Usually translated as
laugh, play, sport, make merry, deride, have in derision, mock, rejoice, scorn, mocker, be in
Occurrences
Sâchaq occurs 36 times in the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Judges (2), 1 Samuel (1), 2 Samuel (3), 1 Chronicles (2), 2 Chronicles (1), Job (9), Psalms (5), Proverbs (6), Ecclesiastes (1), Jeremiah (3), Lamentations (1), Habakkuk (1), Zechariah (1)
- Judges 16:25 — And it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, that they said, Call for Samson, that he may make us sport (וִישַֽׂחֶק). And they called for Samson out of the prison house; and he made them sport: and they set him between the pillars.
- Judges 16:27 — Now 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 (בִּשְׂח֥וֹק).
- 1 Samuel 18:7 — And the women answered one another as they played (הַֽמְשַׂחֲק֖וֹת), and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.
- 2 Samuel 2:14 — And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men now arise, and play (וִֽישַׂחֲק֖וּ) before us. And Joab said, Let them arise.
- 2 Samuel 6:5 — And David and all the house of Israel played (מְשַֽׂחֲקִים֙) 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 6:21 — And 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 (וְשִׂחַקְתִּ֖י) before the LORD.
- 1 Chronicles 13:8 — And David and all Israel played (מְשַׂחֲקִ֛ים) before God with all their might, and with singing, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets.
- 1 Chronicles 15:29 — And it came to pass, as the ark of the covenant of the LORD came to the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looking out at a window saw king David dancing and playing (וּמְשַׂחֵ֔ק): and she despised him in her heart.
- 2 Chronicles 30:10 — So the posts passed from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh even unto Zebulun: but they laughed them to scorn (מַשְׂחִיקִ֣ים), and mocked them.
- Job 5:22 — At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh (תִּשְׂחָ֑ק): neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.
- Job 29:24 — If I laughed (אֶשְׂחַ֣ק) on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.
- Job 30:1 — But now they that are younger than I have me in derision (שָֽׂחֲק֣וּ), whose fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my flock.
- Job 39:7 — He scorneth (יִ֭שְׂחַק) the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver.
- Job 39:18 — What time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth (תִּֽשְׂחַ֥ק) the horse and his rider.
- Job 39:22 — He mocketh (יִשְׂחַ֣ק) at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from the sword.
- Job 40:20 — Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play (יְשַֽׂחֲקוּ).
- Job 41:5 — Wilt thou play (הַֽתְשַׂחֶק) with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?
- Job 41:29 — Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth (וְ֝יִשְׂחַ֗ק) at the shaking of a spear.
- Psalms 2:4 — He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh (יִשְׂחָ֑ק): the Lord shall have them in derision.
- Psalms 37:13 — The Lord shall laugh (יִשְׂחַק) at him: for he seeth that his day is coming.
- Psalms 52:6 — The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh (יִשְׂחָֽקוּ) at him:
- Psalms 59:8 — But thou, O LORD, shalt laugh (תִּשְׂחַק) at them; thou shalt have all the heathen in derision.
- Psalms 104:26 — There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom thou hast made to play (לְשַֽׂחֶק) therein.
- Proverbs 1:26 — I also will laugh (אֶשְׂחָ֑ק) at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;
- Proverbs 8:30 — Then I was by him, as one brought up with him: and I was daily his delight, rejoicing (מְשַׂחֶ֖קֶת) always before him;
- Proverbs 8:31 — Rejoicing (מְ֭שַׂחֶקֶת) in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights were with the sons of men.
- Proverbs 26:19 — So is the man that deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am not I in sport (מְשַׂחֵ֥ק)?
- Proverbs 29:9 — If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh (וְ֝שָׂחַ֗ק), there is no rest.
- Proverbs 31:25 — Strength and honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice (וַ֝תִּשְׂחַ֗ק) in time to come.
- Ecclesiastes 3:4 — A time to weep, and a time to laugh (לִשְׂח֔וֹק); a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
- Jeremiah 15:17 — I sat not in the assembly of the mockers (מְשַׂחֲקִ֖ים), nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of thy hand: for thou hast filled me with indignation.
- Jeremiah 30:19 — And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of them that make merry (מְשַׂחֲקִ֑ים): and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small.
- Jeremiah 31:4 — Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel: thou shalt again be adorned with thy tabrets, and shalt go forth in the dances of them that make merry (מְשַׂחֲקִֽים).
- Lamentations 1:7 — Jerusalem remembered in the days of her affliction and of her miseries all her pleasant things that she had in the days of old, when her people fell into the hand of the enemy, and none did help her: the adversaries saw her, and did mock (שָׂחֲק֖וּ) at her sabbaths.
- Habakkuk 1:10 — And they shall scoff at the kings, and the princes shall be a scorn unto them: they shall deride (יִשְׂחָ֔ק) every strong hold; for they shall heap dust, and take it.
- Zechariah 8:5 — And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing (מְשַׂחֲקִ֖ים) in the streets thereof.