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שָׂחַק H7832
H7832 is the Hebrew word שָׂחַק, transliterated sâchaq and said saw-khak'. The King James Version most often renders it laugh.
What it means
to laugh (in pleasure or detraction); by implication, to play.
Where it comes from
a primitive root.
How the King James Version translates it
Across 20 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: deride, have in derision, laugh, make merry, mock(-er), play, rejoice, (laugh to) scorn, be in (make) sport.
Verses using שָׂחַק
All 30 verses, quoted in full.
Judges 16:25 · KJV
And it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, that they said, Call for Samson, that he may make us sport. And they called for Samson out of the prison house; and he made them sport: and they set him between the pillars.
1 Samuel 18:7 · KJV
And the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.
2 Samuel 2:14 · KJV
And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men now arise, and play before us. And Joab said, Let them arise.
2 Samuel 6:5 · KJV
And David and all the house of Israel played before the LORD on all manner of instruments made of fir wood, even on harps, and on psalteries, and on timbrels, and on cornets, and on cymbals.
2 Samuel 6:21 · KJV
And David said unto Michal, It was before the LORD, which chose me before thy father, and before all his house, to appoint me ruler over the people of the LORD, over Israel: therefore will I play before the LORD.
1 Chronicles 13:8 · KJV
And David and all Israel played before God with all their might, and with singing, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets.
1 Chronicles 15:29 · KJV
And it came to pass, as the ark of the covenant of the LORD came to the city of David, that Michal, the daughter of Saul looking out at a window saw king David dancing and playing: and she despised him in her heart.
2 Chronicles 30:10 · KJV
So the posts passed from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh even unto Zebulun: but they laughed them to scorn, and mocked them.
Job 5:22 · KJV
At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.
Job 29:24 · KJV
If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.
Job 30:1 · KJV
But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my flock.
Job 39:7 · KJV
He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver.
Job 39:18 · KJV
What time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider.
Job 39:22 · KJV
He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from the sword.
Job 41:5 · KJV
Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?
Job 41:29 · KJV
Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a spear.
Psalm 2:4 · KJV
He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the LORD shall have them in derision.
Psalm 37:13 · KJV
The LORD shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming.
Psalm 59:8 · KJV
But thou, O LORD, shalt laugh at them; thou shalt have all the heathen in derision.
Proverbs 1:26 · KJV
I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;
Proverbs 8:30 · KJV
Then I was by him, as one brought up with him: and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him;
Proverbs 8:31 · KJV
Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights were with the sons of men.
Proverbs 29:9 · KJV
If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, there is no rest.
Proverbs 31:25 · KJV
Strength and honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come.
Ecclesiastes 3:4 · KJV
A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
Jeremiah 15:17 · KJV
I sat not in the assembly of the mockers, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of thy hand: for thou hast filled me with indignation.
Jeremiah 30:19 · KJV
And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of them that make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small.
Lamentations 1:7 · KJV
Jerusalem remembered in the days of her affliction and of her miseries all her pleasant things that she had in the days of old, when her people fell into the hand of the enemy, and none did help her: the adversaries saw her, and did mock at her sabbaths.
Habakkuk 1:10 · KJV
And they shall scoff at the kings, and the princes shall be a scorn unto them: they shall deride every strong hold; for they shall heap dust, and take it.
Zechariah 8:5 · KJV
And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets thereof.
Common questions
What does Strong's H7832 mean?
H7832 is the Hebrew word שָׂחַק (sâchaq), meaning to laugh (in pleasure or detraction); by implication, to play.
How is H7832 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it laugh (5 times), played (2 times), playing (2 times), scorneth (2 times), rejoicing (2 times), among others.
How many times does H7832 appear in the Bible?
שָׂחַק (sâchaq) is tagged in 30 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H7832 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: a primitive root.
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