שְׂחוֹק
sᵉchôwq · sekh-oke'
laughter (in merriment or defiance)
Lexicon
Derivation: or שְׂחֹק; from H7832 (שָׂחַק);
laughter (in merriment or defiance)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: derision, laughter(-ed to scorn, -ing), mocked, sport.
Letters
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- 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 consume, to destroy › to separate and protect › to fasten and establish › what comes behind, the returning cycle
To consume, to destroy that works to separate and protect that works to fasten and establish of what comes behind, the returning cycle.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שְׂחוֹק 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
15 occurrences · 15 OT · 0 NT · 14 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- with laughing1 · 7%
- i am as one mocked1 · 7%
- man is laughed to scorn1 · 7%
- with laughter1 · 7%
- it is as sport1 · 7%
- even in laughter1 · 7%
- of laughter1 · 7%
- than laughter1 · 7%
- so is the laughter1 · 7%
- for laughter1 · 7%
- i am in derision1 · 7%
- and he also shall be in derision1 · 7%
- a derision1 · 7%
- be a derision1 · 7%
- i was a derision1 · 7%
Where it is used, by book.
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.