Sachaq שָׂחַק

Sachaq (Hebrew שָׂחַק, Strong's H7832) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to laugh”. It occurs 36 times in 36 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Sachaq, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Judges

• 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. 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.
• 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.Now the temple was full of men and women; all the lords of the Philistines were there, and about three thousand men and women were on the roof watching Samson entertain them.

1 Samuel

• 1 Samuel 18:7
  And the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.And as the women danced, they sang out: “Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands.”

2 Samuel

• 2 Samuel 2:14
  And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men now arise, and play before us. And Joab said, Let them arise.Then Abner said to Joab, “Let us have the young men get up and compete before us.” “Let them get up,” Joab replied.
• 2 Samuel 6:5
  And David and all the house of Israel played 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.David and all the house of Israel were celebrating before the LORD with all kinds of wood instruments, harps, stringed instruments, tambourines, sistrums, and 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 before the Lord.But David said to Michal, “I was dancing before the LORD, who chose me over your father and all his house when He appointed me ruler over the LORD’s people Israel. I will celebrate before the LORD,

1 Chronicles

• 1 Chronicles 13:8
  And David and all Israel played before God with all their might, and with singing, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets.David and all the Israelites were celebrating before God with all their might, with songs and on harps and lyres, with tambourines, cymbals, and 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: and she despised him in her heart.As the ark of the covenant of the LORD was entering the City of David, Saul’s daughter Michal looked down from a window and saw King David dancing and celebrating, and she despised him in her heart.

2 Chronicles

• 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, and mocked them.And the couriers traveled from city to city through the land of Ephraim and Manasseh as far as Zebulun; but the people scorned and mocked them.

Job

• Job 5:22
  At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.You will laugh at destruction and famine, and need not fear the beasts of the earth.
• Job 29:24
  If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.If I smiled at them, they did not believe it; the light of my countenance was precious.
• Job 30:1
  But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my flock.“But now they mock me, men younger than I am, whose fathers I would have refused to entrust with my sheep dogs.
• Job 39:7
  He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver.He scorns the tumult of the city and never hears the shouts of a driver.
• Job 39:18
  What time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider.Yet when she proudly spreads her wings, she laughs at the horse and its rider.
• Job 39:22
  He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from the sword.He laughs at fear, frightened of nothing; he does not turn back from the sword.
• Job 40:20
  Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play.The hills yield him their produce, while all the beasts of the field play nearby.
• Job 41:5
  Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?Can you pet him like a bird or put him on a leash for your maidens?
• Job 41:29
  Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a spear.A club is regarded as straw, and he laughs at the sound of the lance.

Psalms

• Psalm 2:4
  He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.The One enthroned in heaven laughs; the Lord taunts them.
• Psalm 37:13
  The Lord shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming.but the Lord laughs, seeing that their day is coming.
• Psalm 52:6
  The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him:The righteous will see and fear; they will mock the evildoer, saying,
• Psalm 59:8
  But thou, O LORD, shalt laugh at them; thou shalt have all the heathen in derision.But You, O LORD, laugh at them; You scoff at all the nations.
• Psalm 104:26
  There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom thou hast made to play therein.There the ships pass, and Leviathan, which You formed to frolic there.

Proverbs

• Proverbs 1:26
  I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;in turn I will mock your calamity; I will sneer when terror strikes you,
• Proverbs 8:30
  Then I was by him, as one brought up with him: and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him;Then I was a skilled craftsman at His side, and His delight day by day, rejoicing always in His presence.
• Proverbs 8:31
  Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights were with the sons of men.I was rejoicing in His whole world, delighting together in the sons of men.
• Proverbs 26:19
  So is the man that deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am not I in sport?so is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, “I was only joking!”
• Proverbs 29:9
  If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, there is no rest.If a wise man goes to court with a fool, there will be raving and laughing with no resolution.
• Proverbs 31:25
  Strength and honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come.Strength and honor are her clothing, and she can laugh at the days to come.

Ecclesiastes

• Ecclesiastes 3:4
  A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance,

Jeremiah

• Jeremiah 15:17
  I sat not in the assembly of the mockers, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of thy hand: for thou hast filled me with indignation.I never sat with the band of revelers, nor did I celebrate with them. Because Your hand was on me, I sat alone, for You have filled me with indignation.
• Jeremiah 30:19
  And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of them that make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small.Thanksgiving will proceed from them, a sound of celebration. I will multiply them, and they will not be decreased; I will honor them, and they will not be belittled.
• 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.Again I will build you, and you will be rebuilt, O Virgin Israel. Again you will take up your tambourines and go out in joyful dancing.

Lamentations

• 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 at her sabbaths.In the days of her affliction and wandering Jerusalem remembers all the treasures that were hers in days of old. When her people fell into enemy hands she received no help. Her enemies looked upon her, laughing at her downfall.

Habakkuk

• Habakkuk 1:10
  And they shall scoff at the kings, and the princes shall be a scorn unto them: they shall deride every strong hold; for they shall heap dust, and take it.They scoff at kings and make rulers an object of scorn. They laugh at every fortress and build up siege ramps to seize it.

Zechariah

• Zechariah 8:5
  And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets thereof.And the streets of the city will be filled with boys and girls playing there.”

Notes

1. 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.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).