1) to laugh, play, mock 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to laugh (usually in contempt or derision) 1a2) to sport, play 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to make sport 1b2) to jest 1b3) to play (including instrumental music, singing, dancing) 1c) (Hiphil) to laugh mockingly
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H7832 — שָׂחַק
sa.chaq · to laugh · Hebrew/Aramaic
36 tagged verse occurrences
Judges 16:25 · וִישַֽׂחֶק־And 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.Judges 16:27 · בִּשְׂח֥וֹקNow the house was full of men and women; and all the lords of the Philistines [were] there; and [there were] upon the roof about three thousand men and women, that beheld while Samson made sport.1 Samuel 18:7 · הַֽמְשַׂחֲק֖וֹתAnd the women answered [one another] as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.2 Samuel 2:14 · וִֽישַׂחֲק֖וּAnd Abner said to Joab, Let the young men now arise, and play before us. And Joab said, Let them arise.2 Samuel 6:5 · מְשַֽׂחֲקִים֙And 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.2 Samuel 6:21 · וְשִׂחַקְתִּ֖יAnd David said unto Michal, [It was] before the LORD, which chose me before thy father, and before all his house, to appoint me ruler over the people of the LORD, over Israel: therefore will I play before the LORD.1 Chronicles 13:8 · מְשַׂחֲקִ֛יםAnd David and all Israel played before God with all [their] might, and with singing, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets.1 Chronicles 15:29 · וּמְשַׂחֵ֔קAnd it came to pass, [as] the ark of the covenant of the LORD came to the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looking out at a window saw king David dancing and playing: and she despised him in her heart.2 Chronicles 30:10 · מַשְׂחִיקִ֣יםSo the posts passed from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh even unto Zebulun: but they laughed them to scorn, and mocked them.Job 5:22 · תִּשְׂחָ֑קAt destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.Job 29:24 · אֶשְׂחַ֣ק[If] I laughed on them, they believed [it] not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.Job 30:1 · שָֽׂחֲק֣וּBut now [they that are] younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my flock.Job 39:7 · יִ֭שְׂחַקHe scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver.Job 39:18 · תִּֽשְׂחַ֥קWhat time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider.Job 39:22 · יִשְׂחַ֣קHe mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from the sword.Job 40:20 · יְשַֽׂחֲקוּ־Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play.Job 41:5 · הַֽתְשַׂחֶק־Wilt thou play with him as [with] a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?Job 41:29 · וְ֝יִשְׂחַ֗קDarts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a spear.Psalm 2:4 · יִשְׂחָ֑קHe that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.Psalm 37:13 · יִשְׂחַק־The Lord shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming.Psalm 52:6 · יִשְׂחָֽקוּ׃The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him:Psalm 59:8 · תִּשְׂחַק־But thou, O LORD, shalt laugh at them; thou shalt have all the heathen in derision.Psalm 104:26 · לְשַֽׂחֶק־There go the ships: [there is] that leviathan, [whom] thou hast made to play therein.Proverbs 1:26 · אֶשְׂחָ֑קI also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;Proverbs 8:30 · מְשַׂחֶ֖קֶתThen I was by him, [as] one brought up [with him]: and I was daily [his] delight, rejoicing always before him;Proverbs 8:31 · מְ֭שַׂחֶקֶתRejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights [were] with the sons of men.Proverbs 26:19 · מְשַׂחֵ֥קSo [is] the man [that] deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am not I in sport?Proverbs 29:9 · וְ֝שָׂחַ֗ק[If] a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, [there is] no rest.Proverbs 31:25 · וַ֝תִּשְׂחַ֗קStrength and honour [are] her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come.Ecclesiastes 3:4 · לִשְׂח֔וֹקA time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;Jeremiah 15:17 · מְשַׂחֲקִ֖יםI sat not in the assembly of the mockers, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of thy hand: for thou hast filled me with indignation.Jeremiah 30:19 · מְשַׂחֲקִ֑יםAnd 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.Jeremiah 31:4 · מְשַׂחֲקִֽים׃Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel: thou shalt again be adorned with thy tabrets, and shalt go forth in the dances of them that make merry.Lamentations 1:7 · שָׂחֲק֖וּJerusalem remembered in the days of her affliction and of her miseries all her pleasant things that she had in the days of old, when her people fell into the hand of the enemy, and none did help her: the adversaries saw her, [and] did mock at her sabbaths.Habakkuk 1:10 · יִשְׂחָ֔קAnd they shall scoff at the kings, and the princes shall be a scorn unto them: they shall deride every strong hold; for they shall heap dust, and take it.Zechariah 8:5 · מְשַׂחֲקִ֖יםAnd the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets thereof.