Strong's Concordance

Hebrew-Aramaic
H7832

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Original: שׂחק

Transliteration: sachaq (śâchaq)

Phonetic: saw-khak'

BDB Definition:

to laugh, play, mock
1. (Qal)
  1. to laugh (usually in contempt or derision)
  2. to sport, play
2. (Piel)
  1. to make sport
  2. to jest
  3. to play (including instrumental music, singing, dancing)
3. (Hiphil) to laugh mockingly

Origin: a primitive root

TWOT entry: 1905c

Part(s) of speech: Verb

Strong's Definition: A primitive root; to laugh (in pleasure or detraction); by implication to play: - deride, have in derision, laugh, make merry, mock (-er), play, rejoice, (laugh to) scorn, be in (make) sport.

Occurrences in the (KJV) King James Version:

All Occurrences (36x)

Am Not I In Sport (1x)

And Play (1x)

And Playing (1x)

And Shall Laugh (1x)

And She Shall Rejoice (1x)

As They Played (1x)

But They Laughed Them To Scorn (1x)

Did Mock (1x)

He Laugheth (1x)

He Mocketh (1x)

He Scorneth (1x)

I Also Will Laugh (1x)

I Laughed (1x)

Made Sport (1x)

Of The Mockers (1x)

Of Them That Make Merry (2x)

Or Laugh (1x)

Play (1x)

Played (2x)

Playing (1x)

Rejoicing (2x)

Shall Laugh (2x)

Shalt Laugh (1x)

She Scorneth (1x)

Than I Have Me In Derision (1x)

That He May Make Us Sport (1x)

Therefore Will I Play (1x)

Thou Shalt Laugh (1x)

To Laugh (1x)

To Play (1x)

Unto Them: They Shall Deride (1x)

Wilt Thou Play (1x)

All Occurrences

Judges 16:25

And it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, that they said, Call for Samson, that he may make us sport. And they called for Samson out of the prison house; and he made them sport: and they set him between the pillars.(o)

Judges 16:27

Now the house was full of men and women; and all the lords of the Philistines were there; and there were upon the roof about three thousand men and women, that beheld while Samson made sport.

1 Samuel 18:7

And the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.

2 Samuel 2:14

And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men now arise, and play before us. And Joab said, Let them arise.

2 Samuel 6:5

And David and all the house of Israel played before the Lord on all manner of instruments made of fir wood, even on harps, and on psalteries, and on timbrels, and on cornets, and on cymbals.

2 Samuel 6:21

And David said unto Michal, It was before the Lord , which chose me before thy father, and before all his house, to appoint me ruler over the people of the Lord , over Israel: therefore will I play before the Lord .

1 Chronicles 13:8

And David and all Israel played before God with all their might, and with singing, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets.(e)

1 Chronicles 15:29

And it came to pass, as the ark of the covenant of the Lord came to the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looking out at a window saw king David dancing and playing: and she despised him in her heart.

2 Chronicles 30:10

So the posts passed from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh even unto Zebulun: but they laughed them to scorn, and mocked them.

Job 5:22

At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.

Job 29:24

If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.

Job 30:1

But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my flock.(a)

Job 39:7

He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver.(b)

Job 39:18

What time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider.

Job 39:22

He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from the sword.

Job 40:20

Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play.

Job 41:5

Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?

Job 41:29

Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a spear.

Psalm 2:4

He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.

Psalm 37:13

The Lord shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming.

Psalm 52:6

The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him:

Psalm 59:8

But thou, O Lord , shalt laugh at them; thou shalt have all the heathen in derision.

Psalm 104:26

There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom thou hast made to play therein.(i)

Proverbs 1:26

I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;

Proverbs 8:30

Then I was by him, as one brought up with him: and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him;

Proverbs 8:31

Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights were with the sons of men.

Proverbs 26:19

So is the man that deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am not I in sport?

Proverbs 29:9

If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, there is no rest.

Proverbs 31:25

Strength and honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come.

Ecclesiastes 3:4

A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;

Jeremiah 15:17

I sat not in the assembly of the mockers, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of thy hand: for thou hast filled me with indignation.

Jeremiah 30:19

And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of them that make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small.

Jeremiah 31:4

Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel: thou shalt again be adorned with thy tabrets, and shalt go forth in the dances of them that make merry.(c)

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Brown-Driver-Brigg's Information

All of the original Hebrew and Aramaic words are arranged by the numbering system from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible. In some cases more than one form of the word — such as the masculine and feminine forms of a noun — may be listed.

Each entry is a Hebrew word, unless it is designated as Aramaic. Immediately after each word is given its equivalent in English letters, according to a system of transliteration. Then follows the phonetic. Next follows the Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definitions given in English.

Then ensues a reference to the same word as found in Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament (TWOT), by R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, Jr., and Bruce K. Waltke. This section makes an association between the unique number used by TWOT with the Strong's number.

Thayers Information

All of the original Greek words are arranged by the numbering system from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible. The Strong's numbering system arranges most Greek words by their alphabetical order. This renders reference easy without recourse to the Greek characters. In some cases more than one form of the word - such as the masculine, feminine, and neuter forms of a noun - may be listed.

Immediately after each word is given its exact equivalent in English letters, according to the system of transliteration laid down in the scheme here following. Then follows the phonetic. Next follows the Thayer's Definitions given in English.

Then ensues a reference to the same word as found in the ten-volume Theological Dictionary of the New Testament (TDNT), edited by Gerhard Kittel. Both volume and page numbers cite where the word may be found.

The presence of an asterisk indicates that the corresponding entry in the Theological Dictionary of the New Testament may appear in a different form than that displayed in Thayers' Greek Definitions.

Strong's Hebrew and Greek Dictionaries Information

Dictionaries of Hebrew and Greek Words taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance by James Strong, S.T.D., LL.D., 1890.

Strong's Concor­dance

Hebrew-Aramaic H7832

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Strong's Concordance

Hebrew-Aramaic
H7832