20 occurrences in 9 translations

'Mirth' in the Bible

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?

And 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 unto them.

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.

I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity.

The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.

Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun.

Instead, there is joy and jubilation,Killing of oxen and slaughtering of sheep,Eating meat and drinking wine, saying,“Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we may die.”

The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth.

There is a crying for wine in the streets; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone.

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.

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.

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.

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.

It is sharpened to make a sore slaughter; it is furbished that it may glitter: should we then make mirth? it contemneth the rod of my son, as every tree.

I will also cause all her mirth to cease, her feast days, her new moons, and her sabbaths, and all her solemn feasts.

Be miserable and grieve and weep [over your sin]. Let your [foolish] laughter be turned to mourning and your [reckless] joy to gloom.

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
אות 
'owth 
Usage: 79

בּץ 
Bots 
Usage: 1

בּצּה 
Bitstsah 
Usage: 3

חמר 
Chomer 
Usage: 31

טיט 
Tiyt 
mire , clay , dirt
Usage: 13

טין 
Tiyn (Aramaic) 
Usage: 2

מפת מופת 
Mowpheth 
Usage: 36

מרים 
Miryam 
Usage: 15

מרמה 
Mirmah 
Usage: 1

משׂושׂ 
Masows 
Usage: 17

רפשׁ 
Rephesh 
Usage: 1

שׂישׂ שׂוּשׂ 
Suws 
Usage: 27

שׂמחה 
Simchah 
Usage: 93

שׂשׂן שׂשׂון 
Sasown 
Usage: 23

δύναμις 
Dunamis 
Usage: 95

σημεῖον 
Semeion 
Usage: 56

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