צְחֹקtsᵉchôq

laughter (Genesis 21:6; Ezekiel 23:32)

Pronunciation: tsekh-oke' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6712

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 2 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 21:6 And Sarah declared, “God has brought me laughter. All who hear about this will laugh with me.
  • Ezekiel 23:32 “Yes, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: “You will drink from your sister’s cup of terror, a cup that is large and deep. It is filled to the brim with scorn and derision.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).