Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (
v. i.) To show mirth, satisfaction, or derision, by peculiar movement of the muscles of the face, particularly of the mouth, causing a lighting up of the face and eyes, and usually accompanied by the emission of explosive or chuckling sounds from the chest and throat; to indulge in laughter.
2. (v. i.) Fig.: To be or appear gay, cheerful, pleasant, mirthful, lively, or brilliant; to sparkle; to sport.
3. (v. t.) To affect or influence by means of laughter or ridicule.
4. (v. t.) To express by, or utter with, laughter; -- with out.
5. (n.) An expression of mirth peculiar to the human species; the sound heard in laughing; laughter. See Laugh, v. i.
Greek
1070. gelao -- to laugh ... gelao. 1071 . to
laugh. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: gelao Phonetic Spelling:
(ghel-ah'-o) Short Definition: I
laugh Definition: I
laugh, smile.
... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1070.htm - 6k2606. katagelao -- to deride
... to deride. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: katagelao Phonetic Spelling:
(kat-ag-el-ah'-o) Short Definition: I laugh at, ridicule Definition: I laugh at ...
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Strong's Hebrew
7832. sachaq -- to laugh... 7831, 7832. sachaq. 7833 . to
laugh. Transliteration: sachaq Phonetic Spelling:
(saw-khak') Short Definition:
laugh. Word Origin a prim.
... /hebrew/7832.htm - 6k 6711. tsachaq -- to laugh
... 6710, 6711. tsachaq. 6712 . to laugh. Transliteration: tsachaq Phonetic Spelling:
(tsaw-khak') Short Definition: laugh. Word Origin a prim. ...
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3932. laag -- to mock, deride, stammer
... root Definition to mock, deride, stammer NASB Word Usage laugh (1), mock (3), mocked
(5), mocks (4), scoff (2), scoffs (1), sneer (1), stammering (1). ...
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3446. Yischaq -- Isaac
... Word Origin the same as Yitschaq, qv. Isaac From Shachatsowm; he will laugh; Jischak,
the heir of Abraham -- Isaac. Compare Yitschaq. see HEBREW Shachatsowm. ...
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6712. tsechoq -- laughter
... laughed to scorn. From tsachaq; laughter (in pleasure or derision) -- laugh(-ed
to scorn). see HEBREW tsachaq. 6711, 6712. tsechoq. 6713 . Strong's Numbers
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Library
Do You Dare to Laugh at us when we Speak of Hell...
... Book II. 14 Do you dare to laugh at us when we speak of hell? Do you dare
to laugh at us when we speak of hell, [3501] and fires ...
/.../arnobius/the seven books of arnobius against the heathen/14 do you dare to.htm
But Why do I Laugh at the Sickles and Tridents which have Been ...
... 13 But why do I laugh at the sickles and tridents which have been given to? But
why do I laugh at the sickles and tridents which have been given to the gods? ...
/.../arnobius/the seven books of arnobius against the heathen/13 but why do i.htm
You Laugh Because in Ancient Times the Persians Worshipped Rivers. ...
... Book VI. 11 You laugh because in ancient times the Persians worshipped
rivers? You laugh because in ancient times the Persians ...
/.../the seven books of arnobius against the heathen/11 you laugh because in.htm
She Thought, "I Laugh Prettily"
... Chapter 13. Wesley in Scotland Again; Methodist's Wealth; "No Law for Methodists";
Exhausting Days; Whitefield She Thought, "I Laugh Prettily". ...
/.../wesley/the journal of john wesley/she thought i laugh prettily.htm
But You Laugh at Our Reply, Because, While we Deny that Souls are ...
... Book II. 51 But you laugh at our reply, because, while we deny that souls
are of royal? But you laugh at our reply, because, while ...
/.../the seven books of arnobius against the heathen/51 but you laugh at.htm
What is More, Let Anyone Laugh and Taunt if He So Wishes. ...
... Section 45. What is more, let anyone laugh and taunt if he so wishes.? 45.
What is more, let anyone laugh and taunt if he so wishes. ...
/.../patrick/the confession of st patrick/section 45 what is more.htm
And Yet, O Ye who Laugh Because we Worship one who Died an ...
... Book I. 41 And yet, O ye who laugh because we worship one who died an
ignominious death? And yet, O ye who laugh because we worship ...
/.../arnobius/the seven books of arnobius against the heathen/41 and yet o ye.htm
Another Part of My Smoke' which You Frequently Laugh at is My ...
... 31. Another part of my smoke' which you frequently laugh at is my pretence, as you
say, to know what I do not know, and the parade I make of great teachers to ...
/.../31 another part of my.htm
And Since You have Been Wont to Laugh at Our Faith...
... Book II. 8 And since you have been wont to laugh at our faith? And since
you have been wont to laugh at our faith, and with droll ...
/.../the seven books of arnobius against the heathen/8 and since you have.htm
It was a Pleasure to Him Also to Laugh when Seriously Deceiving ...
... Book II. Chapter IX."It Was a Pleasure to Him Also to Laugh When Seriously
Deceiving Others. 17. By what feelings, then, was I animated? ...
/.../augustine/the confessions and letters of st/chapter ix it was a pleasure.htm
Thesaurus
Laugh (23 Occurrences)... 5. (n.) An expression of mirth peculiar to the human species; the sound heard
in laughing; laughter. See
Laugh, vi.
...Laugh (23 Occurrences).
.../l/laugh.htm - 13kLaughter (14 Occurrences)
... LAUGHTER. laf'-ter (chaq, tsachaq, "to laugh," sechoq, "laughter"; gelao, katagelao):
(1) Laughter as the expression of gladness, pleasurable surprise, is the ...
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Mocker (11 Occurrences)
... scorn" (2 Chronicles 30:10 Nehemiah 4:1 Job 11:3; Job 21:3 Proverbs 1:26; Proverbs
17:5; Proverbs 30:17 Jeremiah 20:7). Other words are tsachaq, "to laugh," etc ...
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Mocking (25 Occurrences)
... scorn" (2 Chronicles 30:10 Nehemiah 4:1 Job 11:3; Job 21:3 Proverbs 1:26; Proverbs
17:5; Proverbs 30:17 Jeremiah 20:7). Other words are tsachaq, "to laugh," etc ...
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Mock (43 Occurrences)
... scorn" (2 Chronicles 30:10 Nehemiah 4:1 Job 11:3; Job 21:3 Proverbs 1:26; Proverbs
17:5; Proverbs 30:17 Jeremiah 20:7). Other words are tsachaq, "to laugh," etc ...
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Scorn (65 Occurrences)
... The word, outside of the phrase "laugh to scorn," is found only in the Old Testament,
and then only 4 times (Esther 3:6; King James Version, Psalm 44:13; Psalm ...
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Deride (7 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (vt) To laugh at with contempt; to ridicule; to laugh;
to scorn; to turn to ridicule or make sport of; to mock; to scoff at. ...
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Derision (24 Occurrences)
... de-rizh'-un: Three verbs are so translated luts, "scorn" (Psalm 119:51); la`agh,
"mock" (Psalm 2:4; Psalm 59:8 Ezekiel 23:32); and sachaq, "laugh at" (Job 30:1 ...
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Laughed (27 Occurrences)
... (imp. & pp) of Laugh. ... Genesis 18:15 Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for
she was afraid. And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh. (KJV JPS ASV WBS). ...
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Sarah (38 Occurrences)
... Genesis 18:13 Yahweh said to Abraham, "Why did Sarah laugh, saying,'Will I really
bear a child, yet I am old?' (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). ...
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Resources
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