שְׂחוֹק sᵉchôwq

Meaning

laughter (in merriment or defiance)

In the King James Version: derision, laughter(-ed to scorn, -ing), mocked, sport.

Derivation: or שְׂחֹק; from H7832 (שָׂחַק);

Where it is used

• Job 8:21 He will yet fill your mouth with laughter, and your lips with a shout of joy.
• Job 12:4 I am a laughingstock to my friends, though I called on God, and He answered. The righteous and upright man is a laughingstock.
• Psalms 126:2 Then our mouths were filled with laughter, our tongues with shouts of joy. Then it was said among the nations, “The LORD has done great things for them.”
• Proverbs 10:23 The fool delights in shameful conduct, but a man of understanding has wisdom.
• Proverbs 14:13 Even in laughter the heart may ache, and joy may end in sorrow.
• Ecclesiastes 2:2 I said of laughter, “It is folly,” and of pleasure, “What does it accomplish?”
• Ecclesiastes 7:3 Sorrow is better than laughter, for a sad countenance is good for the heart.
• Ecclesiastes 7:6 For like the crackling of thorns under the pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This too is futile.
• Ecclesiastes 10:19 A feast is prepared for laughter, and wine makes life merry, but money is the answer for everything.
• Jeremiah 20:7 You have deceived me, O LORD, and I was deceived. You have overcome me and prevailed. I am a laughingstock all day long; everyone mocks me.
• Jeremiah 48:26 “Make him drunk, because he has magnified himself against the LORD; so Moab will wallow in his own vomit, and he will also become a laughingstock.
• Jeremiah 48:27 Was not Israel your object of ridicule? Was he ever found among thieves? For whenever you speak of him you shake your head.
• Jeremiah 48:39 “How shattered it is! How they wail! How Moab has turned his back in shame! Moab has become an object of ridicule and horror to all those around him.”
• Lamentations 3:14 I am a laughingstock to all my people; they mock me in song all day long.