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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 gladness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 12:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:4 - I am a laughingstock to my friends, I, who called on God and whom he answered - a righteous and blameless man is a laughingstock!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 126:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 126:2 - At that time we laughed loudly and shouted for joy. At that time the nations said, "The LORD has accomplished great things for these people."

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 10:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:23 - Carrying out a wicked scheme is enjoyable to a fool, and so is wisdom for the one who has discernment.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 14:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:13 - Even in laughter the heart may ache, 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 partying, "It is folly," and of self-indulgent pleasure, "It accomplishes nothing!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 7:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:3 - Sorrow is better than laughter, because sober reflection is good for the heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:6 - For like the crackling of quick-burning thorns under a cooking pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This kind of folly also is useless.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 10:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:19 - Feasts are made for laughter, and wine makes life merry, but money is the answer for everything.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 20:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:7 - LORD, you coerced me into being a prophet, and I allowed you to do it. You overcame my resistance and prevailed over me. Now I have become a constant laughingstock. Everyone ridicules me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:26 - "Moab has vaunted itself against me. So make him drunk with the wine of my wrath until he splashes around in his own vomit, until others treat him as a laughingstock.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:27 - For did not you people of Moab laugh at the people of Israel? Did you think that they were nothing but thieves, that you shook your head in contempt every time you talked about them?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:39 - Oh, how shattered Moab will be! Oh, how her people will wail! Oh, how she will turn away in shame! Moab will become an object of ridicule, a terrifying sight to all the nations that surround her."

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:14 - I have become the laughingstock of all people, their mocking song all day long.
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