Bible Dictionary: Mirth

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) Merriment; gayety accompanied with laughter; jollity.

2. (n.) That which causes merriment.

Strong's Hebrew

8057. simchah -- joy, gladness, mirth
... 8056, 8057. simchah. 8058 . joy, gladness, mirth. Transliteration: simchah
Phonetic Spelling: (sim-khaw') Short Definition: joy. ...
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7797. sus -- to exult, rejoice
... be glad, greatly, joy, make mirth, rejoice. Or siys {sece}; a primitive root; to
be bright, ie Cheerful -- be glad, X greatly, joy, make mirth, rejoice. ...
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4885. masos -- exultation, rejoicing
... joy, mirth, rejoice. From suws; delight, concretely (the cause or object) or abstractly
(the feeling) -- joy, mirth, rejoice. see HEBREW suws. 4884, 4885. ...
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8342. sason -- exultation, rejoicing
... gladness, joy, mirth, rejoicing. Or sason {saw-sone'}; from suws; cheerfulness;
specifically, welcome -- gladness, joy, mirth, rejoicing. see HEBREW suws. ...
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Library

Whether There is a Sin in Lack of Mirth?
... OF MODESTY AS CONSISTING IN THE OUTWARD MOVEMENTS OF THE BODY (FOUR ARTICLES)
Whether there is a sin in lack of mirth? Objection ...
//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether there is a sin.htm

That God is to be Loved and Worshipped in Diseases: and Also of ...
... THE FIRE OF LOVE. BOOK I CHAPTER IX THAT GOD IS TO BE LOVED AND WORSHIPPED
IN DISEASES: AND ALSO OF THE MIRTH AND MEEKNESS OF THE GOOD. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/rolle/the fire of love/chapter ix that god is.htm

Chapter ii.
... Chapter II. Ver.1. "I said in mine heart, Go to now, make trial as in mirth, and
behold in good. ... And he makes mention of the mirth, which men call so. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/dionysius/the works of dionysius/chapter ii.htm

Sundry Sharp Reproofs
... 2 This doctrine reproves them who instead of weeping for sin, spend their days in
mirth and jollity. ... Is that your mirth which grieves the Spirit? ...
/.../the beatitudes an exposition of matthew 51-12/7 sundry sharp reproofs.htm

The Unseen Watcher
... of brass, protected by the river Euphrates, and stocked with provision in abundance,
the voluptuous monarch felt safe and passed his time in mirth and revelry. ...
/.../white/the story of prophets and kings/chapter 43 the unseen watcher.htm

By the Example of Judith is Shown that Courage is not Wanting in ...
... the Scriptures. From the time when her husband died she laid aside the
garments of mirth, and took those of mourning. Every day ...
/.../ambrose/works and letters of st ambrose/chapter vii by the example.htm

How and in what Time I came to Solitary Life: and of the Song of ...
... halsing to be desired; and lifting my soul from low things has borne it to heaven,
so that I might truly burn in desire for the everlasting mirth, more than ...
//christianbookshelf.org/rolle/the fire of love/chapter xv how and in.htm

Christ the Only Rest for the Weary and Heavy-Laden
... thoughts: they are too polite to entertain any sad thoughts; the talk of death and
judgment is irksome to them, because it damps their mirth; they could not ...
/.../whitefield/selected sermons of george whitefield/christ the only rest for.htm

A Bundle of Myrrh
... What is a dream to the glorious reality? What is time's mirth in its best
trim compared to our Lord Jesus in his most despised estate? ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 10 1864/a bundle of myrrh.htm

Of the Excellence of Ghostly Song: and that it Neither Can be Said ...
... Therefore the singer is led into all mirth, and, the well of endless heat breaking
forth in mirth, he is received into halsing and singular solace, and the ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/rolle/the fire of love/chapter iv of the excellence.htm

