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Lexicon :: Strong's H7832 - śāḥaq

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שָׂחַק
Transliteration
śāḥaq
Pronunciation
saw-khak'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1905c

Strong’s Definitions

שָׂחַק sâchaq, saw-khak'; 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.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 36x

The KJV translates Strong's H7832 in the following manner: play (10x), laugh (10x), rejoice (3x), scorn (3x), sport (3x), merry (2x), mock (2x), deride (1x), derision (1x), mockers (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 36x
The KJV translates Strong's H7832 in the following manner: play (10x), laugh (10x), rejoice (3x), scorn (3x), sport (3x), merry (2x), mock (2x), deride (1x), derision (1x), mockers (1x).

  1. 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

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שָׂחַק sâchaq, saw-khak'; 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.
STRONGS H7832: Abbreviations
† שָׂחַק verb laugh (|| צהק, which see; Late Hebrew שָׂחַק, סָחַק; Ethiopic bdb096506); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular וְשׂ׳ consecutive Proverbs 29:9; 3rd person plural שָֽׂחֲקוּ Lamentations 1:7; Job 30:1; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִשְׂחַק Job 39:7 +, etc.; Infinitive construct שְׂחוֺק Judges 16:24; Ecclesiastes 3:4; —
1.
a. laugh at, usually in contempt, derision, with עַל person Job 30:1; Psalm 52:8; עַל of thing Lamentations 1:7 with ל person God subject Psalm 37:13; Psalm 59:9 (|| לָעַג); with ל of thing or person= have no fear of, Habakkuk 1:10; Job 5:22; Proverbs 31:25 also, figurative, of noble animals Job 39:7, 18, 22; Job 41:21; absolute, Proverbs 29:9 (opposed to רָגַז), of י׳ Psalm 2:4 (|| לָעֵג), of wisdom Proverbs 1:26 (ב temporal; || id.).
b. with אֶל person, apparently of friendly laugh Job 29:24; in general Ecclesiastes 3:4 (opposed to בָּכָה).
2. sport, play, Judges 16:27.
Pi. Perfect 1st person singular וְשִׂחַקְתִּ֫י 1 Samuel 6:21; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular וַיְשַׂחֶקֿ Judges 16:25, etc.; Infinitive construct לְשֵׂחֶקֿ Psalm 104:26; Participle מְשַׂחֵק Proverbs 26:19; 1 Chronicles 15:29, feminine מְשֵׂחֶ֫קֶת Proverbs 8:30, 31; plural מְשַׂחֲקִים 2 Samuel 6:5 +, מְשַׂחֲקוֺת 1 Samuel 18:7; —
1. make sport, Judges 16:25 (ל person) 2 Samuel 2:14 (לִפְנֵי person; in tournament), Proverbs 8:30 (לִפְנֵי), Proverbs 8:31 ב loc).
2. jest, Proverbs 26:19.
3. play: including instrumental music, singing and dancing 1 Samuel 18:7, with לִפְנֵי י׳. 2 Samuel 6:5 (ב instrumental), = 1 Chronicles 13:8; 2 Samuel 6:21; 1 Chronicles 15:29 (+ מְרַקֵּד); of merry-making Jeremiah 15:17 (|| עָלַז), Jeremiah 30:19; Jeremiah 31:4; of children's sport Zechariah 8:5; of beasts Job 40:20; Psalm 104:25; of man, play with (ב) crocodile, Job 40:29 [Job 41:5].
Hiph. (declar.) Participle. plural מַשְׂחִיקִים 2 Chronicles 30:10 they uttered mockery עֲלֵיהֶם (|| מַלְעִנִים).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Judges

