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Lexicon :: Strong's H6711 - ṣāḥaq

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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 Abraham H85 fell H5307 on his face H6440 and laughed, H6711 and said H559 in his heart, H3820 “Will a child be born H3205 to a man H1121 one hundred H3967 years H8141 old? H1121 And will Sarah, H8283 who is ninety H8673 years H8141 old, H1323 bear H3205 a child?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:12 - Sarah H8283 laughed H6711 [fn]to herself, H7130 saying, H559 “After H310 I have become H1086 old, H1086 shall I have H1961 pleasure, H5730 my lord H113 being H2204 old H2204 also?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:13 - And the LORD H3068 said H559 to Abraham, H85 “Why H4100 did Sarah H8283 laugh, H6711 saying, H559 ‘Shall I indeed H637 H552 [fn]bear H3205 a child, when I am H2204 so old?’ H2204

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:15 - Sarah H8283 denied H3584 it however, saying, H559 “I did not laugh”; H6711 for she was afraid. H3372 And He said, H559 “No, H3808 but you did laugh.” H6711

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:14 - Lot H3876 went H3318 out and spoke H1696 to his sons-in-law, H2860 who [fn]were to marry H3947 his daughters, H1323 and said, H559 “Up, get H3318 out of this H2088 place, H4725 for the LORD H3068 will destroy H7843 the city.” H5892 But he appeared H1961 H5869 to his sons-in-law H2860 [fn]to be jesting. H6711

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:6 - Sarah H8283 said, H559 “God H430 has made H6213 laughter H6712 for me; everyone H3605 who hears H8085 will laugh H6711 [fn]with me.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:9 - Now Sarah H8283 saw H7200 the son H1121 of Hagar H1904 the Egyptian, H4713 whom H834 she had borne H3205 to Abraham, H85 [fn]mocking. H6711

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:14 - she called H7121 to the men H376 of her household H1004 and said H559 to them, “See, H7200 he has brought H935 in a [fn]Hebrew H5680 to us to make H6711 sport H6711 of us; he came H935 in to me to lie H7901 with me, and I [fn]screamed. H7121 H6963 H1419

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:17 - Then she spoke H1696 to him [fn]with these H428 words, H1697 “[fn]The Hebrew H5680 slave, H5650 whom H834 you brought H935 to us, came H935 in to me to make H6711 sport H6711 of me;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:6 - So the next H4283 day H4283 they rose H7965 early H7925 and offered H5927 burnt H5930 offerings, H5930 and brought H5066 peace H8002 offerings; H8002 and the people H5971 sat H3427 down H3427 to eat H398 and to drink, H8354 and rose H6925 up to play. H6711

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:25 - It so happened H1961 when [fn]they were in high H2895 spirits, H3820 that they said, H559 “Call H7121 for Samson, H8123 that he may amuse H7832 us.” So they called H7121 for Samson H8123 from the prison, H1004 H631 and he [fn]entertained H6711 H6440 them. And they made him stand H5975 between H996 the pillars. H5982
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