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Strong's #6711 - צָחַק

Transliteration

tsâchaq

Phonetics

tsaw-khak'

Origin

a primitive root

Parts of Speech

verb

TWOT

1905

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

to laugh, mock, play
1. (Qal) to laugh
2. (Piel)
  1. to jest
  2. to sport, play, make sport, toy with, make a toy of

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 1070 ‑ γελάω (ghel‑ah'‑o); 1702 ‑ ἐμπαίζω (emp‑aheed'‑zo); 3815 ‑ παίζω (paheed'‑zo);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (13)

Genesis 11

Exodus 1

Judges 1

BSB (13)

Genesis 11

Exodus 1

Judges 1

CSB (13)

Genesis 11

Exodus 1

Judges 1

ESV (13)

Genesis 11

Exodus 1

Judges 1

KJV (13)

Genesis 11

Exodus 1

Judges 1

LEB (13)

Genesis 11

Exodus 1

Judges 1

LSB (12)

Genesis 11

Exodus 1

N95 (14)

Genesis 13

Exodus 1

NAS (17)

Genesis 13

Exodus 1

Judges 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (13)

Genesis 11

Exodus 1

Judges 1

ASV (13)

and he made sport 1

and laughed 1

as one that mocked 1

but thou didst laugh 1

i laughed 1

laugh 1

laughed 1

mocking 1

to play 1

unto me to mock me 1

unto us to mock 1

was sporting 1

will laugh with me 1

BSB (13)

caressing 1

joking 1

laugh 3

laughed 1

then he laughed 1

to entertain them 1

to indulge in revelry 1

to make sport 2

was mocking her son 1

will laugh 1

CSB (13)

caressing 1

entertained 1

fool 1

fools 1

joking 1

laugh 4

laughed 2

mocking 1

play 1

ESV (13)

entertained 1

jesting 1

laugh 6

laughed 2

laughing 2

play 1

KJV (13)

laugh 3

laughed 3

mock 2

mocked 1

mocking 1

play 1

sport 1

sporting 1

LEB (13)

and ⌊he entertained them⌋ 1

his face and laughed 1

laugh 1

laughed 2

like a joke⌋ 1

me to make fun of me 1

mocking 1

to revel 1

to us to mock us 1

was fondling 1

will laugh for me 1

you did laugh 1

LSB (12)

caressing 1

jesting 1

laugh 6

laughed 2

laughing 1

play 1

N95 (14)

caressing 1

jesting 1

laugh 4

laughed 2

make 2

mocking 1

play 1

sport 2

NAS (17)

behavior 1

caressing 1

engage 1

fun 2

in 1

joking 1

laugh 4

laughed 2

lewd 1

make 2

mocking 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (13)

and he performed 1

and laughed 1

but you did laugh 1

laugh 1

laughed 1

mocking 1

to be joking 1

to me to mock me 1

to play 1

to us to mock 1

was caressing 1

will laugh with me 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2660) q h y (תסההק TsHhQ) AC: Laugh CO: Laugh AB: ?: A laughing in play or mockery. [from: hc- coming from the belly]

V) q h y (תסההק TsHhQ) - Laugh: KJV (13): (vf: Paal, Piel) laugh, mock, sport, play - Strongs: H6711 (צָחַק)

c^m) q f h y (תסההוק TsHhWQ) - Laugh: KJV (2): laugh - Strongs: H6712 (צְחֹק)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

[צָחַק] verb laugh (Arabic

, laugh, Syriac

, compare Ba^{Esther 34}; see also שׂחק); —

Qal Perfect 3 feminine singular צָֽחֲקָה Genesis 18:13, etc.; Imperfect 3 masculine singular יִצֲחַקֿ Genesis 21:6, וַיִּצְחָ֑ק Genesis 17:17; 3 feminine singular וַתִּצְחַק Genesis 18:12; — laugh, Genesis 18:12,13,15 (twice in verse) (J), Genesis 17:17 (P); with ל at, concerning, Genesis 21:6.

Pi`el Imperfect וַיְצַחֵק Judges 16:25; Infinitive construct לְצַחֵק Exodus 32:6, לְצַ֫חֶק בָּנוּ (בִּיׅ Genesis 39:14,17; Participle מְצַחֵק Genesis 19:14; Genesis 26:8, מְצַחֶ֑ק Genesis 21:9; —

1 jest Genesis 19:14 (J).

2 sport, play Genesis 21:9 (E) Exodus 32:6 (J); make sport for Judges 16:25 (לִפְנֵי; "" וִישַׂחֶקלָֿ֑נוּ); toy with (אֶת), of conjugal caresses Genesis 26:8 (compare Doughty^{Arab. Des. i. 231}), make a toy of, with ב, Genesis 39:14,17 (all J).

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

צָחַק to laugh. (Arabic ضَحِكَ, Syr. and Nasor. ܓܚܟ, Chald. also חוּךְ id.; all of which are onomatopoetic, and accord with the Greek καχάζω, καγχάζω, Lat. cachinnor, Germ. kichern. This root, with the exception of the passages Judges 16:25; Ezekiel 23:32, is only found in the Pentateuch, and the later writers and poets use instead of it the softer form שָׂחַק. Comp. עָעַק.) Genesis 18:12, seq.; followed by לְ with any one, Genesis 21:6.

Piel

(1) to play, to sport, to jest (prop. iteratively, to laugh repeatedly), Exodus 32:6; Genesis 19:14 specially

(a) with singing or dancing, Genesis 21:9; Judges 16:25.

(b) with women (like παίζειν, ludere), Genesis 26:8.

(2) to make sport of any one, followed by בְּ, and more emphatically, to mock, Genesis 39:14, 17 Genesis 39:17. Hence

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List of Word Forms

וַיְצַחֵק֙ וַיִּצְחָ֑ק וַתִּצְחַ֥ק ויצחק ותצחק יִֽצְחַק־ יצחק־ כִמְצַחֵ֖ק כמצחק לְצַ֣חֶק לְצַ֥חֶק לְצַחֵֽק׃ לצחק לצחק׃ מְצַחֵ֔ק מְצַחֵֽק׃ מצחק מצחק׃ צָחֲקָ֨ה צָחַ֖קְתִּי צָחָֽקְתְּ׃ צחקה צחקת׃ צחקתי chimtzaChek ḵim·ṣa·ḥêq ḵimṣaḥêq lə·ṣa·ḥeq lə·ṣa·ḥêq ləṣaḥeq ləṣaḥêq leTzachek mə·ṣa·ḥêq məṣaḥêq metzaChek ṣā·ḥă·qāh ṣā·ḥā·qət ṣā·ḥaq·tî ṣāḥăqāh ṣāḥāqət ṣāḥaqtî tzachaKah tzaChaket tzaChakti vaiyitzChak vattitzChak vaytzaChek wat·tiṣ·ḥaq wattiṣḥaq way·ṣa·ḥêq way·yiṣ·ḥāq wayṣaḥêq wayyiṣḥāq yiṣ·ḥaq- yiṣḥaq- yitzchak