# שָׂמֵחַ (samecha) Israeli respelling: sa-me-cha. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew. Strong’s H8056. 20 Old Testament occurrences. blithe or gleeful King James renderings: (be) glad, joyful, (making) merry((-hearted), -ily), rejoice(-ing). Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/samecha-h8056 ## Occurrences - [Deuteronomy 16:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/16/15) — Seven days shalt thou keep a solemn feast unto the LORD thy God in the place which the LORD shall choose: because the LORD thy God shall bl… - [1 Kings 1:40](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/1/40) — And all the people came up after him, and the people piped with pipes, and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth rent with the sound o… - [1 Kings 1:45](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/1/45) — And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king in Gihon: and they are come up from thence rejoicing, so that the city r… - [1 Kings 4:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/4/20) — Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking, and making merry. - [1 Kings 8:66](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/8/66) — On the eighth day he sent the people away: and they blessed the king, and went unto their tents joyful and glad of heart for all the goodne… - [2 Kings 11:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/11/14) — And when she looked, behold, the king stood by a pillar, as the manner was, and the princes and the trumpeters by the king, and all the peo… - [1 Chronicles 16:31](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/16/31) — Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice: and let men say among the nations, The LORD reigneth. - [2 Chronicles 7:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/7/10) — And on the three and twentieth day of the seventh month he sent the people away into their tents, glad and merry in heart for the goodness… - [2 Chronicles 23:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/23/13) — And she looked, and, behold, the king stood at his pillar at the entering in, and the princes and the trumpets by the king: and all the peo… - [Esther 5:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/esther/5/9) — Then went Haman forth that day joyful and with a glad heart: but when Haman saw Mordecai in the king’s gate, that he stood not up, nor move… - [Esther 5:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/esther/5/14) — Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be made of fifty cubits high, and to morrow speak thou unto the king… - [Psalms 35:26](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/35/26) — Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify… - [Psalms 113:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/113/9) — He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the LORD. - [Psalms 126:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/126/3) — The LORD hath done great things for us; whereof we are glad. - [Proverbs 2:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/2/14) — Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked; - [Proverbs 15:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/15/13) — A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken. - [Proverbs 17:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/17/5) — Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished. - [Proverbs 17:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/17/22) — A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones. - [Ecclesiastes 2:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ecclesiastes/2/10) — And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and th… - [Isaiah 24:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/24/7) — The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merryhearted do sigh.