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Lexicon :: Strong's G1070 - gelaō

Aa
γελάω
Transliteration
gelaō (Key)
Pronunciation
ghel-ah'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
Of uncertain affinity
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 1:658,113

Strong’s Definitions

γελάω geláō, ghel-ah'-o; of uncertain affinity; to laugh (as a sign of joy or satisfaction):—laugh.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's G1070 in the following manner: laugh (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's G1070 in the following manner: laugh (2x).

  1. to laugh

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
γελάω geláō, ghel-ah'-o; of uncertain affinity; to laugh (as a sign of joy or satisfaction):—laugh.
STRONGS G1070:
γελάω, -ῶ; future γελάσω (in Greek writings more common γελάσομαι [Buttmann, 53 (46); Winers Grammar, 84 (80)]); [from Homer down]; to laugh: Luke 6:21 (opposed to κλαίω), Luke 6:25. [Compare: καταγελάω.]
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Luke
6:21; 6:25

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1070 matches the Greek γελάω (gelaō),
which occurs 12 times in 11 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:17 - Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is a hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:12 - And Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:13 - And Jehovah said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, who am old?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:15 - Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:7 -
Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard:
I cry for help, but there is no justice.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:19 -
The righteous see it, and are glad;
And the innocent laugh them to scorn,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:24 -
I smiled on them, when they had no confidence;
And the light of my countenance they cast not down.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 52:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 52:6 -
The righteous also shall see it, and fear,
And shall laugh at him, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:4 - a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:8 - For as often as I speak, I cry out; I cry, Violence and destruction! because the word of Jehovah is made a reproach unto me, and a derision, all the day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:7 -
Jerusalem remembereth in the days of her affliction and of her miseries all her pleasant things that were from the days of old:
When her people fell into the hand of the adversary, and none did help her,
The adversaries saw her, they did mock at her desolations.
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