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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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Ecclesiastes 8:15
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.
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1611 witness · Ecclesiastes 8:15 · retained source text

Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing vnder the Sunne, then to eate and to drinke, and to be merrie: for that shall abide with him of his labour, the dayes of his life, which God giueth him vnder the Sunne.

1611 marginal noteCha.3.22.

Ecclesiastes 9:7
¶ Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.
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1611 witness · Ecclesiastes 9:7 · retained source text

¶ Goe thy way, eate thy bread with ioy, and drinke thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy workes.

Ecclesiastes 10:19
¶ A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all things.
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1611 witness · Ecclesiastes 10:19 · retained source text

¶ A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all things.

1611 marginal noteHeb. maketh glad the life.

1611 marginal notePsal.104.15.

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