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 cometh to pass, when their heart is glad, that they say, ‘Call for Samson, and he doth play before us;’ and they call for Samson out of the prison-house, and he playeth before them, and they cause him to stand between the pillars.Judges 16:27 · בִּשְׂח֥וֹקAnd the house hath been full of men and of women, and thither are all the princes of the Philistines, and on the roof are about three thousand men and women, who are looking on the playing of Samson.1 Samuel 18:7 · הַֽמְשַׂחֲק֖וֹתand the women answer—those playing, and say, ‘Saul hath smitten among his thousands, And David among his myriads.’2 Samuel 2:14 · וִֽישַׂחֲק֖וּAnd Abner saith unto Joab, ‘Let the youths rise, I pray thee, and they play before us;’ and Joab saith, ‘Let them rise.’2 Samuel 6:5 · מְשַֽׂחֲקִים֙and David and all the house of Israel are playing before Jehovah, with all kinds of instruments of fir-wood, even with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with cornets, and with cymbals.2 Samuel 6:21 · וְשִׂחַקְתִּ֖יAnd David saith unto Michal, ‘—Before Jehovah, who fixed on me above thy father, and above all his house, to appoint me leader over the people of Jehovah, and over Israel,—yea, I played before Jehovah;1 Chronicles 13:8 · מְשַׂחֲקִ֛יםand David and all Israel are playing before God, with all strength, and with songs, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets.1 Chronicles 15:29 · וּמְשַׂחֵ֔קand it cometh to pass, the ark of the covenant of Jehovah is entering in unto the city of David, and Michal daughter of Saul is looking through the window, and seeth king David dancing and playing, and despiseth him in her heart.2 Chronicles 30:10 · מַשְׂחִיקִ֣יםAnd the runners are passing over from city to city, in the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, even unto Zebulun: and they are laughing at them, and mocking at them,Job 5:22 · תִּשְׂחָ֑קAt destruction and at hunger thou mockest, And of the beast of the earth, Thou art not afraid.Job 29:24 · אֶשְׂחַ֣קI laugh unto them—they give no credence, And the light of my face cause not to fall.Job 30:1 · שָֽׂחֲק֣וּAnd now, laughed at me, Have the younger in days than I, Whose fathers I have loathed to set With the dogs of my flock.Job 39:7 · יִ֭שְׂחַקHe doth laugh at the multitude of a city, The cries of an exactor he heareth not.Job 39:18 · תִּֽשְׂחַ֥קAt the time on high she lifteth herself up, She laugheth at the horse and at his rider.Job 39:22 · יִשְׂחַ֣קHe laugheth at fear, and is not affrighted, And he turneth not back from the face of the sword.Job 40:20 · יְשַֽׂחֲקוּ־For food do mountains bear for him, And all the beasts of the field play there.Job 41:5 · הַֽתְשַׂחֶק־Dost thou play with him as a bird? And dost thou bind him for thy damsels?Job 41:29 · וְ֝יִשְׂחַ֗קAs stubble have darts been reckoned, And he laugheth at the shaking of a javelin.Psalm 2:4 · יִשְׂחָ֑קHe who is sitting in the heavens doth laugh, The Lord doth mock at them.Psalm 37:13 · יִשְׂחַק־The Lord doth laugh at him, For He hath seen that his day cometh.Psalm 52:6 · יִשְׂחָֽקוּ׃And the righteous see, And fear, and laugh at him.Psalm 59:8 · תִּשְׂחַק־And Thou, O Jehovah dost laugh at them, Thou dost mock at all the nations.Psalm 104:26 · לְשַֽׂחֶק־There do ships go: leviathan, That Thou hast formed to play in it.Proverbs 1:26 · אֶשְׂחָ֑קI also in your calamity do laugh, I deride when your fear cometh,Proverbs 8:30 · מְשַׂחֶ֖קֶתThen I am near Him, a workman, And I am a delight—day by day. Rejoicing before Him at all times,Proverbs 8:31 · מְ֭שַׂחֶקֶתRejoicing in the habitable part of His earth, And my delights are with the sons of men.Proverbs 26:19 · מְשַׂחֵ֥קSo hath a man deceived his neighbour, And hath said, ‘Am not I playing?’Proverbs 29:9 · וְ֝שָׂחַ֗קA wise man is judged by the foolish man, And he hath been angry, And he hath laughed, and there is no rest.Proverbs 31:25 · וַ֝תִּשְׂחַ֗קStrength and honour are her clothing, And she rejoiceth at a latter day.Ecclesiastes 3:4 · לִשְׂח֔וֹקA time to weep, And a time to laugh. A time to mourn, And a time to skip.Jeremiah 15:17 · מְשַׂחֲקִ֖יםI have not sat in an assembly of deriders, Nor do I exult, because of thy hand,—Alone I have sat, For with indignation Thou hast filled me.Jeremiah 30:19 · מְשַׂחֲקִ֑יםAnd gone forth from them hath thanksgiving, And the voice of playful ones, And I have multiplied them and they are not few, And made them honourable, and they are not small.Jeremiah 31:4 · מְשַׂחֲקִֽים׃Again do I build thee, And thou hast been built, O virgin of Israel, Again thou puttest on thy tabrets, And hast gone out in the chorus of the playful.Lamentations 1:7 · שָׂחֲק֖וּRemembered hath Jerusalem In the days of her affliction and her mournings, all her desirable things that were from the days of old, In the falling of her people into the hand of an adversary, And she hath no helper; Seen her have adversaries, They have laughed at her cessation.Habakkuk 1:10 · יִשְׂחָ֔קAnd at kings it doth scoff, And princes are a laughter to it, At every fenced place it doth laugh, And it heapeth up dust, and captureth it.Zechariah 8:5 · מְשַׂחֲקִ֖יםAnd broad places of the city are full of boys and girls, Playing in its broad places.