16:24; 16:25; 16:25; 16:27

1 Samuel

6:21; 18:7; 18:7

2 Samuel

2:14; 6:5; 6:5; 6:21

1 Chronicles

13:8; 15:29; 15:29

2 Chronicles

30:10

Job

5:22; 29:24; 30:1; 30:1; 39:7; 39:7; 39:18; 39:22; 40:20; 41:5; 41:21

Psalms

2:4; 37:13; 52:8; 59:9; 104:25; 104:26

Proverbs

1:26; 8:30; 8:30; 8:31; 8:31; 26:19; 26:19; 29:9; 29:9; 31:25

Ecclesiastes

3:4; 3:4

Jeremiah

15:17; 30:19; 31:4

Lamentations

1:7; 1:7

Habakkuk

1:10

Zechariah

8:5

H7832

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7832 matches the Hebrew שָׂחַק (śāḥaq),
which occurs 36 times in 36 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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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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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:27 - Now the house H1004 was full H4390 of men H376 and women, H802 and all H3605 the lords H5633 of the Philistines H6430 were there. H8033 And about 3,000 H7969 H505 men H376 and women H802 were on the roof H1406 looking H7200 on while Samson H8123 was amusing H7832 them.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:7 - The women H802 sang H6030 as they [fn]played, H7832 and said, H559
“Saul H7586 has slain H5221 his thousands, H505
And David H1732 his ten H7233 thousands.” H7233

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:14 - Then Abner H74 said H559 to Joab, H3097 “Now H4994 let the young H5288 men H5288 arise H6965 and [fn]hold H7832 a contest H7832 before H6440 us.” And Joab H3097 said, H559 “Let them arise.” H6965

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:5 - Meanwhile, David H1732 and all H3605 the house H1004 of Israel H3478 were celebrating H7832 before H6440 the LORD H3068 with all H3605 kinds of instruments made of [fn]fir H1265 wood, H6086 and with lyres, H3658 harps, H5035 tambourines, H8596 castanets H4517 and cymbals. H6767

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:21 - So David H1732 said H559 to Michal, H4324 “It was before H6440 the LORD, H3068 who H834 chose H977 me above H4480 your father H1 and above H4480 all H3605 his house, H1004 to appoint H6680 me ruler H5057 over H5921 the people H5971 of the LORD, H3068 over H5921 Israel; H3478 therefore I will celebrate H7832 before H6440 the LORD. H3068

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:8 - David H1732 and all H3605 Israel H3478 were celebrating H7832 before H6440 God H430 with all H3605 their might, H5797 even with songs H7892 and with lyres, H3658 harps, H5035 tambourines, H8596 cymbals H4700 and with trumpets. H2689

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:29 - It happened H1961 when the ark H727 of the covenant H1285 of the LORD H3068 came H935 to the city H5892 of David, H1732 that Michal H4324 the daughter H1323 of Saul H7586 looked H8259 out of the window H2474 and saw H7200 King H4428 David H1732 leaping H7540 and celebrating; H7832 and she despised H959 him in her heart. H3820

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:10 - So the [fn]couriers H7323 passed H5674 from city H5892 to city H5892 through the country H776 of Ephraim H669 and Manasseh, H4519 and as far H5704 as Zebulun, H2074 but they laughed H7832 them to scorn H7832 and mocked H3932 them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:22 - “You will laugh H7832 at violence H7701 and famine, H3720
And you will not be afraid H3372 of [fn]wild H776 beasts. H2416

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:24 - “I smiled H7832 on them when they did not believe, H539
And the light H216 of my face H6440 they did not cast H5307 down. H5307

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:1 - “But now H6258 those H6810 younger H6810 than H4480 I mock H7832 me,
Whose H834 fathers H1 I disdained H3988 to put H7896 with the dogs H3611 of my flock. H6629

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:7 - “He scorns H7832 the tumult H1995 of the city, H7151
The shoutings H8663 of the driver H5065 he does not hear. H8085

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:18 - “When H6256 she lifts H4754 herself [fn]on high, H4791
She laughs H7832 at the horse H5483 and his rider. H7392

