γελάω, γελῶ; future γελάσω (in Greek writings more common γελάσομαι (Buttmann, 53 (46); Winers Grammar, 84 (80))); (from Homer down); to laugh: Luk_6:21 (opposed to κλαίω), 25. (Compare: καταγελάω.)

γελάω gelaō 2x to laugh, smile; by impl. to be merry, happy, to rejoice, Luk_6:21 ; Luk_6:25

γελάω , ῶ , [in LXX chiefly for H6711 , H7832 ;] to laugh: Luk_6:25 ; fut ., γελάσω ( M , Pr., 154), Luk_6:21 ( cf. κατα -γελάω ).†

γελάω [page 122] Syll 802 .70 (iii/B.C.) τὸν δὲ θεὸν γελάσαντα φά [μ ]εν νιν παυσεῖν (τᾶς νόσου ), P Oxy III. 471 .88 (ii/A.D.) γέλωτα πολὺν καὶ ἀνειμένον . . . γελᾶν , laughed long and freely (Edd.) If we desiderate proof that the ancients laughed with the same articulation as ourselves, we may refer to P Leid W xi. 30 (ii/iii A.D.) εἰπὼν ἐκρότησε γ̄ , κ (αὶ )ἐγέλασεν ὁ θεὸς ἑπιτάκις , χα , χα , χα , χα , χα , χα , χα . γελάσαντος δὲ αὐτοῦ ἐγεννήθησαν θεοὶ ζ̄ , οἵτινες τὰ πάντα περιέχουσιν . A Lycian epitaph may be quoted from Ormerod and Robinson s inscrr. in JHS xxxiv. p. 1 ff. : no. 26 .20 παῖζε γέλα παροδεῖτα , βλέπων ὅτι καὶ σὲ θανεῖν δεῖ it is the analogue of the commonplace quoted in 1Co_15:32 . For the fut. act., as in Luk_6:21 (cf. Job_29:24 , 4Ma_5:28 ), see Proleg. p. 154. MGr has γελῶ .

γελάω absol. "to laugh", Hom. , etc.; ἐγέλασσεν χείλεσιν, of feigned laughter, Il. :—Pass., ἕνεκα τοῦ γελασθῆναι for the sake of "a laugh being raised", Dem. "to laugh at" a person, Lat. irrideo, ἐπί τινι Il. , Aesch. ; also at a thing, Xen. ; so c. dat., Soph. , etc.; rarely, like καταγελάω, c. gen. pers., id=Soph. c. acc. "to deride", τινά or τι Theocr. , Ar. :—Pass. "to be derided", Aesch. , Soph.

γελάω, -ῶ, [in LXX chiefly for צחק, שׂחק ;] to laugh: Luk.6:25; fut., γελάσω) (M, Pr., 154), ib. 21 (cf. κατα-γελάω).† (AS)