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Lexicon :: Strong's H6711 - ṣāḥaq

Aa
צָחַק
Transliteration
ṣāḥaq
Pronunciation
tsaw-khak'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1905

Strong’s Definitions

צָחַק tsâchaq, tsaw-khak'; a primitive root; to laugh outright (in merriment or scorn); by implication, to sport:—laugh, mock, play, make sport.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 13x

The KJV translates Strong's H6711 in the following manner: laugh (6x), mock (4x), sport (2x), play (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 13x
The KJV translates Strong's H6711 in the following manner: laugh (6x), mock (4x), sport (2x), play (1x).

  1. to laugh, mock, play

    1. (Qal) to laugh

    2. (Piel)

      1. to jest

      2. to sport, play, make sport, toy with, make a toy of

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
צָחַק tsâchaq, tsaw-khak'; a primitive root; to laugh outright (in merriment or scorn); by implication, to sport:—laugh, mock, play, make sport.
STRONGS H6711: Abbreviations
† [צָחַק] verb laugh (Arabic bdb085010, laugh, Syriac bdb085011, compare BaEs 34; see also H7832 שׂחק); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person feminine singular צָֽחֲקָה Genesis 18:13, etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִצֲחַקֿ Genesis 21:6, וַיִּצְחָ֑ק Genesis 17:17; 3rd person feminine singular וַתִּצְחַק Genesis 18:12; — laugh, Genesis 18:12, 13, 15 (twice in verse) (J), Genesis 17:17 (P); with ל at, concerning, Genesis 21:6.
Pi. Imperfect וַיְצַחֵק Judges 16:25; Infinitive construct לְצַחֵק Exodus 32:6, (בִּי) בָּנוּ לְצַ֫חֶק Genesis 39:14, 17; Participle מְצַחֵק Genesis 19:14; Genesis 26:8, מְצַחֶ֑ק Genesis 21:9; —
1. jest Genesis 19:14 (J).
2. sport, play Genesis 21:9 (E) Exodus 32:6 (J); make sport for Judges 16:25 (לִפְנֵי; || וִישַׂחֶקלָֿ֑נוּ); toy with (אֶת), of conjugal caresses Genesis 26:8 (compare DoughtyArab. Des. i. 231), make a toy of, with ב, Genesis 39:14, 17 (all J).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

17:17; 17:17; 18:12; 18:12; 18:13; 18:13; 18:15; 19:14; 19:14; 21:6; 21:6; 21:9; 21:9; 26:8; 26:8; 39:14; 39:14; 39:17; 39:17

Exodus

32:6; 32:6

Judges

16:25; 16:25

H6711

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Strong's Number H6711 matches the Hebrew צָחַק (ṣāḥaq),
which occurs 13 times in 12 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:17 - Then H5307➔ Abraham H85 fell ➔H5307 upon H5921 his face, H6440 and laughed, H6711 and said H559 in his heart, H3820 Shall H3205➔ a child be born ➔H3205 unto him that is H1121➔ an hundred H3967 years H8141 old? ➔H1121 and shall H518 Sarah, H8283 that is H1323➔ ninety H8673 years H8141 old, ➔H1323 bear? H3205

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:12 - Therefore H6711➔ Sarah H8283 laughed ➔ H6711 within herself, H7130 saying, H559 After H310 I am waxed old H1086 shall I have H1961 pleasure, H5730 my lord H113➔ being old H2204 also? ➔H113

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:13 - And H559➔ the LORD H3068 said ➔H559 unto H413 Abraham, H85 Wherefore H4100 did H6711➔ Sarah H8283 laugh, ➔ H6711 saying, H559 Shall H637 I H3205➔ of a surety H552 bear ➔H3205 a child, H589 which am old? H2204

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:15 - Then H3584➔ Sarah H8283 denied, ➔H3584 saying, H559 I laughed H6711 not; H3808 for H3588 she was afraid. H3372 And he said, H559 Nay; H3808 but H3588 thou didst laugh. H6711

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:6 - And H559➔ Sarah H8283 said, ➔H559 God H430 hath made H6213 me to H589 laugh, H6712 so that all H3605 that hear H8085 will laugh H6711 with me. H589

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:9 - And H7200➔ Sarah H8283 saw ➔H7200 the son H1121 of Hagar H1904 the Egyptian, H4713 which H834 she had born H3205 unto Abraham, H85 mocking. H6711

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:8 - And it came to pass, H1961 when H3588 he had been H748➔ there H8033 a H3117➔ long ➔H748 time, ➔H3117 that H8259➔ Abimelech H40 king H4428 of the Philistines H6430 looked out ➔H8259 at H1157 a window, H2474 and saw, H7200 and, behold, H2009 Isaac H3327 was sporting H6711 with H854 Rebekah H7259 his wife. H802

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:14 - That she called H7121 unto the men H376 of her house, H1004 and spake H559 unto them, saying, H559 See, H7200 he hath brought in H935 an Hebrew H5680 unto us to mock H6711 us; he came in H935 unto me H413 to lie H7901 with me, H5973 and I cried H7121 with a H6963➔ loud H1419 voice: ➔H6963

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:6 - And they rose up early H7925 on the morrow, H4283 and offered H5927 burnt offerings, H5930 and brought H5066 peace offerings; H8002 and H3427➔ the people H5971 sat down ➔H3427 to eat H398 and to drink, H8354 and rose up H6965 to play. H6711

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