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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 [fn]with 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 -

“But He has made me a byword of the people,

And I am [fn]one at whom men spit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 10:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:23 -

Doing wickedness is like laughing to a fool,

And so is wisdom to a man of discernment.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:2 - I said of laughter, “It is madness,” and of gladness, “What does it do?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 7:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:3 -

Better is vexation than laughter,

For when a face is sad a heart may be merry.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:6 -

For as the crackling sound of thorn bushes under a pot,

So is the laughter of the fool;

And this too is vanity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 10:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:19 - Men prepare bread for laughter, and wine makes life glad, and money [fn]is the answer to everything.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 20:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:7 -

O Yahweh, You have enticed me, and I was enticed;

You were stronger than I, and You prevailed.

I have become a laughingstock all day long;

Everyone mocks me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:26 - “Make him drunk, for he has magnified himself against Yahweh; so Moab will [fn]wallow in his vomit, and he also will become a laughingstock.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:39 - “How [fn]shattered it is! How they have wailed! How Moab has turned his back—he is ashamed! So Moab will become a laughingstock and an object of terror to all around him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:14 -

I have become a laughingstock to all my people,

Their music of mockery all the day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:9 -

“The high places of Isaac will be desolated

And the sanctuaries of Israel laid waste.

Then I will rise up 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.

At [fn]Beth-le-aphrah roll yourself in the dust.

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