Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H7814
שְׂחֹק
se.choq · “laughter”
Used 15 times across 6 books
Definition
1) laughter, laughing stock, mocking, derision
1a) laughter
1a1) joyful
1a2) hollow
1b) derision (of object)
1c) sport
1a) laughter
1a1) joyful
1a2) hollow
1b) derision (of object)
1c) sport
Where it appears
Job3
Psalms1
Proverbs2
Ecclesiastes4
Jeremiah4
Lamentations1
In the text
Job 8:21Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing.Job 12:4I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn.Psalms 126:2Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The Lord hath done great things for them.Proverbs 10:23It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom.Proverbs 14:13Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.Ecclesiastes 2:2I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?Ecclesiastes 7:3Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.Ecclesiastes 7:6For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.Ecclesiastes 10:19A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all things.Jeremiah 20:7O Lord, thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived: thou art stronger than I, and hast prevailed: I am in derision daily, every one mocketh me.
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