Tsachaq צָחַק
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| צָחַק | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | tsachaq |
| Strong's number | H6711 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Gloss | to laugh |
| Occurrences | 13 in 12 verses |
| Most frequent in | Genesis (10) |
Tsachaq (Hebrew צָחַק, Strong's H6711) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to laugh”. It occurs 13 times in 12 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) to laugh, mock, play
1a) (Qal) to laugh
1b) (Piel)
1b1) to jest
1b2) to sport, play, make sport, toy with, make a toy of
1a) (Qal) to laugh
1b) (Piel)
1b1) to jest
1b2) to sport, play, make sport, toy with, make a toy of
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | laughed (3), laugh (3), mock (2), mocked (1), mocking (1), sporting (1), play (1), sport (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | laugh (2), make sport (2), he laughed (1), laughed (1), you did laugh (1), joking (1), will laugh (1), was mocking (1), caressing (1), indulge in revelry (1), entertain them (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Tsachaq, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Genesis
- Genesis 17:17Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?Abraham fell facedown. Then he laughed and said to himself, “Can a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Can Sarah give birth at the age of ninety?”
- Genesis 18:12Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?So she laughed to herself, saying, “After I am worn out and my master is old, will I now have this pleasure?”
- Genesis 18:13And the Lord said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old?And the LORD asked Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh and say, ‘Can I really bear a child when I am old?’
- Genesis 18:15Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh.But Sarah was afraid, so she denied it and said, “I did not laugh.” “No,” replied the LORD, “but you did laugh.”
- Genesis 19:14And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which married his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for the Lord will destroy this city. But he seemed as one that mocked unto his sons in law.So Lot went out and spoke to the sons-in-law who were pledged in marriage to his daughters. “Get up,” he said. “Get out of this place, for the LORD is about to destroy the city!” But his sons-in-law thought he was joking.
- Genesis 21:6And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me.Then Sarah said, “God has made me laugh, and everyone who hears of this will laugh with me.”
- Genesis 21:9And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto Abraham, mocking.But Sarah saw that the son whom Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Abraham was mocking her son,
- Genesis 26:8And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife.When Isaac had been there a long time, Abimelech king of the Philistines looked down from the window and was surprised to see Isaac caressing his wife Rebekah.
- Genesis 39:14That she called unto the men of her house, and spake unto them, saying, See, he hath brought in an Hebrew unto us to mock us; he came in unto me to lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice:she called her household servants. “Look,” she said, “this Hebrew has been brought to us to make sport of us. He came to me so he could sleep with me, but I screamed as loud as I could.
- Genesis 39:17And she spake unto him according to these words, saying, The Hebrew servant, which thou hast brought unto us, came in unto me to mock me:Then she told him the same story: “The Hebrew slave you brought us came to me to make sport of me,
Exodus
- Exodus 32:6And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play.So the next day they arose, offered burnt offerings, and presented peace offerings. And the people sat down to eat and drink, and got up to indulge in revelry.
Judges
- Judges 16:25And it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, that they said, Call for Samson, that he may make us sport. And they called for Samson out of the prison house; and he made them sport: and they set him between the pillars.And while their hearts were merry, they said, “Call for Samson to entertain us.” So they called Samson out of the prison to entertain them. And they stationed him between the pillars.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).