To laugh
צָחַקStrong’s H6711tsachaq (tsa-chaq)
Appears in 12 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Tsachaq is the Hebrew word usually translated “mock”, “laughed” and “did she laugh”. It appears in 12 verses of the Old Testament.
“Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?”
Meaning
- To laugh, mock, play(Qal) to laugh · (Piel)
How it's translated
- to mock 2
- and he laughed 1
- and she laughed 1
- did she laugh 1
- i laughed 1
- you laughed 1
- like jests 1
- he will laugh 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Genesis 10
- Exodus 1
- Judges 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 18:12Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?
- Genesis 18:13And the LORD said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old?
- Genesis 18:15Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh.
- Genesis 19:14And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which married his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for the LORD will destroy this city. But he seemed as one that mocked unto his sons in law.
- Genesis 21:6And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me.
- Genesis 21:9And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto Abraham, mocking.
Hebrew dictionary
צָחַק tsachaq · to laugh
1) to laugh, mock, play 1a) (Qal) to laugh 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to jest 1b2) to sport, play, make sport, toy with, make a toy of
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “laugh” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
LAUGH, verb intransitive
l'aff. [Heb.]
- To make the noise and exhibit the features which are characteristic of mirth in the human species.
- In poetry, to be gay; to appear gay, cheerful, pleasant, lively or brilliant.
All definitions and other forms of “laugh”
LAUGH, noun
l'aff. An expression of mirth peculiar to the human species.
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.