H7814 שְׂחוֹק

Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 15 KJV occurrences

שְׂחוֹק

sᵉchôwq · sekh-oke'

Definition

laughter (in merriment or defiance)

KJV Renderings

derision, laughter(-ed to scorn, -ing), mocked, sport.

Derivation / Etymology

or שְׂחֹק; from H7832 (שָׂחַק);

Sample KJV Verses (8 of 15)

Job 8:21Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing.
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.
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.
Proverbs 14:13Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.
Ecclesiastes 7:3Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.
Ecclesiastes 10:19¶ A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all things.
Jeremiah 48:26¶ Make ye him drunken: for he magnified himself against the LORD: Moab also shall wallow in his vomit, and he also shall be in derision.
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.