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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 Box Gen 17:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:17 - Then Abraham fell on his face and laughed H6711 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 H6711 [fn]to herself, saying, “After I am worn out, shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 18:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:13 - And Yahweh said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh H6711, saying, ‘Shall I indeed [fn]bear a son, when I am so old?’

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 18:15

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:14 - And Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law, who [fn]were to marry his daughters, and said, “Get up, get out of this place, for Yahweh will destroy the city.” But he appeared to his sons-in-law [fn]to be jesting H6711.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:6 - And Sarah said, “God has made laughter for me; everyone who hears will laugh H6711 [fn]with me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 21:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:9 - And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, [fn]laughing H6711 in jest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 26:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:8 - Now it happened, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out through a window and saw, and behold, Isaac was [fn]caressing H6711 his wife Rebekah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:14 - that she called to the men of her household and spoke to them, saying, “See, he has brought in a [fn]Hebrew to us to laugh H6711 at us; he came in to me to lie with me, and I [fn]screamed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 39:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:17 - Then she spoke to him [fn]with these words, saying, “The Hebrew slave, whom you brought to us, came in to me to laugh H6711 at me;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:6 - So the next day they rose early and offered burnt offerings and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink and rose up to play H6711.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:25 -

So it happened when their hearts were merry, that they said, “Call for Samson, that he may amuse us.” So they called for Samson from the prison, and he [fn]entertained H6711 them. And they made him stand between the pillars.

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