1. (n.) Something said for the sake of exciting a laugh; something witty or sportive (commonly indicating more of hilarity or humor than jest); a jest; a witticism; as, to crack good-natured jokes.

2. (n.) Something not said seriously, or not actually meant; something done in sport.

3. (v. t.) To make merry with; to make jokes upon; to rally; to banter; as, to joke a comrade.

4. (v. i.) To do something for sport, or as a joke; to be merry in words or actions; to jest.

5512. chleuazo -- to jest, mock, jeer
... 5512 (from , "a joke") -- properly, to joke (jest), ie to scoff (ridicule)
using barbed humor and mocking jeers (used only in Ac 17:32). ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/5512.htm - 6k7814. sechoq -- laughter, derision, sport
... Word Origin from sachaq Definition laughter, derision, sport NASB Word Usage enjoyment
(1), joke (2), laughingstock (5), laughter (6), sport (1). ...
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Ep. xxvii. You Make a Joke of It; but I Know the Danger of an ...
... Division III. Miscellaneous Letters. Ep. XXVII. You make a joke of it;
but I know the danger of an Ozizalean starving� You make ...
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There is a Popular Philosophical Joke Intended to Typify the ...
... Chapter 2 There is a popular philosophical joke intended to typify the endless
and useless arguments of� There is a popular philosophical ...
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On Mr. Mccabe and a Divine Frivolity
... If a joke is not a joke about religion or morals, it is a joke about police-magistrates
or scientific professors or undergraduates dressed up as Queen Victoria ...
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The Adventures of Saint Patrick of Ireland.
... A joke's a joke all the world over; but if you souse me head over ears in that pool,
and drown me entirely, it will be a very bad one to my taste now." The more ...
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When I Wrote a Little Volume on My Friend Mr. ...
... I was not withheld by any feeling that the joke was getting a little obvious; for
an obvious joke is only a successful joke; it is only the unsuccessful clowns ...
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Orthodoxy i. Introduction in Defence of Everything Else
... sentiments to all the jolly people who hate what I write, and regard it (very justly,
for all I know), as a piece of poor clowning or a single tiresome joke. ...
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Now this Masculine Love of an Open and Level Camaraderie is the ...
... They thought it was a joke. Why they should think it a joke, since they
want to make all houses public houses, I cannot imagine. ...
/.../chesterton/whats wrong with the world/chapter 14 now this masculine.htm

To Brother Raimondo of Capua of the Order of the Preachers
... [Footnote: As she herself expresses it, "The Eternal Bridegroom played a great joke
on me."] There is an almost childlike simplicity in her account of the ...
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George Buchanan, Scholar
... But the king, who loved a joke, demanded something sharp and stinging, and Buchanan
obeyed by writing, but not publishing, "The Franciscans," a long satire ...
/.../kingsley/historical lectures and essays/george buchanan scholar.htm

On Mr. Rudyard Kipling and Making the World Small
... We may jump upon a child's rocking-horse for a joke. But we are glad that the
carpenter did not leave the legs of it unglued for a joke. ...
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Joke (1 Occurrence)
... 3. (vt) To make merry with; to make jokes upon; to rally; to banter; as, to
joke a comrade. ... Multi-Version Concordance Joke (1 Occurrence). ...
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Jest (1 Occurrence)
... 2. (n.) A mask; a pageant; an interlude. 3. (n.) Something done or said in order
to amuse; a joke; a witticism; a jocose or sportive remark or phrase. ...
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Mere (56 Occurrences)
... (See JPS RSV). Job 12:4 I am like one who is a joke to his neighbor, I, who called
on God, and he answered. The just, the blameless man is a joke. (See NIV). ...
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Blameless (81 Occurrences)
... (WEB RSV NIV). Job 12:4 I am like one who is a joke to his neighbor, I, who called
on God, and he answered. The just, the blameless man is a joke. ...
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Neighbor (123 Occurrences)
... Job 12:4 I am like one who is a joke to his neighbor, I, who called on God, and
he answered. The just, the blameless man is a joke. (WEB ASV WBS). ...
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Jok'de-am (1 Occurrence)
Jok'de-am. Jokdeam, Jok'de-am. Joke . Multi-Version Concordance ... Joshua 15:56
and Jezreel, and Jokdeam, and Zanoah; (See RSV). Jokdeam, Jok'de-am. Joke ...
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Jokim (1 Occurrence)

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Take (11064 Occurrences)
... 17. (vt) To bear without ill humor or resentment; to submit to; to tolerate; to
endure; as, to take a joke; he will take an affront from no man. 18. ...
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Rub (1 Occurrence)
... (n.) Inequality of surface, as of the ground in the game of bowls; unevenness. 13.
(n.) Something grating to the feelings; sarcasm; joke; as, a hard rub. 14. ...
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Dor (7 Occurrences)
... Called also dorr, dorbeetle, or dorrbeetle, dorbug, dorrfly, and buzzard clock.
2. (n.) A trick, joke, or deception. 3. (vt) To make a fool of; to deceive. ...
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Joke (1 Occurrence)

Job 12:4 I am like one who is a joke to his neighbor, I, who called on God, and he answered. The just, the blameless man is a joke.
(WEB NAS)

Cliches

Joke

Jest (1 Occurrence)

Mere (56 Occurrences)

Blameless (81 Occurrences)

Neighbor (123 Occurrences)

Jok'de-am (1 Occurrence)

Jokim (1 Occurrence)

Take (11064 Occurrences)

Rub (1 Occurrence)

Dor (7 Occurrences)

Broad (113 Occurrences)

Chestnut (2 Occurrences)

Crack (5 Occurrences)

First (4693 Occurrences)

Buying (12 Occurrences)

Corinthians (3 Occurrences)

Joking (3 Occurrences)

Epistle (13 Occurrences)

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