שָׂמַח
sâmach · saw-makh'
probably to brighten up, i.e. (figuratively) be (causatively, make) blithe or gleesome
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
probably to brighten up, i.e. (figuratively) be (causatively, make) blithe or gleesome
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: cheer up, be (make) glad, (have, make) joy(-ful), be (make) merry, (cause to, make to) rejoice, [idiom] very.
Letters
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to consume, to destroy › water, chaos, the mighty deep › to separate and protect
To consume, to destroy of water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to separate and protect.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שָׂמַח above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
155 occurrences · 155 OT · 0 NT · 124 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- rejoice21 · 21%
- and rejoice9 · 9%
- rejoiced9 · 9%
- shall rejoice7 · 7%
- be glad6 · 6%
- and be glad6 · 6%
- and thou shalt rejoice5 · 5%
- rejoiceth4 · 4%
- glad4 · 4%
- shall be glad4 · 4%
- and ye shall rejoice3 · 3%
- and rejoiced3 · 3%
- to rejoice3 · 3%
- if i rejoiced2 · 2%
- of them rejoice2 · 2%
- maketh a glad2 · 2%
- was glad2 · 2%
- i will be glad2 · 2%
- him, he rejoiced1 · 1%
- and let him also rejoice1 · 1%
- then rejoice1 · 1%
- which cheereth1 · 1%
- there, and rejoice1 · 1%
- and shall cheer up1 · 1%
- thee, he will be glad1 · 1%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.