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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)
mGNT
1x in 1 unique form(s) TR
1x in 1 unique form(s) LXX
15x in 5 unique form(s)
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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, ὁ, 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 21:6

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 8:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:21 - He will yet fill your mouth with laughter,
and your lips with shouting.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 17:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:6 - “He has made me a byword of the peoples,
and I am one before whom men spit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 10:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:23 - Doing wrong is like a joke to a fool,
but wisdom is pleasure to a man of understanding.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:2 - I said of laughter, “It is mad,” and of pleasure, “What use is it?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 7:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:3 - Sorrow is better than laughter,
for by sadness of face the heart is made glad.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:6 - For as the crackling of thorns under a pot,
so is the laughter of the fools;
this also is vanity.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 10:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:19 - Bread is made for laughter,
and wine gladdens life,
and money answers everything.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 20:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:7 - O LORD, you have deceived me,
and I was deceived;
you are stronger than I,
and you have prevailed.
I have become a laughingstock all the day;
everyone mocks me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:26 - “Make him drunk, because he magnified himself against the LORD, so that Moab shall wallow in his vomit, and he too shall be held in derision.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:39 - How it is broken! How they wail! How Moab has turned his back in shame! So Moab has become a derision and a horror to all that are around him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:14 - I have become the laughingstock of all peoples,
the object of their taunts all day long.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:9 - the high places of Isaac shall be made desolate,
and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste,
and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 1:10 - Tell it not in Gath;
weep not at all;
in Beth-le-aphrah
roll yourselves in the dust.
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