Genesis 31:27
Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from me; and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with harp?
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Mirth
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Hosea 2:11
I will also cause all her mirth to cease, her feast days, her new moons, and her sabbaths, and all her solemn feasts.
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4 occurrences in 4 verses.
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שִׂמְחָה
simchâh · sim-khaw'
8 times translated as this KJV form93 total Strong's occurrences
blithesomeness or glee, (religious or festival)
Strong's KJV usage: × exceeding(-ly), gladness, joy(-fulness), mirth, pleasure, rejoice(-ing).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Genesis 31:27Strong's last: Ecclesiastes 8:15
Open full H8057 profile →מָשׂוֹשׂ
mâsôws · maw-soce'
3 times translated as this KJV form17 total Strong's occurrences
delight, concretely (the cause or object) or abstractly (the feeling)
Strong's KJV usage: joy, mirth, rejoice.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Isaiah 24:8Strong's last: Hosea 2:11
Open full H4885 profile →שָׂשׂוֹן
sâsôwn · saw-sone'
3 times translated as this KJV form22 total Strong's occurrences
cheerfulness; specifically, welcome
Strong's KJV usage: gladness, joy, mirth, rejoicing.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Jeremiah 7:34Strong's last: Jeremiah 25:10
Open full H8342 profile →שׂוּשׂ
sûws · soos
1 times translated as this KJV form27 total Strong's occurrences
to be bright, i.e. cheerful
Strong's KJV usage: be glad, × greatly, joy, make mirth, rejoice.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Ezekiel 21:10Strong's last: Ezekiel 21:10
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H8342
Then will I cause to cease from the cities of Judah, and from the streets of Jerusalem, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride: for the land shall be desolate.
H8342
For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will cause to cease out of this place in your eyes, and in your days, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride.
H8342
Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the candle.
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mirth
MIRTH, noun merth. Social merriment; hilarity; high excitement of pleasurable feelings in company; noisy gayety; jollity. mirth differs from joy and cheerfulness, as always implying noise.
With genial joy to warm the soul,
Bright Helen mixed a mirth-inspiring bowl.
I will cause to cease the voice of mirth from Judah and Jerusalem. Jeremiah 7:34.
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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