Genesis 18:13
And the LORD said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old?
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Laugh
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Luke 6:25
Woe unto you that are full! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep.
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6 occurrences in 6 verses.
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שָׂחַק
sâchaq · saw-khak'
8 times translated as this KJV form36 total Strong's occurrences
to laugh (in pleasure or detraction); by implication, to play
Strong's KJV usage: deride, have in derision, laugh, make merry, mock(-er), play, rejoice, (laugh to) scorn, be in (make) sport.
Strong's first: Job 5:22Strong's last: Ecclesiastes 3:4
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tsâchaq · tsaw-khak'
3 times translated as this KJV form13 total Strong's occurrences
to laugh outright (in merriment or scorn); by implication, to sport
Strong's KJV usage: laugh, mock, play, make sport.
Strong's first: Genesis 18:13Strong's last: Genesis 21:6
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geláō · ghel-ah'-o
2 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
to laugh (as a sign of joy or satisfaction)
Strong's KJV usage: :--laugh.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Luke 6:21Strong's last: Luke 6:25
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lâʻag · law-ag'
2 times translated as this KJV form18 total Strong's occurrences
to deride; by implication (as if imitating a foreigner) to speak unintelligibly
Strong's KJV usage: have in derision, laugh (to scorn), mock (on), stammering.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Job 9:23Strong's last: Psalms 80:6
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tsᵉchôq · tsekh-oke'
1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
laughter (in pleasure or derision)
Strong's KJV usage: laugh(-ed to scorn).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Genesis 21:6Strong's last: Genesis 21:6
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H6711
And the LORD said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old?
H6711
Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh.
H6712
And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me.
H6711
And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me.
H7832
At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.
H3932
If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent.
no direct Strong's tag
The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn.
H7832
He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.
no direct Strong's tag
All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,
H7832
The Lord shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming.
H7832
The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him:
H7832
But thou, O LORD, shalt laugh at them; thou shalt have all the heathen in derision.
H3932
Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among themselves.
H7832
I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;
H7832
If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, there is no rest.
H7832
A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
G1070
Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh.
G1070
Woe unto you that are full! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep.
English meaning and historical usage.
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laugh
LAUGH, verb intransitive l'aff. [Heb.]
1. To make the noise and exhibit the features which are characteristic of mirth in the human species. Violent laughter is accompanied with a shaking of the sides, and all laughter expels breath from the lungs.
2. In poetry, to be gay; to appear gay, cheerful, pleasant, lively or brilliant.
Then laughs the childish year with flow'rets crown'd.
And o'er the foaming bowl, the laughing wine.
To laugh at, to ridicule; to treat with some degree of contempt.
No fool to laugh at, which he valued more.
To laugh to scorn, to deride; to treat with mockery, contempt and scorn. Nehemiah 2:19.
LAUGH, noun l'aff. An expression of mirth peculiar to the human species.
But feigns a laugh to see me search around, and by that laugh the willing fair is found.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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