Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H7814: שְׂחוֹק

sᵉchôwq · pronounced sekh-oke' · “laughter”

Definition

laughter (in merriment or defiance)

KJV translates it as: derision, laughter(-ed to scorn, -ing), mocked, sport.

Word origin: or שְׂחֹק; from H7832 (שָׂחַק);

Extended definition

1) laughter, laughing stock, mocking, derision
1a) laughter
1a1) joyful
1a2) hollow
1b) derision (of object)
1c) sport

Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).

How H7814 is translated

  • laughter ×6
  • a laughing stock ×3
  • a laughingstock ×2
  • is a laughingstock ×1
  • sport ×1
  • the laughter of ×1
  • laughing stock ×1

Bible verses with H7814 (sᵉchôwq)

Sᵉchôwq appears in 14 verses.

  • Job 8:21

    Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing.

  • Job 12:4

    I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn.

  • Psalms 126:2

    Then 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 10:23

    It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom.

  • Proverbs 14:13

    Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.

  • Ecclesiastes 2:2

    I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?

  • Ecclesiastes 7:3

    Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.

  • Ecclesiastes 7:6

    For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.

  • Ecclesiastes 10:19

    A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all things.

  • Jeremiah 20:7

    O 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.

  • 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 48:27

    For was not Israel a derision unto thee? was he found among thieves? for since thou spakest of him, thou skippedst for joy.

  • Jeremiah 48:39

    They 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.

  • Lamentations 3:14

    I was a derision to all my people; and their song all the day.