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:22 - “He laughs H7832 at fear H6343 and is not dismayed; H2865
And he does not turn H7725 back H7725 from the sword. H2719

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:20 - “Surely H5608 the mountains H2022 bring H5375 him food, H944
And all H3605 the beasts H2416 of the field H7704 play H7832 there. H8033

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:5 - “Will you play H7832 with him as with a bird, H6833
Or will you bind H7194 him for your maidens? H5291

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:29 - “Clubs H8455 are regarded H2803 as stubble; H7179
He laughs H7832 at the rattling H7494 of the javelin. H3591

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 2:4 - He who [fn]sits H3427 in the heavens H8064 laughs, H7832
The Lord H136 scoffs H3932 at them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:13 - The Lord H136 laughs H7832 at him,
For He sees H7200 his day H3117 is coming. H935

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 52:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 52:6 - The righteous H6662 will see H7200 and fear, H3372
And will laugh H7832 at him, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:8 - But You, O LORD, H3068 laugh H7832 at them;
You scoff H3932 at all H3605 the nations. H1471

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:26 - There H8033 the ships H591 move H1980 along,
And [fn]Leviathan, H3882 which H2088 You have formed H3336 to sport H7832 in it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:26 - I will also H1571 laugh H7832 at your calamity; H343
I will mock H3932 when your dread H6343 comes, H935

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:30 - Then I was beside H681 Him, as a master H525 workman; H525
And I was daily H3117 His delight, H8191
[fn]Rejoicing H7832 always H3605 H6256 before H6440 Him,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:31

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:31 - [fn]Rejoicing H7832 in the world, H8398 His earth, H776
And having my delight H8191 in the sons H1121 of men. H120

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:19 - So H3651 is the man H376 who deceives H7411 his neighbor, H7453
And says, H559 “Was I not joking?” H7832

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:9 - When a wise H2450 man H376 has H8199 a controversy H8199 with a foolish H191 man, H376
[fn]The foolish man either rages H7264 or laughs, H7832 and there H369 is no H369 rest. H5183

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:25 - Strength H5797 and dignity H1926 are her clothing, H3830
And she smiles H7832 at the [fn]future. H314 H3117

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:4 - A time H6256 to weep H1058 and a time H6256 to laugh; H7832
A time H6256 to mourn H5594 and a time H6256 to dance. H7540

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:17 - I did not sit H3427 in the circle H5475 of merrymakers, H7832
Nor H3808 did I exult. H5937
Because H4480 H6440 of Your hand H3027 upon me I sat H3427 alone, H910
For You filled H4390 me with indignation. H2195

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:19 - ‘From them will proceed H3318 thanksgiving H8426
And the voice H6963 of those who [fn]celebrate; H7832
And I will multiply H7235 them and they will not be diminished; H4591
I will also honor H3513 them and they will not be insignificant. H6819

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:4 - “Again H5750 I will build H1129 you and you will be rebuilt, H1129
O virgin H1330 of Israel! H3478
Again H5750 you will [fn]take H5710 up your tambourines, H8596
And go H3318 forth H3318 to the dances H4234 of the merrymakers. H7832

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:7 - In the days H3117 of her affliction H6040 and homelessness H4788
Jerusalem H3389 remembers H2142 all H3605 her precious H4262 things H4262
That were from the days H3117 of old, H6924
When her people H5971 fell H5307 into the hand H3027 of the adversary H6862
And no H369 one H369 helped H5826 her.
The adversaries H6862 saw H7200 her,
They mocked H7832 at her [fn]ruin. H4868

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:10 - “They mock H7046 at kings H4428
And rulers H7336 are a laughing H4890 matter to them.
They laugh H7832 at every H3605 fortress H4013
And heap H6651 up rubble H6083 to capture H3920 it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:5 - ‘And the [fn]streets H7339 of the city H5892 will be filled H4390 with boys H3206 and girls H3207 playing H7832 in its [fn]streets.’ H7339
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