Quick Definition
to laugh
Strong's Definition
to laugh (in pleasure or detraction); by implication, to play
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: deride, have in derision, laugh, make merry, mock(-er), play, rejoice, (laugh to) scorn, be in (make) sport.
TWOT Reference: 1905c
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
שָׂחַק (sa.chaq) — to laugh. 1) to laugh, play, mock 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to laugh (usually in contempt or derision) 1a2) to sport, play 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to make sport 1b2) to jest 1b3) to play (including instrumental music, singing, dancing) 1c) (Hiphil) to laugh mockingly
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · מִשְׂחָק · שְׂחֹוק
Rejoice | verb qal | ≠ בכה
to laugh, to smile = action by which humans give expression to a friendly attitude, joy and amusement with the gestures and sounds that normally accompany it; ≈ this is normally regarded as a good thing, especially when done with restraint, whereas a lack of restraint is often associated with foolishness
Rejoice | verb pi, verb qal | ≈ רקד
to make merry, to play, to joke = action by which humans engage in activities associated with joy and contentment by leaping, dancing, celebrating, and even engaging in games
JDG 16:25 · JDG 16:27 · 1SA 18:7 · 2SA 2:14 · 2SA 6:5 · 2SA 6:21 · 1CH 13:8 · 1CH 15:29 · JOB 40:20 · JOB 40:29 · PSA 104:26 · PRO 8:30 · PRO 8:31 · PRO 26:19 · JER 15:17 · JER 30:19 · JER 31:4 · ZEC 8:5
Confident | verb qal | ≠ ירא · חתת
to laugh at, to be confident in the face of literally: to laugh (at something); hence: = state in which humans or animals have no fear for a certain situation
JOB 5:22 · JOB 39:7 · JOB 39:18 · JOB 39:22 · JOB 41:21 · PRO 31:25 · HAB 1:10
Revile | verb qal, verb hif | ≈ לעג · קלס
to laugh (at someone), to scoff (at someone) literally: to laugh (at someone); hence: = action by which humans or deities express their lack of respect for (other) humans, often accompanied by laughter
2CH 30:10 · JOB 30:1 · PSA 2:4 · PSA 37:13 · PSA 52:8 · PSA 59:9 · PRO 1:26
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
שָׂחַק vb. laugh Qal laugh at
appar. of friendly laugh
sport, play
Pi. make sport
jest
play
Hiph. (declar.) they uttered mockery
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