KJV dictionary & concordance
Gladness, merriment, or joyful festivity.
Definition sources
First occurrence: Genesis 31:27
Complete exact-word concordance
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?
Wherefore didst thou flie away secretly, and steale away from me, and didst not tell mee? that I might haue sent thee away with mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with harpe,
1611 marginal noteHebr. hast stollen me.
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.
And all the people went their way to eate, and to drinke, and to send portions, and to make great mirth, because they had vnderstood the wordes that were declared vnto 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.
For there they that carried vs away captiue, required of vs a song, and they that wasted vs, required of vs mirth: saying, Sing vs one of the songs of Zion.
1611 marginal noteHeb. the words of a song.
1611 marginal noteHeb. layd vs on heapes.
Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.
Euen in laughter the heart is sorrowfull; and the end of that mirth is heauinesse.
I SAID in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity.
¶ I said in mine heart, Goe to now, I wil prooue thee with mirth, therfore enioy pleasure: and behold, this also is vanitie.
I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?
I saide of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?
The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning: but the heart of fooles 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.
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.
The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth.
The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that reioyce, endeth, the ioy of the harpe ceaseth.
1611 marginal noteIer.7.37. and 16.9. & 25.10. ezra 26.13. hos.2.11.
There is a crying for wine in the streets; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone.
There is a crying for wine in the streets, all ioy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone.
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Merriment, hilarity, or pleasurable gladness, especially in company; often expressed in gaiety or festivity.
