- Original: שׂמחה - Transliteration: Simchah - Phonetic: sim-khaw' - Definition: 1. joy, mirth, gladness a. mirth, gladness, joy, gaiety, pleasure b. joy (of God) c. glad result, happy issue - Origin: from H8056 - TWOT entry: 2268b - Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine - Strong's: From H8056 ; blithesomeness or glee (religious or festival): - X exceeding (-ly) gladness joy (-fulness) mirth pleasure rejoice (-ing). Total KJV Occurrences: 93 • exceeding, 1 Psalm 43:4 • exceedingly, 1 Psalm 68:3 • glad, 2 Psalm 21:6; Jonah 4:6 • gladness, 32 Numbers 10:10; 2 Samuel 6:12; 1 Chronicles 29:22; 2 Chronicles 29:30; 2 Chronicles 30:21; 2 Chronicles 30:23; Nehemiah 8:17; Nehemiah 12:27; Esther 8:16; Esther 9:17; Esther 9:18; Esther 9:19; Psalm 4:7; Psalm 30:11; Psalm 45:15; Psalm 51:8; Psalm 97:11; Psalm 100:2; Psalm 106:5; Proverbs 10:28; Song of Songs 3:11; Isaiah 16:10; Isaiah 22:13; Isaiah 30:29; Isaiah 35:10; Isaiah 51:3; Jeremiah 7:34; Jeremiah 16:9; Jeremiah 25:10; Jeremiah 31:7; Jeremiah 33:11; Zechariah 8:19 • joy, 42 1 Samuel 18:6; 1 Kings 1:40; 1 Chronicles 12:40; 1 Chronicles 15:16; 1 Chronicles 15:25; 1 Chronicles 29:9; 1 Chronicles 29:17; 2 Chronicles 20:27; 2 Chronicles 30:26; Ezra 3:12; Ezra 3:13; Ezra 6:22; Nehemiah 12:43(2); Esther 8:17; Esther 9:22(2); Job 20:5; Psalm 16:11; Psalm 137:6; Proverbs 12:20; Proverbs 14:10; Proverbs 15:21; Proverbs 15:23; Proverbs 21:15; Ecclesiastes 2:10; Ecclesiastes 2:26; Ecclesiastes 5:20; Ecclesiastes 9:7; Isaiah 9:3(2); Isaiah 24:11; Isaiah 29:19; Isaiah 51:11(2); Isaiah 55:12; Isaiah 61:7; Isaiah 66:5; Jeremiah 48:33; Ezekiel 36:5; Joel 1:16; Zephaniah 3:17 • joyfulness, 1 Deuteronomy 28:47 • mirth, 8 Genesis 31:27; Nehemiah 8:12; Psalm 137:3; Proverbs 14:13; Ecclesiastes 2:1; Ecclesiastes 2:2; Ecclesiastes 7:4; Ecclesiastes 8:15 • pleasure, 1 Proverbs 21:17 • rejoice, 2 Judges 16:23; Ezekiel 35:15 • rejoiced, 1 Nehemiah 12:44 • rejoicing, 2 2 Chronicles 23:18; Jeremiah 15:16 """