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Strong’s H7814 · Hebrew

שְׂחוֹק

sᵉchôwq · sekh-oke'

Origin or שְׂחֹק; from שָׂחַק (H7832);

Meaning laughter (in merriment or defiance)

In the King James Version derision, laughter(-ed to scorn, -ing), mocked, sport.

In 14 verses of the King James Version

  1. Job 8:21Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing.
  2. Job 12:4I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn.
  3. Psalms 126:2Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The LORD hath done great things for them.
  4. Proverbs 10:23It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom.
  5. Proverbs 14:13Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.
  6. Ecclesiastes 2:2I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?
  7. Ecclesiastes 7:3Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.
  8. Ecclesiastes 7:6For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.
  9. Ecclesiastes 10:19A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all things.
  10. Jeremiah 20:7O LORD, thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived: thou art stronger than I, and hast prevailed: I am in derision daily, every one mocketh me.
  11. Jeremiah 48:26Make ye him drunken: for he magnified himself against the LORD: Moab also shall wallow in his vomit, and he also shall be in derision.
  12. Jeremiah 48:27For was not Israel a derision unto thee? was he found among thieves? for since thou spakest of him, thou skippedst for joy.
  13. Jeremiah 48:39They shall howl, saying, How is it broken down! how hath Moab turned the back with shame! so shall Moab be a derision and a dismaying to all them about him.
  14. Lamentations 3:14I was a derision to all my people; and their song all the day.

From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.

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