6 occurrences in 12 translations

'Laughing stock' in the Bible

You deceived me, Lord, and I was deceived.You seized me and prevailed.I am a laughingstock all the time;everyone ridicules me.

Verse ConceptsAbuse, To God's PeopleCruelty, examples ofMockeryPainRidicule, Objects OfDerisionAmbivalenceGod DeceivingDeception

And will make them to be a reproof, a common byword, a laughingstock and shame, in all the places where I shall scatter them.

Verse ConceptsBanishmentOffenceRidicule, Nature OfMade A Horror

“Make him drunk, because he has exalted himself against the Lord. Moab will wallow in his own vomit, and he will also become a laughingstock.

Verse ConceptsdefianceVomittingGod Making Drunk

Wasn’t Israel a laughingstock to you? Was he ever found among thieves? For whenever you speak of him you shake your head.”

Verse Conceptsthieves

“How broken it is! They wail! How Moab has turned his back! He is ashamed. Moab will become a laughingstock and a shock to all those around him.”

Verse ConceptsTurning One's BackMade A HorrorShame Has Come

For why? I have sworn by myself, sayeth the LORD, that Bozrah shall become a wilderness; an open shame; a laughingstock and cursing; and her cities shall be a continual desert.

Verse ConceptsMade A Horror

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Laughing-Stock (13 instances)

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
שׂחק שׂחוק 
S@chowq 
Usage: 15

בּוּל 
Buwl 
Usage: 2

גּזע 
Geza` 
Usage: 3

מהפּכת 
Mahpeketh 
Usage: 4

סד 
Cad 
Usage: 2

עכס 
`ekec 
Usage: 2

עץ 
`ets 
Usage: 329

עקר 
`eqer 
Usage: 1

γένος 
Genos 
Usage: 17

θεατρίζω 
theatrizo 
Usage: 1

ξύλον 
Xulon 
Usage: 14

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