Genesis 43:34
And he took and sent messes unto them from before him: but Benjamin's mess was five times so much as any of theirs. And they drank, and were merry with him.
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Merry
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Revelation 11:10
And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented them that dwelt on the earth.
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5 occurrences in 5 verses.
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טוֹב
ṭôwb · tobe
7 times translated as this KJV form558 total Strong's occurrences
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well)
Strong's KJV usage: beautiful, best, better, bountiful, cheerful, at ease, × fair (word), (be in) favour, fine, glad, good (deed, -lier, -liest, -ly, -ness, -s), graciously, joyful, kindly, kindness, liketh (best), loving, merry, × most, pleasant, pleaseth, pleasure, precious, prosperity, ready, sweet, wealth, welfare, (be) well(-favoured).
Strong's first: Judges 16:25Strong's last: Ecclesiastes 9:7
Open full H2896 profile →εὐφραίνω
euphraínō · yoo-frah'-ee-no
6 times translated as this KJV form16 total Strong's occurrences
to put (middle voice or passively, be) in a good frame of mind, i.e. rejoice
Strong's KJV usage: :--fare, make glad, be (make) merry, rejoice.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Luke 12:19Strong's last: Revelation 11:10
Open full G2165 profile →יָטַב
yâṭab · yaw-tab'
5 times translated as this KJV form110 total Strong's occurrences
to be (causative) make well, literally (sound, beautiful) or figuratively (happy, successful, right)
Strong's KJV usage: be accepted, amend, use aright, benefit, be (make) better, seem best, make cheerful, be comely, be content, diligent(-ly), dress, earnestly, find favour, give, be glad, do (be, make) good(-ness), be (make) merry, please ( well), shew more (kindness), skilfully, × very small, surely, make sweet, thoroughly, tire, trim, very, be (can, deal, entreat, go, have) well (said, seen).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Judges 19:6Strong's last: 1 Kings 21:7
Open full H3190 profile →שָׂמֵחַ
sâmêach · saw-may'-akh
3 times translated as this KJV form23 total Strong's occurrences
blithe or gleeful
Strong's KJV usage: (be) glad, joyful, (making) merry((-hearted), -ily), rejoice(-ing).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 1 Kings 4:20Strong's last: Proverbs 17:22
Open full H8056 profile →שָׂחַק
sâchaq · saw-khak'
2 times translated as this KJV form36 total Strong's occurrences
to laugh (in pleasure or detraction); by implication, to play
Strong's KJV usage: deride, have in derision, laugh, make merry, mock(-er), play, rejoice, (laugh to) scorn, be in (make) sport.
Strong's first: Jeremiah 30:19Strong's last: Jeremiah 31:4
Open full H7832 profile →שָׂמַח
sâmach · saw-makh'
2 times translated as this KJV form152 total Strong's occurrences
probably to brighten up, i.e. (figuratively) be (causatively, make) blithe or gleesome
Strong's KJV usage: cheer up, be (make) glad, (have, make) joy(-ful), be (make) merry, (cause to, make to) rejoice, × very.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Ecclesiastes 8:15Strong's last: Ecclesiastes 10:19
Open full H8055 profile →εὐθυμέω
euthyméō · yoo-thoo-meh'-o
1 times translated as this KJV form4 total Strong's occurrences
to cheer up, i.e. (intransitively) be cheerful; neuter comparative (adverbially) more cheerfully
Strong's KJV usage: :--be of good cheer (merry).
Strong's first: James 5:13Strong's last: James 5:13
Open full G2114 profile →הִלּוּל
hillûwl · hil-lool'
1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
a celebration of thanksgiving for harvest
Strong's KJV usage: merry, praise.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Judges 9:27Strong's last: Judges 9:27
Open full H1974 profile →שָׁכַר
shâkar · shaw-kar'
1 times translated as this KJV form19 total Strong's occurrences
to become tipsy; in a qualified sense, to satiate with a stimulating drink or (figuratively) influence
Strong's KJV usage: (be filled with) drink (abundantly), (be, make) drunk(-en), be merry. (Superlative of 8248.)
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Genesis 43:34Strong's last: Genesis 43:34
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H1974
And they went out into the fields, and gathered their vineyards, and trode the grapes, and made merry, and went into the house of their god, and did eat and drink, and cursed Abimelech.
H2896
And it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, that they said, Call for Samson, that he may make us sport. And they called for Samson out of the prison house; and he made them sport: and they set him between the pillars.
H3190
And they sat down, and did eat and drink both of them together: for the damsel's father had said unto the man, Be content, I pray thee, and tarry all night, and let thine heart be merry.
H3190
And when the man rose up to depart, he, and his concubine, and his servant, his father in law, the damsel's father, said unto him, Behold, now the day draweth toward evening, I pray you tarry all night: behold, the day groweth to an end, lodge here, that thine heart may be merry; and to morrow get you early on your way, that thou mayest go home.
H3190
Now as they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, certain sons of Belial, beset the house round about, and beat at the door, and spake to the master of the house, the old man, saying, Bring forth the man that came into thine house, that we may know him.
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merry
MER'RY, adjective
1. Gay and noisy; jovial; exhilarated to laughter.
Man is the merriest species of the creation.
They drank and were merry with him. Genesis 43:34.
2. Causing laughter or mirth; as a merry jest.
3. Brisk; as a merry gale. [This is the primary sense of the word.]
4. Pleasant; agreeable; delightful.
To make merry to be jovial; to indulge in hilarity; to feast with mirth. Judges 9:27.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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