γέλως
gélōs · G1071 · Greek · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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laughter
Laughter, as a mark of gratification
ExamplesJames 4:9 Be miserable, and mourn, and weep; let your laughter be turned into mourning, and your joy into gloom.
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- σύyou 1
What it doesIt is the subject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- μετατρέπωto turn around 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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In the other Testament 1 word
- שְׂחוֹק sᵉchôwq · H7814 · laughter, laughingstock
- Greek γέλως denotes laughter primarily as an expression of joy or gratification, while Hebrew שְׂחוֹק encompasses both positive laughter and mockery/derision, representing a broader semantic range that includes the Greek term's core sense.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- To laugh25.135
- Used of laughter as an emotional state to be reversed, as of the call to let laughter be turned into mourning in James 4:9.
Word family 2 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon γέλωτος, ὁ, laughter: Jas 4:9. (From Homer down.)
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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