KJV dictionary & concordance
Gladness, merriment, or joyful festivity.
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First occurrence: Genesis 31:27
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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.
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Merriment, hilarity, or pleasurable gladness, especially in company; often expressed in gaiety or festivity.
