שָׂחַקverblaugh (""
צהק, q. v.; Late Hebrew
שָׂחַק,
סָחַק; Ethiopic

); —
QalPerfect3masculine singular ׳וְשׂ consecutive Proverbs 29:9; 3plural שָֽׂחֲקוּLamentations 1:7; Job 30:1; Imperfect3masculine singular יִשְׂחַקJob 39:7 +, etc.; Infinitive constructשְׂחוֺקJudges 16:24; Ecclesiastes 3:4; —
1. a.laugh at, usually in contempt, derision, with עַל person Job 30:1; Psalm 52:8; עַל of thing Lamentations 1:7 with ל person God subject Psalm 37:13; Psalm 59:9 ("" לָעַג); with ל of thing or person=have no fear of, Habakkuk 1:10; Job 5:22; Proverbs 31:25 also, figurative, of noble animals Job 39:7,18,22; Job 41:21; absolute, Proverbs 29:9 (opposed to רָגַז), of ׳יPsalm 2:4 ("" לָעֵג), of wisdom Proverbs 1:26 (ב temporal; "" id.).
b. with אֶל person, apparently of friendly laugh Job 29:24; in General Ecclesiastes 3:4 (opposed to בָּכָה).
2sport, play, Judges 16:27.
Pi`elPerfect1singular וְשִׂחַקְתִּ֫י1 Samuel 6:21; Imperfect3masculine singular וַיְשַׂחֶקֿJudges 16:25, etc.; Infinitive constructלְשֵׂחֶקֿPsalm 104:26; ParticipleמְשַׂחֵקProverbs 26:19; 1 Chronicles 15:29, feminine מְשֵׂחֶ֫קֶתProverbs 8:30,31; plural מְשַׂחֲקִים2 Samuel 6:5 +, מְשַׂחֲקוֺת1 Samuel 18:7; —
1make sport, Judges 16:25 (ל person) 2 Samuel 2:14 (לִפְנֵי person; in tournament), Proverbs 8:30 (לִפְנֵי), Proverbs 8:31ב loc).
2jest, Proverbs 26:19.
3play: including instrumental music, singing and dancing 1 Samuel 18:7, c ׳לִפְנֵי י. 2 Samuel 6:5 (ב instrumental),=1 Chronicles 13:8; 2 Samuel 6:21; 1 Chronicles 15:29 ( + מְרַקֵּד); of merry-making Jeremiah 15:17 ("" עָלַז), Jeremiah 30:19; Jeremiah 31:4; of children's sport Zechariah 8:5; of beasts Job 40:20; Psalm 104:25; of man, play with (ב) crocod, Job 40:29.
Hiph`il (declar.) Participle. plural מַשְׂחִיקִים2Chronicles 30:10 they uttered mockeryעֲלֵיהֶם ("" מַלְעִנִים).
Strong's Hebrew: 7832. שָׂחַק (sachaq) — 36 Occurrences
Judges 16:25
HEB:קִרְא֥וּ לְשִׁמְשׁ֖וֹן וִישַֽׂחֶק־ לָ֑נוּ וַיִּקְרְא֨וּ
NAS: for Samson, that he may amuse us. So they called
KJV: for Samson, that he may make us sport. And they called
INT: Call Samson may amuse called Samson
Judges 16:27
HEB:וְאִשָּׁ֔ה הָרֹאִ֖ים בִּשְׂח֥וֹק שִׁמְשֽׁוֹן׃
NAS: on while Samson was amusing [them].
KJV: that beheld while Samson made sport.
