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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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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

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:25 - And when their heart was merry, then they said, Call Sampson out of the prison-house, and let him play before us: and they called Sampson out of the prison-house, and he played before them; and they smote him with the palms of their hands, and set him between the pillars.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:27 - And the house was full of men and women, and there were all the chiefs of the Philistines, and on the roof were about three thousand men and women looking at the sports of Sampson.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:7 - And the women began the strain, and said, Saul has smitten his thousands, and David his ten thousands.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:14 - And Abenner said to Joab, Let now the young men arise, and play before us. And Joab said, Let them arise.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:5 - And David and the children of Israel were playing before the Lord on well-tuned instruments mightily, and with songs, and with harps, and with lutes, and with drums, and with cymbals, and with pipes.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:21 - And David said to Melchol, I will dance before the Lord. Blessed be the Lord who chose me before thy father, and before all his house, to make me head over his people, even over Israel: therefore I will play, and dance before the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:8 - And David and all Israel were playing before the Lord with all their might, and that together with singers, and with harps, and with lutes, with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:29 - And the ark of the covenant of the Lord arrived, and came to the city of David; and Melchol the daughter of Saul looked down through the window, and saw king David dancing and playing: and she despised him in her heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:10 - So the posts went through from city to city in mount Ephraim, and Manasse, and as far as Zabulon: and they as it were laughed them to scorn, and mocked them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:22 - Thou shalt laugh at the unrighteous and the lawless: and thou shalt not be afraid of wild beasts.

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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 BoxJob 30:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:1 - But now the youngest have laughed me to scorn, now they reprove me in their turn, whose fathers I set at nought; whom I did not deem worthy to be with my shepherd dogs.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:7 - He laughs to scorn the multitude of the city, and hears not the chiding of the tax-gatherer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:18 - In her season she will lift herself on high; she will scorn the horse and his rider.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:22 - He laughs to scorn a king as he meets him, and will by no means turn back from the sword.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:20 - And when he has gone up to a steep mountain, he causes joy to the quadrupeds in the deep.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:5 - (LXX 40:29) And wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or bind him as a sparrow for a child?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:29 - (LXX 41:21) Mauls are counted as stubble; and he laughs to scorn the waving of the firebrand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 2:4 - He that dwells in the heavens shall laugh them to scorn, and the Lord shall mock them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:13 - (LXX 36:13) But the Lord shall laugh at him: for he foresees that his day will come.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 52:6

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 BoxPsa 59:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:8 - (LXX 58:9) But thou, Lord, wilt laugh them to scorn; thou wilt utterly set at nought all the heathen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:26 - (LXX 103:26) There go the ships; and this dragon whom thou hast made to play in it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:26 - therefore I also will laugh at your destruction; and I will rejoice against you when ruin comes upon you:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:30

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:30 - I was by him, [fn]suiting myself to him, I was that wherein he took delight; and daily I rejoiced in his presence continually.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:31

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:31 - For he rejoiced when he had completed the world, and rejoiced among the children of men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:19 - so are all that lay wait for their own friends, and when they are discovered, say, I did it in jest.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:9 - A wise man shall judge nations: but a worthless man being angry laughs and fears not.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:25 - She puts on strength and honour; and rejoices in the last days.

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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 15:17 - I have not sat in the assembly of them as they mocked, but I feared because of thy power: I sat alone, for I was filled with bitterness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:19 - (LXX 37:19) And there shall go forth from them singers, even the sound of men making merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not at all be diminished.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:4 - (LXX 38:4) For I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel: thou shalt yet take thy timbrel, and go forth with the party of them that make merry.

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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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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:10 - And he shall be at his ease with kings, and princes are his toys, and he shall mock at every strong-hold, and shall cast a mound, and take possession of it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:5

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:5 - And the broad places of the city shall be filled with boys and girls playing in the streets thereof.
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