Words the Bible translates as mirth
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 4 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- simḥahשִׂמְחָהjoy: gladness felt in the heart and shown openly in celebration, often before God
- sasvonשָׂשׂוֹןexultant joy: glad rejoicing, both the lift of gladness in the heart and the celebration it breaks out into
- masvosמָשׂוֹשׂjoy: glad rejoicing, and by extension the person or place that is someone's delight
- seḥoqשְׂחֹקlaughter: the sound of mirth, from glad rejoicing to hollow merriment or amusement
+1 more meaning
- a laughingstock: one whom others laugh at in scorn; an object of derision
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