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־It happened, when their hearts were merry, that they said, “Call for Samson, that he may entertain us.” They called for Samson out of the prison; and he performed before them. 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 on the roof about three thousand men and women, who saw while Samson performed.1 Samuel 18:7 · הַֽמְשַׂחֲק֖וֹתThe women sang one to another as they played, and said, “Saul has slain his thousands, David his ten thousands.”2 Samuel 2:14 · וִֽישַׂחֲק֖וּAbner said to Joab, “Please let the young men arise and play before us!” Joab said, “Let them arise!”2 Samuel 6:5 · מְשַֽׂחֲקִים֙David and all the house of Israel played before Yahweh with all kinds of instruments made of fir wood, and with harps, and with stringed instruments, and with tambourines, and with castanets, and with cymbals.2 Samuel 6:21 · וְשִׂחַקְתִּ֖יDavid said to Michal, “It was before Yahweh, who chose me above your father, and above all his house, to appoint me prince over the people of Yahweh, over Israel. Therefore will I celebrate before Yahweh.1 Chronicles 13:8 · מְשַׂחֲקִ֛יםDavid and all Israel played before God with all their might, even with songs, and with harps, and with stringed instruments, and with tambourines, and with cymbals, and with trumpets.1 Chronicles 15:29 · וּמְשַׂחֵ֔קIt happened, as the ark of the covenant of Yahweh came to the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looked out at the window, and saw king David dancing and playing; and she despised him in her heart.2 Chronicles 30:10 · מַשְׂחִיקִ֣יםSo the couriers passed from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh, even to Zebulun: but they ridiculed them, and mocked them.Job 5:22 · תִּשְׂחָ֑קAt destruction and famine you shall laugh, neither shall you be afraid of the animals of the earth.Job 29:24 · אֶשְׂחַ֣קI smiled on them when they had no confidence. They didn’t reject the light of my face.Job 30:1 · שָֽׂחֲק֣וּ“But now those who are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to put with my sheep dogs.Job 39:7 · יִ֭שְׂחַקHe scorns the tumult of the city, neither does he hear the shouting of the driver.Job 39:18 · תִּֽשְׂחַ֥קWhen she lifts up herself on high, she scorns the horse and his rider.Job 39:22 · יִשְׂחַ֣קHe mocks at fear, and is not dismayed, neither does he turn back from the sword.Job 40:20 · יְשַֽׂחֲקוּ־Surely the mountains produce food for him, where all the animals of the field play.Job 41:5 · הַֽתְשַׂחֶק־Will you play with him as with a bird? Or will you bind him for your girls?Job 41:29 · וְ֝יִשְׂחַ֗קClubs are counted as stubble. He laughs at the rushing of the javelin.Psalm 2:4 · יִשְׂחָ֑קHe who sits in the heavens will laugh. The Lord will have them in derision.Psalm 37:13 · יִשְׂחַק־The Lord will laugh at him, for he sees that his day is coming.Psalm 52:6 · יִשְׂחָֽקוּ׃The righteous also will see it, and fear, and laugh at him, saying,Psalm 59:8 · תִּשְׂחַק־But you, Yahweh, laugh at them. You scoff at all the nations.Psalm 104:26 · לְשַֽׂחֶק־There the ships go, and leviathan, whom you formed to play there.Proverbs 1:26 · אֶשְׂחָ֑קI also will laugh at your disaster. I will mock when calamity overtakes you;Proverbs 8:30 · מְשַׂחֶ֖קֶתthen I was the craftsman by his side. I was a delight day by day, always rejoicing before him,Proverbs 8:31 · מְ֭שַׂחֶקֶתRejoicing in his whole world. My delight was with the sons of men.Proverbs 26:19 · מְשַׂחֵ֥קis the man who deceives his neighbor and says, “Am I not joking?”Proverbs 29:9 · וְ֝שָׂחַ֗קIf a wise man goes to court with a foolish man, the fool rages or scoffs, and there is no peace.Proverbs 31:25 · וַ֝תִּשְׂחַ֗קStrength and dignity are her clothing. She laughs at the 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 didn’t sit in the assembly of those who make merry, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of your hand; for you have filled me with indignation.Jeremiah 30:19 · מְשַׂחֲקִ֑יםOut of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of those who 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 will I build you, and you shall be built, O virgin of Israel: again you shall be adorned with your tambourines, and shall go forth in the dances of those who make merry.Lamentations 1:7 · שָׂחֲק֖וּJerusalem remembers in the days of her affliction and of her miseries all her pleasant things that were from the days of old: when her people fell into the hand of the adversary, and no one helped her, The adversaries saw her, they mocked at her desolations.Habakkuk 1:10 · יִשְׂחָ֔קYes, he scoffs at kings, and princes are a derision to him. He laughs at every stronghold, for he builds up an earthen ramp, and takes it.Zechariah 8:5 · מְשַׂחֲקִ֖יםThe streets of the city will be full of boys and girls playing in its streets.”