Words the Bible translates as play
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 6 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- zamarזָמַרto make music in praise of God, whether by singing or by playing an instrument.
- saḥaqשָׂחַקto laugh, and by extension to play, celebrate, or mock; the whole range of glad, playful, or scornful laughter.
- paizōπαίζωto playnot studied yet
- naganנָגַןto play a stringed instrument: to make music by plucking the strings of a lyre or harp
- tsaḥaqצָחַקto make sport: to turn laughter into an activity, whether harmless play and joking, derisive mockery, or intimate caressing
+1 more meaning
- to laugh: the sudden, involuntary laugh that breaks out in wonder, joy, or disbelief
- sha'aשָׁעַעto delight: to take warm, playful pleasure in someone or something, or to give that pleasure to another
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- to seal a person's eyes shut, as if smeared over, so that they cannot see
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