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Lexicon :: Strong's G1071 - gelōs

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γέλως
Transliteration
gelōs (Key)
Pronunciation
ghel'-os
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 1:658,113

Strong’s Definitions

γέλως gélōs, ghel'-os; from G1070; laughter (as a mark of gratification):—laughter.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's G1071 in the following manner: laughter (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's G1071 in the following manner: laughter (1x).
  1. laughter

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
γέλως gélōs, ghel'-os; from G1070; laughter (as a mark of gratification):—laughter.
STRONGS G1071:
γέλως, -ωτος, , laughter: James 4:9. [From Homer down.]
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

James
4:9

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1071 matches the Greek γέλως (gelōs),
which occurs 15 times in 14 verses in the LXX Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:6 -

Sarah said, “God has made me laugh, and everyone who hears will laugh with me.”[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:21 -

He will yet fill your mouth with laughter

and your lips with a shout of joy.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:6 -

He has made me an object of scorn to the people;

I have become a man people spit at.[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:23 -

As shameful conduct is pleasure for a fool,

so wisdom is for a person of understanding.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:2 -

I said about laughter, “It is madness,” and about pleasure, “What does this accomplish? ”

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:3 -

Grief is better than laughter,

for when a face is sad, a heart may be glad.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:6 -

for like the crackling of burning thorns under the pot,

so is the laughter of the fool.

This too is futile.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:19 -

A feast is prepared for laughter,

and wine makes life happy,

and money[fn] is the answer for everything.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:7 -

You deceived me, LORD, and I was deceived.

You seized me and prevailed.

I am a laughingstock all the time;

everyone ridicules me.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:26 -

“Make him drunk, because he has exalted himself against the LORD. Moab will wallow in his own vomit, and he will also become a laughingstock.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:39 -

“How broken it is! They wail! How Moab has turned his back! He is ashamed. Moab will become a laughingstock and a shock to all those around him.”

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:14 -

I am a laughingstock to all my people,[fn]

mocked by their songs all day long.

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:9 -

“Isaac’s high places will be deserted,

and Israel’s sanctuaries will be in ruins;

I will rise up against the house of Jeroboam

with a sword.”

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 1:10 -

Don’t announce it in Gath,

don’t weep at all.

Roll in the dust in Beth-leaphrah.

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