INT: and women looking was amusing Samson
1 Samuel 18:7
HEB:וַֽתַּעֲנֶ֛ינָה הַנָּשִׁ֥ים הַֽמְשַׂחֲק֖וֹת וַתֹּאמַ֑רְןָ הִכָּ֤ה
NAS: sang as they played, and said,
KJV: answered [one another] as they played, and said,
INT: answered the women played and said has slain
2 Samuel 2:14
HEB:נָא֙ הַנְּעָרִ֔ים וִֽישַׂחֲק֖וּ לְפָנֵ֑ינוּ וַיֹּ֥אמֶר
NAS: arise and hold a contest before
KJV: now arise, and play before
INT: Now the young and hold before said
2 Samuel 6:5
HEB:בֵּ֣ית יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל מְשַֽׂחֲקִים֙ לִפְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֔ה
NAS: of Israel were celebrating before
KJV: of Israel played before
INT: the house of Israel were celebrating before the LORD
2 Samuel 6:21
HEB:עַל־ יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וְשִׂחַקְתִּ֖י לִפְנֵ֥י יְהוָֽה׃
NAS: Israel; therefore I will celebrate before
KJV: over Israel: therefore will I play before
INT: over Israel will celebrate before the LORD
1 Chronicles 13:8
HEB:וְכָל־ יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל מְשַׂחֲקִ֛ים לִפְנֵ֥י הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים
NAS: Israel were celebrating before
KJV: and all Israel played before
INT: and all Israel were celebrating before God
1 Chronicles 15:29
HEB:דָּוִיד֙ מְרַקֵּ֣ד וּמְשַׂחֵ֔ק וַתִּ֥בֶז ל֖וֹ
NAS: leaping and celebrating; and she despised
KJV: dancing and playing: and she despised
INT: David leaping and celebrating despised her heart
2 Chronicles 30:10
HEB:זְבֻל֑וּן וַיִּֽהְיוּ֙ מַשְׂחִיקִ֣ים עֲלֵיהֶ֔ם וּמַלְעִגִ֖ים
NAS: as Zebulun, but they laughed them to scorn and mocked
KJV: even unto Zebulun: but they laughed them to scorn, and mocked
INT: Zebulun become laughed and and mocked
Job 5:22
HEB:לְשֹׁ֣ד וּלְכָפָ֣ן תִּשְׂחָ֑ק וּֽמֵחַיַּ֥ת הָ֝אָ֗רֶץ
NAS:You will laugh at violence
KJV: and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid
INT: violence and famine will laugh of the beasts of wild
Job 29:24
HEB: אֶשְׂחַ֣ק אֲ֭לֵהֶם לֹ֣א
NAS:I smiled on them when they did not believe,
KJV:[If] I laughed on them, they believed
INT:smiled about did not
Job 30:1
HEB: וְעַתָּ֤ה ׀ שָֽׂחֲק֣וּ עָלַי֮ צְעִירִ֥ים
NAS: than I mock me, Whose
KJV: But now [they that are] younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers
INT: now mock and those
Job 39:7
HEB: יִ֭שְׂחַק לַהֲמ֣וֹן קִרְיָ֑ה
NAS:He scorns the tumult of the city,
KJV:He scorneth the multitude of the city,
INT:scorns the tumult of the city
Job 39:18
HEB:בַּמָּר֣וֹם תַּמְרִ֑יא תִּֽשְׂחַ֥ק לַ֝סּ֗וּס וּלְרֹֽכְבֽוֹ׃
NAS: herself on high, She laughs at the horse
KJV: herself on high, she scorneth the horse
INT: high lifts laughs the horse and his rider
Job 39:22
HEB: יִשְׂחַ֣ק לְ֭פַחַד וְלֹ֣א
NAS:He laughs at fear
KJV:He mocketh at fear,
INT:laughs fear not
Job 40:20
HEB:חַיַּ֥ת הַ֝שָּׂדֶ֗ה יְשַֽׂחֲקוּ־ שָֽׁם׃
NAS: the beasts of the field play there.
KJV: of the field play.
INT: the beasts of the field play there
Job 41:5
HEB: הַֽתְשַׂחֶק־ בּ֭וֹ כַּצִּפּ֑וֹר
NAS:Will you play with him as with a bird,
KJV:Wilt thou play with him as [with] a bird?
INT:play A bird bind
Job 41:29
HEB:נֶחְשְׁב֣וּ תוֹתָ֑ח וְ֝יִשְׂחַ֗ק לְרַ֣עַשׁ כִּידֽוֹן׃
NAS: as stubble; He laughs at the rattling
KJV: as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking
INT: are regarded Clubs laughs the rattling of the javelin
Psalm 2:4
HEB:יוֹשֵׁ֣ב בַּשָּׁמַ֣יִם יִשְׂחָ֑ק אֲ֝דֹנָ֗י יִלְעַג־
NAS: in the heavens laughs, The Lord
KJV: in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord
INT: sits the heavens laughs the Lord scoffs
Psalm 37:13
HEB: אֲדֹנָ֥י יִשְׂחַק־ ל֑וֹ כִּֽי־
NAS: The Lord laughs at him, For He sees
KJV: The Lord shall laugh at him: for he seeth
INT: the Lord laughs for sees
Psalm 52:6
HEB:וְיִירָ֗אוּ וְעָלָ֥יו יִשְׂחָֽקוּ׃
NAS: and fear, And will laugh at him, [saying],
KJV: and fear, and shall laugh at him:
INT: and fear and and will laugh
Psalm 59:8
HEB:וְאַתָּ֣ה יְ֭הוָה תִּשְׂחַק־ לָ֑מוֹ תִּ֝לְעַ֗ג
NAS: But You, O LORD, laugh at them; You scoff
KJV: But thou, O LORD, shalt laugh at them; thou shalt have all the heathen
INT: O LORD laugh scoff all
Psalm 104:26
HEB:זֶֽה־ יָצַ֥רְתָּ לְשַֽׂחֶק־ בּֽוֹ׃
NAS: which You have formed to sport in it.
