Lexical Definition

‎שִׂמְחָה‎ simchâh (sim-khaw') joy ^H:N-F
from ‎שָׂמֵחַ‎

[idiom] exceeding(-ly), gladness, joy(-fulness), mirth, pleasure, rejoice(-ing).

• blithesomeness or glee, (religious or festival)

1) joy, mirth, gladness
1a) mirth, gladness, joy, gaiety, pleasure
1b) joy (of God)
1c) glad result, happy issue

See Greek: αἴνεσις · εὐφροσύνη · χαρά

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎שִׂמְחָה‎₉₃ noun feminine joy, gladness, mirth; — absolute ‎׳‎‎שׂ‎ Gen 31:37 +, construct ‎שִׂמְחַת‎ Isa 9:2* +; suffix ‎שִׂמְחָתִי‎ Ps 137:6, etc.; plural ‎שְׂמָחוֺת‎ Ps 16:11, ‎תֹ‎- Ps 45:16* —

1. mirth, gladness, e.g. in festivity, Gen 31:27 (E), Ps 137:3; Ps 137:6, 1Kgs 1:40; 1Sam 18:6; Isa 9:2* (twice in verse); Isa 16:10; Ps 45:16* ‎יוֺם‎ ‎׳‎‎מִשְׁתֶּה וְשׂ‎ Esth 9:17; Esth 9:18; Esth 9:22 compare (‎יוֺם‎ omitted) vEsth 9:19 (+ ‎יוֺם טוֺב‎), vEsth 9:22 (|| ‎יוֺם טוֺם‎), + 5 t., + ‎׳‎‎קוֺל שׂ‎ Jer 7:34 = Jer 16:9 = Jer 25:10 = Jer 33:11 joy of heart Prov 14:10; Prov 14:13; Eccl 5:19*; Song 3:11, compare (of inward joy) Jonah 4:6; Prov 15:23; Prov 21:15 = gaiety, pleasure Isa 22:13; Eccl 2:1; Eccl 2:2; Eccl 2:10; Eccl 8:15; Eccl 9:7, ‎׳‎‎בֵּית שׂ‎ Eccl 7:4 ‎חָנֵף‎ ‎׳‎‎שׂ‎ Job 20:5, of foolish Prov 15:21; Prov 21:17 malicious joy Ezek 35:15 (‎ל‎ of thing), so ‎כָּללֵֿבָב‎ ‎׳‎‎שׂ‎ Ezek 36:5.

2.₄₆ (especially Psalms Chronicles) religious: 2Sam 6:12 || 1Chr 15:16; 1Chr 15:25; Joel 1:16 +; ‎׳‎‎יוֺם שׂ‎ Num 10:10 (P); ‎׳‎‎עָשָׂה שׂ‎ i.e. make a (sacred) festivity 2Chr 30:23; Neh 8:12; Neh 12:27 ‎שִׂמְחַת עוֺלָם‎ Isa 35:10 = Isa 51:11; Isa 61:7 ‎׳‎‎שׂ‎ with ‎עַל‎ person Neh 12:44 joy of heart Isa 30:29; Jer 15:16 as gift of ‎׳‎‎י‎ Ps 4:8*; Ps 21:7* + 7 t. + (in mockery) Isa 66:5.

3. joy of ‎׳‎‎י‎ Zeph 3:17.

4. glad result, gleeful issue Ps 106:5 (|| ‎טוֺבָה‎), Prov 10:28; Prov 12:20 (Gr ‎אֱמֻנָה‎, Toy ‎מִשְׁפָּט‎; opposed to ‎מִרְמָה‎).

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