שָׂחַק
sâchaq · saw-khak'
to laugh (in pleasure or detraction); by implication, to play
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to laugh (in pleasure or detraction); by implication, to play
- to laugh (in pleasure or detraction)
- by implication, to play
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: deride, have in derision, laugh, make merry, mock(-er), play, rejoice, (laugh to) scorn, be in (make) 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
- 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 › what comes behind, the returning cycle
To consume, to destroy that works to separate and protect of what comes behind, the returning cycle.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שָׂחַק 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
36 occurrences · 36 OT · 0 NT · 35 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- played2 · 7%
- shall laugh2 · 7%
- rejoicing2 · 7%
- of them that make merry2 · 7%
- that he may make us sport1 · 3%
- made sport1 · 3%
- one another as they played1 · 3%
- and play1 · 3%
- therefore will i play1 · 3%
- and playing1 · 3%
- but they laughed them to scorn1 · 3%
- thou shalt laugh1 · 3%
- if i laughed1 · 3%
- than i have me in derision1 · 3%
- he scorneth1 · 3%
- she scorneth1 · 3%
- he mocketh1 · 3%
- play1 · 3%
- wilt thou play1 · 3%
- he laugheth1 · 3%
- and shall laugh1 · 3%
- shalt laugh1 · 3%
- to play1 · 3%
- i also will laugh1 · 3%
- am not i in sport1 · 3%
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.