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Lexicon :: Strong's H7814 - śᵊḥôq

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שְׂחוֹק
Transliteration
śᵊḥôq
Pronunciation
sekh-oke'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1905d

Strong’s Definitions

שְׂחוֹק sᵉchôwq, sekh-oke'; or שְׂחֹק sᵉchôq; from H7832; laughter (in merriment or defiance):—derision, laughter(-ed to scorn, -ing), mocked, sport.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 15x

The KJV translates Strong's H7814 in the following manner: laughter (6x), derision (5x), laughing (1x), mock (1x), laugh to scorn (1x), sport (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 15x
The KJV translates Strong's H7814 in the following manner: laughter (6x), derision (5x), laughing (1x), mock (1x), laugh to scorn (1x), sport (1x).

  1. laughter, laughing stock, mocking, derision

    1. laughter

      1. joyful

      2. hollow

    2. derision (of object)

    3. sport

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שְׂחוֹק sᵉchôwq, sekh-oke'; or שְׂחֹק sᵉchôq; from H7832; laughter (in merriment or defiance):—derision, laughter(-ed to scorn, -ing), mocked, sport.
STRONGS H7814: Abbreviations
† שְׂחֹק, שְׂתוֺק noun [masculine] laughter, derision, sport (properly infinitive construct); — absolute שְׂחֹק Jeremiah 48:26 + 5 times; construct Ecclesiastes 7:6; absolute שְׂחוֺק Jeremiah 20:7 + 7 times; —
1. laughter (joyous) Job 8:21 (|| תְּרוּעָה), Psalm 126:2 (|| דִנָּה), Ecclesiastes 2:2 (|| שִׂמְחָה), Ecclesiastes 10:19 (|| שִׂמֵּחַ); as hollow Proverbs 14:13 (opposed to כָּאַב), Ecclesiastes 7:3 (opposed to כַּעַס), compare הַבְּסִיל שׂ׳ Ecclesiastes 7:6.
2. (object of) derision, הָיָה לִשׂ׳, Jeremiah 20:7; Jeremiah 48:26, 27 (read לִשׂ׳ for MT הַשּׂ׳ Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version Vulgate Gie Du; Co strike out vv), Jeremiah 48:39; Lamentations 3:14; elsewhere Job 12:4 (twice in verse)
3. sport Proverbs 10:23.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Job

8:21; 12:4

Psalms

126:2

Proverbs

10:23; 14:13

Ecclesiastes

2:2; 7:3; 7:6; 7:6; 10:19

Jeremiah

20:7; 20:7; 48:26; 48:26; 48:27; 48:39

Lamentations

3:14

H7814

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7814 matches the Hebrew שְׂחוֹק (śᵊḥôq),
which occurs 15 times in 14 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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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 joyful shouting [if you are found blameless].

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 12:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:4 -

“I am a joke to my friends;

I, one whom God answered when he called upon Him—

A just and blameless man is a joke [and laughed to scorn].

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 126:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 126:2 -

Then our mouth was filled with laughter

And our tongue with joyful shouting;

Then they said among the nations,

“The LORD has done great things for them.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 10:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:23 -

Engaging in evil is like sport to the fool [who refuses wisdom and chases sin],

But to a man of understanding [skillful and godly] wisdom brings joy.

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Even in laughter the heart may be in pain,

And the end of joy may be grief.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:2

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 7:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:3 -

Sorrow is better than laughter,

For when a face is sad (deep in thought) the heart may be happy [because it is growing in wisdom].

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 7:6

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For like the crackling of [burning] thorn bushes under a pot,

So is the laughter of the fool;

And this too is vanity (futility).

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 10:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:19 - The officials make a feast for enjoyment [instead of repairing what is broken], and serve wine to make life merry, and money is the answer to everything.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 20:7

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[Jeremiah said,] O LORD, You have persuaded me and I was deceived;

You are stronger than I and You have prevailed.

I am 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 become arrogant and magnified himself against the LORD [by denying Reuben’s occupation of the land the LORD had assigned him]. Moab also will wallow in his vomit, and he too shall become a laughingstock.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:27 - “For was not Israel a laughingstock to you? Was he caught among thieves? For whenever you speak of him you shake your head in scorn.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:39 - “How it is broken down! How they have wailed! How Moab has turned his back in shame! So Moab will become a laughingstock and a [horrifying] terror to all who are around him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:14 -

I have become the [object of] ridicule to all my people,

And [the subject of] their mocking song all the day.

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