שְׂחֹק sechoq
Hebrew word for “laughter” · Strong’s H7814 · used 15 times in 14 verses
Meaning
1) laughter, laughing stock, mocking, derision; 1a) laughter; 1a1) joyful; 1a2) hollow; 1b) derision (of object); 1c) sport
How it is translated
Glosses given for sechoq in context, with how often each is used:
- laughter 6
- laughing stock 4
- laughingstock 3
- like sport 1
- more than laughter 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ecclesiastes | 4 | 1.3 | |
| Jeremiah | 4 | 0.2 | |
| Job | 3 | 0.4 | |
| Proverbs | 2 | 0.3 | |
| Psalms | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Lamentations | 1 | 0.6 |
Chapters where it is used most
Jeremiah 48 (3), Ecclesiastes 7 (2), Job 8 (1), Job 12 (1), Psalms 126 (1), Proverbs 10 (1), Proverbs 14 (1), Ecclesiastes 2 (1), Ecclesiastes 10 (1), Jeremiah 20 (1)
Forms
- שׂחוק 3
- שׂחק 3
- לשׂחוק 3
- לשׂחק 2
- כשׂחוק 1
- בשׂחוק 1
- משׂחק 1
- השׂחק 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with sechoq more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- כְּסִיל kesil “fool” 2
- שִׂמְחָה simchah “joy” 2
- גַּם gam “also” 3
- גָּדַל gadal “to magnify” 2
- מוֹאָב moav “Moab” 2
- מָלֵא male “to fill” 2
- עָנָה anah “to answer” 2
- פֶּה peh “lip” 2
- לֵב lev “heart” 2
Key verses
The verses using sechoq that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Job 8:21 — Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing.
- Job 12:4 — I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn.
- Psalms 126:2 — Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The LORD hath done great things for them.
- Proverbs 14:13 — Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.
- Ecclesiastes 7:3 — Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.
- Ecclesiastes 7:6 — For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.
- Ecclesiastes 10:19 — A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all things.
- Jeremiah 20:7 — O LORD, thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived: thou art stronger than I, and hast prevailed: I am in derision daily, every one mocketh me.
- Jeremiah 48:26 — Make ye him drunken: for he magnified himself against the LORD: Moab also shall wallow in his vomit, and he also shall be in derision.
- Jeremiah 48:27 — For was not Israel a derision unto thee? was he found among thieves? for since thou spakest of him, thou skippedst for joy.
- Jeremiah 48:39 — They shall howl, saying, How is it broken down! how hath Moab turned the back with shame! so shall Moab be a derision and a dismaying to all them about him.
- Lamentations 3:14 — I was a derision to all my people; and their song all the day.
See all 14 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.