7 occurrences

'Laughing stock' in the Bible

Then Judah said, “Let her keep them, otherwise we will become a laughingstock. After all, I sent this young goat, but you did not find her.”

Verse ConceptsNowhere To Be Found

You make us a byword among the nations,A laughingstock among the peoples.

Verse Conceptsjoking

O Lord, You have deceived me and I was deceived;You have overcome me and prevailed.I have become a laughingstock all day long;Everyone mocks me.

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

“Make him drunk, for he has become arrogant toward the Lord; so Moab will wallow in his vomit, and he also will become a laughingstock.

Verse ConceptsdefianceVomittingGod Making Drunk

Now was not Israel a laughingstock to you? Or was he caught among thieves? For each time you speak about him you shake your head in scorn.

Verse Conceptsthieves

“How shattered it is! How they have wailed! How Moab has turned his back—he is ashamed! So Moab will become a laughingstock and an object of terror to all around him.”

Verse ConceptsTurning One's BackMade A HorrorShame Has Come

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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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