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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 laughing,
And your lips with rejoicing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 12:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:4 - “I am one mocked by his friends,
Who called on God, and He answered him,
The just and blameless who is ridiculed.

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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 singing.
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 - To do evil is like sport to a fool,
But a man of understanding has wisdom.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 14:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:13 - Even in laughter the heart may sorrow,
And the end of mirth may be grief.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:2 - I said of laughter—“Madness!”; and of mirth, “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 by a sad countenance the heart is made better.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:6 - For like the crackling of thorns under a pot,
So is the laughter of the fool.
This also is vanity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 10:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:19 - A feast is made for laughter,
And wine makes merry;
But money answers everything.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 20:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:7 - O LORD, You induced me, and I was persuaded;
You are stronger than I, and have prevailed.
I am in derision daily;
Everyone mocks me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:26 - “Make him drunk,
Because he exalted himself against the LORD.
Moab shall wallow in his vomit,
And he shall also be in derision.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:27 - For was not Israel a derision to you?
Was he found 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 - “They shall wail:
‘How she is broken down!
How Moab has turned her back with shame!’
So Moab shall be a derision
And a dismay to all those about her.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:14 - I have become the ridicule of all my people—
Their taunting song all the day.
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