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Proverbs 21:15
“It is joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
שִׂמְחָהsimchâh · sim-khaw'
H8057 · Hebrew
H8057 · Hebrew
- Definition
- blithesomeness or glee, (religious or festival)
- Derivation
- from H8056 (שָׂמֵחַ);
- KJV renderings
- [idiom] exceeding(-ly), gladness, joy(-fulness), mirth, pleasure, rejoice(-ing).
- Grammar
- שִׂמְחָ֣ה — common noun, feminine, singular, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 94 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 31:27Numbers 10:10Deuteronomy 28:47Judges 16:231 Samuel 18:6
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read שִׂמְחָה here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.