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Lexicon entry · Hebrew

H6711צָחַקtsa.chaq

to laughPart of speech: Hebrew Verb

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Occurrences by book

  1. 11
  2. 1
  3. Leviticus: 0
  4. Numbers: 0
  5. Deuteronomy: 0
  6. Joshua: 0
  7. 1
  8. Ruth: 0
  9. 1 Samuel: 0
  10. 2 Samuel: 0
  11. 1 Kings: 0
  12. 2 Kings: 0
  13. 1 Chronicles: 0
  14. 2 Chronicles: 0
  15. Ezra: 0
  16. Nehemiah: 0
  17. Esther: 0
  18. Job: 0
  19. Psalms: 0
  20. Proverbs: 0
  21. Ecclesiastes: 0
  22. Song of Songs: 0
  23. Isaiah: 0
  24. Jeremiah: 0
  25. Lamentations: 0
  26. Ezekiel: 0
  27. Daniel: 0
  28. Hosea: 0
  29. Joel: 0
  30. Amos: 0
  31. Obadiah: 0
  32. Jonah: 0
  33. Micah: 0
  34. Nahum: 0
  35. Habakkuk: 0
  36. Zephaniah: 0
  37. Haggai: 0
  38. Zechariah: 0
  39. Malachi: 0

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13 occurrences in 12 verses

With their references and text in Bible in Basic English.

  1. Genesis 17:17

    Then Abraham went down on his face, and laughing, said in his heart, May a man a hundred years old have a child? will Sarah, at ninety years old, give birth?

    וַיִּצְחָ֑ק (יִּצְחָ֑ק) i.yitz.Chak “he laughed”

  2. Genesis 18:12

    And Sarah, laughing to herself, said, Now that I am used up am I still to have pleasure, my husband himself being old?

    וַתִּצְחַ֥ק (תִּצְחַ֥ק) titz.Chak “she laughed”

  3. Genesis 18:13

    And the Lord said, Why was Sarah laughing and saying, Is it possible for me, being old, to give birth to a child?

    צָחֲקָ֨ה tza.cha.Kah “did she laugh”

  4. Genesis 18:15

    Then Sarah said, I was not laughing; for she was full of fear. And he said, No, but you were laughing.

    צָחַ֖קְתִּי tza.Chak.ti “I laughed”צָחָֽקְתְּ׃ tza.Cha.ket “you laughed”

  5. Genesis 19:14

    And Lot went out and said to his sons-in-law, who were married to his daughters, Come, let us go out of this place, for the Lord is about to send destruction on the town. But his sons-in-law did not take him seriously.

    כִמְצַחֵ֖ק (מְצַחֵ֖ק) m.tza.Chek “[one who] jests”

  6. Genesis 21:6

    And Sarah said, God has given me cause for laughing, and everyone who has news of it will be laughing with me.

    יִֽצְחַק־ yitz.chak- “he will laugh”

  7. Genesis 21:9

    And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian playing with Isaac.

    מְצַחֵֽק׃ me.tza.Chek “mocking”

  8. Genesis 26:8

    And when he had been there for some time, Abimelech, king of the Philistines, looking through a window, saw Isaac playing with Rebekah his wife.

    מְצַחֵ֔ק me.tza.Chek “[was] playing”

  9. Genesis 39:14

    She sent for the men of her house and said to them, See, he has let a Hebrew come here and make sport of us; he came to my bed, and I gave a loud cry;

    לְצַ֣חֶק (צַ֣חֶק) Tza.chek “mock”

  10. Genesis 39:17

    Then she gave him the same story, saying, The Hebrew servant whom you have taken into our house came in to make sport of me;

    לְצַ֥חֶק (צַ֥חֶק) Tza.chek “mock”

  11. Exodus 32:6

    So early on the day after they got up and made burned offerings and peace-offerings; and took their seats at the feast, and then gave themselves to pleasure.

    לְצַחֵֽק׃ (צַחֵֽק) tza.Chek “play”

  12. Judges 16:25

    Now when their hearts were full of joy, they said, Send for Samson to make sport for us. And they sent for Samson out of the prison-house, and he made sport before them; and they put him between the pillars.

    וַיְצַחֵק֙ (יְצַחֵק֙) y.tza.Chek “he made sport”