KJV: [whom] thou hast made to play therein.
INT: which made to sport
Proverbs 1:26
HEB:אֲ֭נִי בְּאֵידְכֶ֣ם אֶשְׂחָ֑ק אֶ֝לְעַ֗ג בְּבֹ֣א
NAS: I will also laugh at your calamity;
KJV:I also will laugh at your calamity;
INT: I your calamity laugh will mock comes
Proverbs 8:30
HEB:י֤וֹם ׀ י֑וֹם מְשַׂחֶ֖קֶת לְפָנָ֣יו בְּכָל־
NAS: [His] delight, Rejoicing always
KJV: [his] delight, rejoicing always
INT: was daily was daily Rejoicing before all manner
Proverbs 8:31
HEB: מְ֭שַׂחֶקֶת בְּתֵבֵ֣ל אַרְצ֑וֹ
NAS:Rejoicing in the world, His earth,
KJV:Rejoicing in the habitable part
INT:Rejoicing the world his earth
Proverbs 26:19
HEB:וְ֝אָמַ֗ר הֲֽלֹא־ מְשַׂחֵ֥ק אָֽנִי׃
NAS: And says, Was I not joking?
KJV: and saith, Am not I in sport?
INT: and says not sport I
Proverbs 29:9
HEB:אֱוִ֑יל וְרָגַ֥ז וְ֝שָׂחַ֗ק וְאֵ֣ין נָֽחַת׃
NAS: The foolish man either rages or laughs, and there is no
KJV: whether he rage or laugh, [there is] no rest.
INT: A foolish rages laughs and there rest
Proverbs 31:25
HEB:וְהָדָ֥ר לְבוּשָׁ֑הּ וַ֝תִּשְׂחַ֗ק לְי֣וֹם אַחֲרֽוֹן׃
NAS: are her clothing, And she smiles at the future.
KJV: [are] her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time
INT: and dignity clothing smiles time to come
Ecclesiastes 3:4
HEB:לִבְכּוֹת֙ וְעֵ֣ת לִשְׂח֔וֹק עֵ֥ת סְפ֖וֹד
NAS: and a time to laugh; A time
KJV: and a time to laugh; a time
INT: to weep time to laugh A time to mourn
Jeremiah 15:17
HEB:יָשַׁ֥בְתִּי בְסוֹד־ מְשַׂחֲקִ֖ים וָֽאֶעְלֹ֑ז מִפְּנֵ֤י
NAS: in the circle of merrymakers, Nor
KJV: not in the assembly of the mockers, nor rejoiced;
INT: sit the circle of merrymakers exult because
Jeremiah 30:19
HEB:תּוֹדָ֖ה וְק֣וֹל מְשַׂחֲקִ֑ים וְהִרְבִּתִים֙ וְלֹ֣א
NAS: And the voice of those who celebrate; And I will multiply
KJV: and the voice of them that make merry: and I will multiply
INT: thanksgiving and the voice celebrate will multiply and they
Jeremiah 31:4
HEB:וְיָצָ֖את בִּמְח֥וֹל מְשַׂחֲקִֽים׃
NAS: to the dances of the merrymakers.
KJV: in the dances of them that make merry.
INT: and go to the dances of the merrymakers
Lamentations 1:7
HEB:רָא֣וּהָ צָרִ֔ים שָׂחֲק֖וּ עַ֥ל מִשְׁבַּתֶּֽהָ׃
NAS: saw her, They mocked at her ruin.
KJV: saw her, [and] did mock at her sabbaths.
INT: saw her the adversaries mocked at her ruin
Habakkuk 1:10
HEB:לְכָל־ מִבְצָ֣ר יִשְׂחָ֔ק וַיִּצְבֹּ֥ר עָפָ֖ר
NAS: are a laughing matter to them. They laugh at every
KJV: shall be a scorn unto them: they shall deride every strong hold;
INT: every fortress laugh and heap rubble
Zechariah 8:5
HEB:יְלָדִ֖ים וִֽילָד֑וֹת מְשַׂחֲקִ֖ים בִּרְחֹֽבֹתֶֽיהָ׃ ס
NAS: and girls playing in its streets.'
KJV: and girls playing in the streets
INT: boys and girls playing and the streets