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Laughter

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  • Historical Reference: Nave’s Topical Bible — Public domain
  • Historical Reference: concordance
  • Historical Reference: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible lexical data / BDB-Strong mapping
  • Historical Reference: STEPBible TBESG (based primarily on Abbott-Smith)
  • Historical Reference: A Greek-English Lexicon to the New Testament
  • Historical Reference: Installed reference work

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Subject type
Subject
Strong’s
H6712, H7814, G1071, G7829
Hebrew
צְחֹק · tsᵉchôq
Greek
γέλως · gelōs

Strong’s and original-language information

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible lexical data / BDB-Strong mapping

שְׂחֹק

H7814
Transliteration
sᵉchôwq
Pronunciation
sekh-oke'
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
15

Glosses

laughter, derision, sport, derision, laughter(-ed to scorn, -ing), mocked, sport.

Lexicon definition

laughter (in merriment or defiance)

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

γέλως

G1071
Transliteration
gelōs
Language
Greek
Part of speech
G:N-M
Indexed occurrences
1

Glosses

laughter

Lexicon definition

γέλως, -ωτος, ὁ, [in LXX chiefly for שְׂחוֹק ;] laughter: Jas.4:9.† (AS)

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

κατάγελως

G7829
Transliteration
katagelōs
Part of speech
G:N-M
Indexed occurrences
0

Glosses

laughter

Lexicon definition

mockery, derision, ridicule , Lat. ludibrium, ἐμαυτοῦ καταγέλωτα τάδε; these ornaments which bring ridicule upon me? (Aeschulus Tragicus); κ. πλατύς sheer mockery , (Aristophanes Comicus); ὁ κ. τῆς πράξεως the crowning absurdity of the matter, (Plato Philosophus) (ML)

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

שְׂחוֹק

H7814
Transliteration
sᵉchôwq
Pronunciation
sekh-oke'
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
15

Glosses

derision, laughter(-ed to scorn, -ing), mocked, sport.

Lexicon definition

laughter (in merriment or defiance)

Concordance

Strong's Concordance

Laughter

Indexed occurrences: 8

Source: Strong's Concordance · View data sources

All Scripture references20 references

Topical Bible

Sources

Ancient Context1 items
Related UNLEARN Content2 items

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