Strong's Hebrew · H6711
H6711 tsâchaq
צָחַק
tsaw-khak'
to laugh
tsâchaq appears 13 times in Scripture, including Genesis 17:17 and Genesis 18:12. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
to laugh outright (in merriment or scorn); by implication, to sport
In the King James Version
laugh, mock, play, make sport.
Derivation
a primitive root;
Appears 13 times in Scripture
“But Sarah was afraid, so she denied it and said, “I did not laugh.” “No,” replied the LORD, “but you did laugh.””
“Then Sarah said, “God has made me laugh, and everyone who hears of this will laugh with me.””
“But Sarah saw that the son whom Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Abraham was mocking her son,”
“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?””
“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.”
“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.”
“And the LORD asked Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh and say, ‘Can I really bear a child when I am old?’”
“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.”
“So she laughed to herself, saying, “After I am worn out and my master is old, will I now have this pleasure?””
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
