צָחַק
tsâchaq · tsaw-khak'
to laugh outright (in merriment or scorn); by implication, to sport
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to laugh outright (in merriment or scorn); by implication, to sport
- to laugh outright (in merriment or scorn)
- by implication, to sport
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: laugh, mock, play, make sport.
Letters
- צTsade90
Picture: a person lying on their side (or a fish hook)
- Concrete
- hook · trail · side · a man bowed
- Extended
- to hunt · to pursue · need · righteousness as a straight path
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to pursue the straight path › to separate and protect › what comes behind, the returning cycle
To pursue the straight path that works to separate and protect of what comes behind, the returning cycle.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of צָחַק above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
13 occurrences · 13 OT · 0 NT · 13 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and laughed1 · 8%
- laughed1 · 8%
- laugh1 · 8%
- i laughed1 · 8%
- but thou didst laugh1 · 8%
- but he seemed as one that mocked1 · 8%
- will laugh1 · 8%
- mocking1 · 8%
- was sporting1 · 8%
- unto us to mock1 · 8%
- unto me to mock1 · 8%
- to play1 · 8%
- sport1 · 8%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.