Laughter
γέλωςStrong’s G1071gelōs
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Gelōs is the Greek word usually translated “laughter”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.”
Meaning
Usually translated “laughter”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- laughter 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- James 1
1 book in all.
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Greek dictionary
γέλως gelōs · laughter
γέλως, -ωτος, ὁ, [in LXX chiefly for שְׂחוֹק ;] laughter: Jas.4:9.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “laughter” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
LAUGHTER, noun
l'affter. Convulsive merriment; an expression of mirth peculiar to man, consisting in a peculiar noise and configuration of features, with a shaking of the sides and expulsion of breath.
- “I said of laughter it is mad” Ecclesiastes 2:2
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.