Sameach שָׂמֵחַ

Sameach (Hebrew שָׂמֵחַ, Strong's H8056) is a Hebrew adjective meaning “glad”. It occurs 21 times in 21 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Sameach, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Deuteronomy

• 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 bless thee in all thine increase, and in all the works of thine hands, therefore thou shalt surely rejoice.For seven days you shall celebrate a feast to the LORD your God in the place He will choose, because the LORD your God will bless you in all your produce and in all the work of your hands, so that your joy will be complete.

1 Kings

• 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 of them.All the people followed him, playing flutes and rejoicing with such a great joy that the earth was split by the sound.
• 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 rang again. This is the noise that ye have heard.Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king at Gihon, and they have gone up from there with rejoicing that rings out in the city. That is the noise you hear.
• 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.The people of Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand on the seashore, and they were eating and drinking and rejoicing.
• 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 goodness that the Lord had done for David his servant, and for Israel his people.On the fifteenth day Solomon sent the people away. So they blessed the king and went home, joyful and glad in heart for all the good things that the LORD had done for His servant David and for His people Israel.

2 Kings

• 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 people of the land rejoiced, and blew with trumpets: and Athaliah rent her clothes, and cried, Treason, Treason.And she looked out and saw the king standing by the pillar, according to the custom. The officers and trumpeters were beside the king, and all the people of the land were rejoicing and blowing trumpets. Then Athaliah tore her clothes and screamed, “Treason! Treason!”

2 Chronicles

• 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 that the Lord had shewed unto David, and to Solomon, and to Israel his people.On the twenty-third day of the seventh month, Solomon sent the people away to their homes, joyful and glad of heart for the good things that the LORD had done for David, for Solomon, and for His people Israel.
• 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 people of the land rejoiced, and sounded with trumpets, also the singers with instruments of musick, and such as taught to sing praise. Then Athaliah rent her clothes, and said, Treason, Treason.And she looked out and saw the king standing by his pillar at the entrance. The officers and trumpeters were beside the king, and all the people of the land were rejoicing and blowing trumpets, while the singers with musical instruments were leading the praises. Then Athaliah tore her clothes and screamed, “Treason, treason!”

Esther

• 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 moved for him, he was full of indignation against Mordecai.That day Haman went out full of joy and glad of heart. At the king’s gate, however, he saw Mordecai, who did not rise or tremble in fear at his presence. And Haman was filled with rage toward Mordecai.
• 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 that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in merrily with the king unto the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows to be made.His wife Zeresh and all his friends told him, “Have them build a gallows fifty cubits high, and ask the king in the morning to have Mordecai hanged on it. Then go to the banquet with the king and enjoy yourself.” The advice pleased Haman, and he had the gallows constructed.

Job

• Job 3:22
  Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave?who rejoice and greatly exult when they can find the grave?

Psalms

• Psalm 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 themselves against me.May those who gloat in my distress be ashamed and confounded; may those who exalt themselves over me be clothed in shame and reproach.
• Psalm 113:9
  He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the LORD.He settles the barren woman in her home as a joyful mother to her children. Hallelujah!
• Psalm 126:3
  The LORD hath done great things for us; whereof we are glad.The LORD has done great things for us; we are filled with joy.

Proverbs

• Proverbs 2:14
  Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked;from those who enjoy doing evil and rejoice in the twistedness of evil,
• Proverbs 15:13
  A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.A joyful heart makes a cheerful countenance, but sorrow of the heart crushes the spirit.
• Proverbs 17:5
  Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.He who mocks the poor insults their Maker; whoever gloats over calamity will not go unpunished.
• Proverbs 17:22
  A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.A joyful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones.

Ecclesiastes

• 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 this was my portion of all my labour.Anything my eyes desired, I did not deny myself. I refused my heart no pleasure. For my heart took delight in all my work, and this was the reward for all my labor.

Isaiah

• Isaiah 24:7
  The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merryhearted do sigh.The new wine dries up, the vine withers. All the merrymakers now groan.

Amos

• Amos 6:13
  Ye which rejoice in a thing of nought, which say, Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength?you who rejoice in Lo-debar and say, ‘Did we not take Karnaim by our own strength?’

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).