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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 Box Gen 17:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:17 - Then Abraham fell on his face and laughed and said in his heart, “Will a son be born to a man one hundred years old? And will Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a son?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:12 - And Sarah laughed [fn]to herself, saying, “After I am worn out, shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:13 - And Yahweh said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh, saying, ‘Shall I indeed [fn]bear a son, when I am so old?’

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:7 -

“Behold, I cry, ‘Violence!’ but I get no answer;

I shout for help, but there is no justice.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:19 -

“The righteous see and are glad,

And the innocent mock them,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:24 -

“I laughed with them as they could not believe it,

And the light of my face they did not cast down.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 52:6 -

So that the righteous will see and fear,

And will laugh at him, saying,

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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 -

For each time I speak, I cry aloud;

I call out violence and devastation

Because for me the word of Yahweh has [fn]resulted

In reproach and derision all day long.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:7 -

Zayin

In the days of her affliction and homelessness

Jerusalem remembers all her precious things

That were from the days of old,

When her people fell into the hand of the adversary

And no one helped her.

The adversaries saw her;

They laughed at her [fn]ruin.

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