Laughing
מִשְׂחַקStrong’s H4890mischaq (mis-chaq)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Mischaq is the Hebrew word usually translated “laughter”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“And 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.”
Meaning
- Object of derision
How it's translated
- laughter 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Habakkuk 1
1 book in all.
Related words
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Hebrew dictionary
מִשְׂחַק mischaq · laughing
object of derision
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “laughing” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
LAUGHING, participle present
tense l'affing. Expressing mirth in a particular manner.
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 Hebrew, not from any one translation.