Sᵉchôwq — H7814

Definition

masculine noun

laughter (in merriment or defiance)

1. laughter, laughing stock, mocking, derision
1. laughter
1. joyful
2. hollow
2. derision (of object)
3. sport

Usually translated as

laughter, derision, laughed to scorn, laughing, mocked, sport

Origin

or sᵉchôq; from H7832

• Derived from Sâchaq (H7832)

Greek equivalents

• gélōs (G1071)
• euphrosýnē (G2167)
• chará (G5479)

Occurrences

Sᵉchôwq occurs 15 times in 14 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Job (2), Psalms (1), Proverbs (2), Ecclesiastes (4), Jeremiah (4), Lamentations (1)

• Job 8:21 — Till he fill thy mouth with laughing (שְׂח֣וֹק), and thy lips with rejoicing.
• Job 12:4 — I am as one mocked (שְׂחֹ֤ק) of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn.
• Job 12:4 — I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn (שְׂ֝ח֗וֹק).
• Psalms 126:2 — Then was our mouth filled with laughter (שְׂח֡וֹק), and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The LORD hath done great things for them.
• Proverbs 10:23 — It is as sport (כִּשְׂח֣וֹק) to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom.
• Proverbs 14:13 — Even in laughter (בִּשְׂח֥וֹק) the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.
• Ecclesiastes 2:2 — I said of laughter (לִשְׂח֖וֹק), It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?
• Ecclesiastes 7:3 — Sorrow is better than laughter (מִשְּׂחֹ֑ק): for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.
• Ecclesiastes 7:6 — For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter (שְׂחֹ֣ק) of the fool: this also is vanity.
• Ecclesiastes 10:19 — A feast is made for laughter (לִשְׂחוֹק֙), and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all things.
• Jeremiah 20:7 — O LORD, thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived: thou art stronger than I, and hast prevailed: I am in derision (לִשְׂחוֹק֙) daily, every one mocketh me.
• Jeremiah 48:26 — Make ye him drunken: for he magnified himself against the LORD: Moab also shall wallow in his vomit, and he also shall be in derision (לִשְׂחֹ֖ק).
• Jeremiah 48:27 — For was not Israel a derision (הַשְּׂחֹ֗ק) unto thee? was he found among thieves? for since thou spakest of him, thou skippedst for joy.
• Jeremiah 48:39 — They shall howl, saying, How is it broken down! how hath Moab turned the back with shame! so shall Moab be a derision (לִשְׂחֹ֥ק) and a dismaying to all them about him.
• Lamentations 3:14 — I was a derision (שְּׂחֹק֙) to all my people; and their song all the day.