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merry

Meaning of “merry”

Glad, cheerful, joyful, festive, pleased, or enlivened in heart, often in connection with eating, drinking, feasting, celebration, or favourable circumstances.

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First occurrence: Genesis 43:34

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1 Kings 4:20
¶ Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking, and making merry.
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¶ Iudah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking and making merrie.

1 Kings 21:7
And Jezebel his wife said unto him, Dost thou now govern the kingdom of Israel? arise, and eat bread, and let thine heart be merry: I will give thee the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.
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And Iezebel his wife saide vnto him, Doest thou now gouerne the kingdome of Israel? Arise, and eate bread, and let thine heart bee merrie: I will giue thee the vineyard of Naboth the Iezreelite.

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