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Lexicon :: Strong's G1070 - gelaō

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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 - And Abraam fell upon his face, and laughed; and spoke in his heart, saying, Shall there be a child to one who is a hundred years old, and shall Sarrha who is ninety years old, bear?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:12 - And Sarrha laughed in herself, saying, [fn]The thing has not as yet happened to me, even until now, and my lord is old.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:13 - And the Lord said to Abraam, Why is it that Sarrha has laughed in herself, saying, Shall I then indeed bear? but I am grown old.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:15 - But Sarrha denied, saying, I did not laugh, for she was afraid. And he said to her, Nay, but thou didst laugh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:7 - Behold, I laugh at reproach; I will not speak: or I will cry out, but there is nowhere judgment.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:19 - The righteous have seen it, and laughed, and the blameless one has derided them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:24 - Were I to laugh on them, they would not believe it; and the light of my face has not failed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 52:6 - (LXX 51:8) And the righteous shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him, and say,

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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 lament, and a time to dance;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:8 - For I will laugh with my bitter speech, I will call upon rebellion and misery: for the word of the Lord is become a reproach to me and a mockery all my days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:7 - Zain. Jerusalem remembered the days of her affliction, and her rejection; she thought on all her desirable things which were from the days of old, when her people fell into the hands of the oppressor, and there was none to help her: when her enemies saw it they laughed at her habitation.
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