, make) joy(-ful), be (make) merry, (cause to, make to) rejoice, [idiom] very.

Translated as

rejoice (64), glad (36), rejoiced (19), rejoiceth (4), joy (3), joyful (2), merry (2), up (1), cheereth (1), rejoicing (1), very (1)

Where it appears

Found in 129 verses

Exodus

4:14

Leviticus

23:40

Deuteronomy

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

Judges

9:13, 9:19, 19:3

1 Samuel

2:1, 6:13, 11:9, 11:15, 19:5

2 Samuel

1:20

1 Kings

5:7

2 Kings

11:20

1 Chronicles

16:10, 16:31, 29:9

2 Chronicles

6:41, 15:15, 20:27, 23:21, 24:10, 29:36, 30:25

Ezra

6:22

Nehemiah

12:43

Job

21:12, 22:19, 31:25, 31:29

Psalms

5:11, 9:2, 16:9, 19:8, 21:1, 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 + 20 more

Proverbs

5:18, 10:1, 13:9, 15:20, 15:30, 23:15, 23:25, 24:17, 27:9, 27:11, 29:2, 29:3

Ecclesiastes

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

Song of Solomon

1:4

Isaiah

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

Jeremiah

20:15, 31:13, 50:11

Lamentations

2:17, 4:21

Ezekiel

7:12, 25:6, 35:14

Hosea

7:3, 9:1

Joel

2:21, 2:23

Obadiah

1:12

Jonah

4:6

Micah

7:8

Habakkuk

1:15

Zephaniah

3:14

Zechariah

2:10, 4:10, 10:7