KJV dictionary & concordance

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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28 occurrences28 verses14 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Genesis 43:34

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Genesis 43:34

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And he took and sent messes unto them from before him: but Benjamin’s mess was five times so much as any of theirs. And they drank, and were merry with him.

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The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · Genesis 43:34 · retained source text

And hee tooke and sent measses vnto them from before him: but Beniamins measse was fiue times so much as any of theirs: and they drunke, and were merry with him.

1611 marginal noteHeb. they dranke largely.

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Where “merry” appears

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Genesis1 occurrence
1 verse Judges5 occurrences
5 verses Ruth1 occurrence
1 verse 1 Samuel1 occurrence
1 verse 2 Samuel1 occurrence
1 verse 1 Kings2 occurrences
2 verses 2 Chronicles1 occurrence
1 verse Esther1 occurrence
1 verse Proverbs3 occurrences
3 verses Ecclesiastes3 occurrences
3 verses Jeremiah2 occurrences
2 verses Luke5 occurrences
5 verses James1 occurrence
1 verse Revelation1 occurrence
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Genesis 43:34 Judges 19:6 2 Chronicles 7:10 Esther 1:10 Proverbs 17:22 Ecclesiastes 10:19 Luke 12:19 Luke 15:23-32 Revelation 11:10 Luke 15:32 Judges 19:9 2 Samuel 13:28 Jeremiah 30:19 Luke 15:24