Thesaurus

Mirth (18 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) Merriment; gayety accompanied with laughter; jollity. 2. (n.) That which
causes merriment. Multi-Version Concordance Mirth (18 Occurrences). ...
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Frolic (3 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) A wild prank; a flight of levity, or of gayety and mirth. 3. (n.) A scene
of gayety and mirth, as in lively play, or in dancing; a merrymaking. ...
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Bridegroom (23 Occurrences)
... Jeremiah 7:34 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 ...
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Bride (31 Occurrences)
... Jeremiah 7:34 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 ...
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Joy (422 Occurrences)
... delight. 2. (n.) That which causes joy or happiness. 3. (n.) The sign or
exhibition of joy; gayety; mirth; merriment; festivity. 4 ...
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Laugh (23 Occurrences)
... 1. (vi) To show mirth, satisfaction, or derision, by peculiar movement of the muscles
of the face, particularly of the mouth, causing a lighting up of the face ...
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Laughter (14 Occurrences)
... Proverbs 14:13 Even in laughter the heart may be sorrowful, and mirth may
end in heaviness. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). ...
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Glee (2 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) Music; minstrelsy; entertainment. 2. (n.) Joy;
merriment; mirth; gayety; particularly, the mirth enjoyed at a feast. ...
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Tambourines (13 Occurrences)
... Genesis 31:27 Why did you flee secretly, and deceive me, and didn't tell me, that
I might have sent you away with mirth and with songs, with tambourine and ...
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Sport (99 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) That which diverts, and makes mirth; pastime;
amusement. 2. (n.) Mock; mockery; contemptuous mirth; derision. ...
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Bible Concordance

Mirth (18 Occurrences)

Genesis 31:27 Why did you flee secretly, and deceive me, and didn't tell me, that I might have sent you away with mirth and with songs, with tambourine and with harp;
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)

Nehemiah 8:12 All the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth, because they had understood the words that were declared to them.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS)

Psalms 137:3 For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

Proverbs 14:13 Even in laughter the heart may be sorrowful, and mirth may end in heaviness.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Proverbs 21:17 He that loveth mirth shall be a poor man; he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.
(DBY YLT)

Ecclesiastes 2:1 I said in my heart, "Come now, I will test you with mirth: therefore enjoy pleasure;" and behold, this also was vanity.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Ecclesiastes 2:2 I said of laughter, "It is foolishness;" and of mirth, "What does it accomplish?"
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Ecclesiastes 7:4 The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Ecclesiastes 8:15 Then I commended mirth, because a man has no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be joyful: for that will accompany him in his labor all the days of his life which God has given him under the sun.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Ecclesiastes 10:19 For mirth they are making a feast, And wine maketh life joyful, And the silver answereth with all.
(YLT)

Isaiah 24:8 The mirth of tambourines ceases. The sound of those who rejoice ends. The joy of the harp ceases.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)

Isaiah 24:11 There is a crying in the streets because of the wine. All joy is darkened. The mirth of the land is gone.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Jeremiah 7:34 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 become a waste.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)

Jeremiah 16:9 For thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel: Behold, I will cause to cease out of this place, before 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.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)

Jeremiah 25:10 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 lamp.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)

Jeremiah 33:11 there shall again be heard the voice of mirth and the voice of joy, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that say, Give ye thanks unto Jehovah of hosts; for Jehovah is good, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever, of them that bring thanksgiving unto the house of Jehovah. For I will turn the captivity of the land as in the beginning, saith Jehovah.
(DBY RSV)

Ezekiel 21:10 it is sharpened that it may make a slaughter; it is furbished that it may be as lightning: shall we then make mirth? the rod of my son, it condemns every tree.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)

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.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)

Subtopics

Mirth

Related Terms

Frolic (3 Occurrences)

Bridegroom (23 Occurrences)

Bride (31 Occurrences)

Joy (422 Occurrences)

Laugh (23 Occurrences)

Laughter (14 Occurrences)

Glee (2 Occurrences)

Tambourines (13 Occurrences)

Sport (99 Occurrences)