7832 – שָׂחַק (sochaq)

to laugh

Type:	Verb Verb   Rootword
Hebrew:	שָׂחַק (sochaq)
Pronunciation:	så-chaq    Listen
Gematria:	408(300 + 8 + 100)    words with the same gematria
Origin:	a primitive root
Usage:	36 times in OT

Description

1) to laugh, play, mock
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to laugh (usually in contempt or derision)
1a2) to sport, play
1b) (Piel)
1b1) to make sport
1b2) to jest
1b3) to play (including instrumental music, singing, dancing)
1c) (Hiphil) to laugh mockingly

Synonyms

שָׂחַק	sochaq		H7832	(36 ggr)	to laugh
לָעַג	laag		H3932	(18 ggr)	to mock
צָחַק	tsachaq		H6711	(13 ggr)	to laugh

*The bars show how many times the word is used in the Old Testament.

Word root

Word with sochaq as root:

שְׂחֹק

sechoq

H7814

laughter

Equivalent Greek words

In the greek translation Septuagint (LXX) the Hebrew word sochaq was translated to the following:

γελάω	gelao	G1070	laugh
ἐμπαίζω	empaizo	G1702	mock
καταγελάω	katagelao	G2606	laugh to scorn
ὀρχέομαι	orcheomai	G3738	dance
παίζω	paizo	G3815	play

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