H7832 שָׂחַק
Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 36 KJV occurrences
שָׂחַק
sâchaq · saw-khak'
Definition
to laugh (in pleasure or detraction); by implication, to play
KJV Renderings
deride, have in derision, laugh, make merry, mock(-er), play, rejoice, (laugh to) scorn, be in (make) sport.
Derivation / Etymology
a primitive root;
Sample KJV Verses (8 of 36)
- Judges 16:25And it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, that they said, Call for Samson, that he may make us sport. And they called for Samson out of the prison house; and he made them sport: and they set him between the pillars.
- 2 Samuel 6:5And David and all the house of Israel played before the LORD on all manner of instruments made of fir wood, even on harps, and on psalteries, and on timbrels, and on cornets, and on cymbals.
- Job 5:22At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.
- Job 39:18What time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider.
- Psalms 2:4He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.
- Psalms 104:26There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom thou hast made to play therein.
- Proverbs 29:9If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, there is no rest.
- Jeremiah 30:19And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of them that make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small.