Psalms 126:2
Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The LORD hath done great things for them.
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Laughter
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James 4:9
Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
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4 occurrences in 4 verses.
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שְׂחוֹק
sᵉchôwq · sekh-oke'
6 times translated as this KJV form15 total Strong's occurrences
laughter (in merriment or defiance)
Strong's KJV usage: derision, laughter(-ed to scorn, -ing), mocked, sport.
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Strong's first: Psalms 126:2Strong's last: Ecclesiastes 10:19
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gélōs · ghel'-os
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
laughter (as a mark of gratification)
Strong's KJV usage: :--laughter.
Strong's first: James 4:9Strong's last: James 4:9
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H7814
Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.
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laughter
LAUGHTER, noun l'affter. Convulsive merriment; an expression of mirth peculiar to man, consisting in a peculiar noise and configuration of features, with a shaking of the sides and expulsion of breath.
I said of laughter it is mad. Ecclesiastes 2:2.
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