# שְׂחוֹק (sechoq)

Israeli respelling: sechoq. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H7814. 14 Old Testament occurrences.

laughter (in merriment or defiance)

King James renderings: derision, laughter(-ed to scorn, -ing), mocked, sport.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/sechoq-h7814

## Occurrences

- [Job 8:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/8/21) — Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing.
- [Job 12:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/12/4) — I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn.
- [Psalms 126:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/126/2) — Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The LORD hath done great things for…
- [Proverbs 10:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/10/23) — It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom.
- [Proverbs 14:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/14/13) — Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.
- [Ecclesiastes 2:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ecclesiastes/2/2) — I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?
- [Ecclesiastes 7:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ecclesiastes/7/3) — Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.
- [Ecclesiastes 7:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ecclesiastes/7/6) — For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.
- [Ecclesiastes 10:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ecclesiastes/10/19) — A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all things.
- [Jeremiah 20:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/20/7) — O LORD, thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived: thou art stronger than I, and hast prevailed: I am in derision daily, every one mocketh…
- [Jeremiah 48:26](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/48/26) — Make ye him drunken: for he magnified himself against the LORD: Moab also shall wallow in his vomit, and he also shall be in derision.
- [Jeremiah 48:27](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/48/27) — For was not Israel a derision unto thee? was he found among thieves? for since thou spakest of him, thou skippedst for joy.
- [Jeremiah 48:39](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/48/39) — They shall howl, saying, How is it broken down! how hath Moab turned the back with shame! so shall Moab be a derision and a dismaying to al…
- [Lamentations 3:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/lamentations/3/14) — I was a derision to all my people; and their song all the day.