Words the Bible translates as laugh
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 3 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- saḥaqשָׂחַקto laugh, and by extension to play, celebrate, or mock; the whole range of glad, playful, or scornful laughter.
- gelaōγελάωto laughnot studied yet
- tsaḥaqצָחַקto laugh: the sudden, involuntary laugh that breaks out in wonder, joy, or disbelief
+1 more meaning
- to make sport: to turn laughter into an activity, whether harmless play and joking, derisive mockery, or intimate caressing
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