Quick Definition
to laugh
Strong's Definition
to laugh outright (in merriment or scorn); by implication, to sport
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: laugh, mock, play, make sport.
TWOT Reference: 1905
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
צָחַק (tsa.chaq) — 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
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb
Rejoice | verb qal
to laugh = action by which humans make the sounds and movements that express either amusement or derision
Rejoice | verb qal
to bring laughter = action by which deities bring about the circumstances that cause humans to make the sounds and movements that express joy
Rejoice | verb pi
to joke, to jest, to entertain, to to amuse oneself, to make fun of = causative action by which humans act in a certain way ► with the purpose of bringing enjoyment to oneself and/or other humans, possibly at the expense of oneself or other humans
GEN 19:14 · GEN 21:9 · GEN 26:8 · GEN 39:14 · GEN 39:17 · EXO 32:6 · JDG 16:25
1 GEN 21:9 RSV NJB NJPS NRSV REB GNT CEV "to play with" | NIV "to make fun of" | OG παίζω which can have both meanings
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[צָחַק] vb. laugh Qal laugh
Pi. jest
sport, play
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