To laugh
שָׂחַקStrong’s H7832sachaq (sa-chaq)
Appears in 36 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Sachaq is the Hebrew word usually translated “playing”, “it laughs” and “merry makers”. It appears in 36 verses of the Old Testament.
“And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets thereof.”
Meaning
- To laugh, play, mock(Qal) · (Piel) · (Hiphil) to laugh mockingly
How it's translated
- playing 4
- it laughs 4
- merry makers 3
- he laughs 2
- so he may make sport 1
- when sported 1
- who were playing 1
- and let them play 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Job 9
- Proverbs 6
- Psalms 5
- 2 Samuel 3
- Jeremiah 3
- Judges 2
13 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Judges 16:25And it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, that they said, Call for Samson, that he may make us sport. And they called for Samson out of the prison house; and he made them sport: and they set him between the pillars.
- Judges 16:27Now the house was full of men and women; and all the lords of the Philistines were there; and there were upon the roof about three thousand men and women, that beheld while Samson made sport.
- 1 Samuel 18:7And the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.
- 2 Samuel 2:14And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men now arise, and play before us. And Joab said, Let them arise.
- 2 Samuel 6:5And David and all the house of Israel played before the LORD on all manner of instruments made of fir wood, even on harps, and on psalteries, and on timbrels, and on cornets, and on cymbals.
- 2 Samuel 6:21And David said unto Michal, It was before the LORD, which chose me before thy father, and before all his house, to appoint me ruler over the people of the LORD, over Israel: therefore will I play before the LORD.
All 36 verses, by book
Hebrew dictionary
שָׂחַק sachaq · to laugh
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
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.