Strong G1070γελάω
to laugh
- Transliteration
- gelaō
- Pronunciation
- ghel-ah'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Of uncertain affinity; to laugh (as a sign of joy or satisfaction): - laugh.
Detailed definition
γελάω, -ῶ,
[in LXX chiefly for צחק, שׂחק;]
to laugh: Luk.6:25; fut., γελάσω) (M, Pr., 154), ib. 21 (cf. κατα-γελάω).†
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly for צחק, שׂחק;]
to laugh: Luk.6:25; fut., γελάσω) (M, Pr., 154), ib. 21 (cf. κατα-γελάω).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1070 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- laugh2
First verses
- Luke 6:21Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh.
- Luke 6:25Woe unto you that are full! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep.
Occurrences by book
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
γελάω,
Epic dialect γελόω [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 21.105)], Aeolic dialect γέλαιμι [Refs (Hdn.Gr. 2.463, +others)]; Epic dialect participle γελόωντες [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 18.40, γελώοντες, -ώωντες, or -οίωντες [prev. work] 111, compare 20.390)]; Epic dialect imperfect γελώων or -οίων[Refs (20.347)]; Doric dialect participle γελᾶσα, 3rd.pers. plural γελᾶντι, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 1.36, 90)]; Aeolic dialect γελαίσας [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 2.5)]: Attic dialect future γελάσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 252b, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 1.16, etc.; later γελάσω “Anthologia Graeca” 2.178 (1st c.BC: Meleager Epigrammaticus), 11.29 (1st c.AD: Automedon Epigrammaticus), “Anacreontea” 38.8, etc.)]: aorist ἐγέλᾰσα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 276, etc.)]; Epic dialect ἐγέλασσα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.101)]; Doric dialect ἐγέλαξα [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 20. ??, variant [prev. work] 7.42)]; 3rd.pers. plural γέλαν for ἐγέλασαν poetical cited in [Refs (“Etymologicum Magnum” 255.6)]:—passive, future -ασθήσομαι[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 1.78, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Am.” 2)]: aorist ἐγελάσθην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 2.10, (κατ-) 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.83, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthyphro” 3c, etc.:)]perfect γεγέλασται [Refs 2nd c.AD+ ((κατα-) 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “DMort.” 1.1.)]
I absolutely, laugh, ἁπαλὸν γελάσαι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.465; ἀχρεῖον γ. 18.163; γναθμοῖσι γελοίων ἀλλοτρίοισιν 20.347; δακρυόεν γ. 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.484; μηδὲν ἵλεων γ. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1011)]; ἡ δ᾽ ἐγέλασσε χείλεσιν, of feigned laughter, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.101)]; ἐγέλασσε δέ οἱ φίλον ἦτορ his heart laughed within him,[Refs 5th c.BC+ (21.389; γελῶ ὁρῶν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.36:)] —passive, εἵνεκα τοῦ γελασθῆι αι for the sake of a laugh being raised, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 2.19.)]
I.2 of things, γέλασσε δὲ πᾶσα περὶ χθών [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.362; γαῖά τε πᾶσ᾽ ἐγέλασσε “hymnus ad Cererem” 14; γελᾷ δέ τε δό ματα πατρός 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 40; γελῶντα ὑδάτη “Lyrica Alexandrina Adespota” 32.4.)]
II laugh at, ἐπ᾽ αὐτῷ ἡδὺ γέλασσαν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.270, 23.784; ἐπ᾽ ἀλλήλοισι γελῶσιν 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 1113)]; γελᾷ δὲ δαίμων ἐπ᾽ ἀνδρὶ θερμῷ laughs scornfully at.., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 560 (Lyric poetry))]; ἐπί τινι at a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.2.5, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 50a: frequently with _dative_, γελᾷ δὲ τοῖσδε.. ἄχεσιν πολὺν γέλωτα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 957 (Lyric poetry), compare 1043, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 560)]; ἐγέλασα ψολοκομπίαις was amused at them, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Eq.” 696; ὅταν ποτ᾽ ἀνθρώποισιν ἡ τύχη γελᾷ 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 110; εἰς ἐχθροὺς γ. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 79; ἐν κακοῖσι τοῖς ἐμοῖς 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 222: rarely with _genitive_ _person_, γελᾷ μου 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1125 (Lyric poetry), compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 175b, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Dem.Enc.” 16, 6th c.AD: Procopius Caesariensis Historicus “de Bello Gothico” 4.28 (variant).)]
II.2 with accusative, deride, τινά [Refs 5th c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 20.1; ἢ τόδε γελᾶτε, εἰ..; 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 2.19)]; τί δὲ τοῦτ᾽ ἐγέλασας ἐτεόν; what is this you are laughing at? [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 820)]:—passive, to be derided, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 789 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 839 (Lyric poetry); πρός τινος [prev. author] “Ph.” 1023; παρά τινος [prev. author] “OC” 1423.)]
Epic dialect γελόω [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 21.105)], Aeolic dialect γέλαιμι [Refs (Hdn.Gr. 2.463, +others)]; Epic dialect participle γελόωντες [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 18.40, γελώοντες, -ώωντες, or -οίωντες [prev. work] 111, compare 20.390)]; Epic dialect imperfect γελώων or -οίων[Refs (20.347)]; Doric dialect participle γελᾶσα, 3rd.pers. plural γελᾶντι, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 1.36, 90)]; Aeolic dialect γελαίσας [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 2.5)]: Attic dialect future γελάσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 252b, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 1.16, etc.; later γελάσω “Anthologia Graeca” 2.178 (1st c.BC: Meleager Epigrammaticus), 11.29 (1st c.AD: Automedon Epigrammaticus), “Anacreontea” 38.8, etc.)]: aorist ἐγέλᾰσα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 276, etc.)]; Epic dialect ἐγέλασσα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.101)]; Doric dialect ἐγέλαξα [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 20. ??, variant [prev. work] 7.42)]; 3rd.pers. plural γέλαν for ἐγέλασαν poetical cited in [Refs (“Etymologicum Magnum” 255.6)]:—passive, future -ασθήσομαι[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 1.78, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Am.” 2)]: aorist ἐγελάσθην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 2.10, (κατ-) 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.83, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthyphro” 3c, etc.:)]perfect γεγέλασται [Refs 2nd c.AD+ ((κατα-) 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “DMort.” 1.1.)]
I absolutely, laugh, ἁπαλὸν γελάσαι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.465; ἀχρεῖον γ. 18.163; γναθμοῖσι γελοίων ἀλλοτρίοισιν 20.347; δακρυόεν γ. 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.484; μηδὲν ἵλεων γ. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1011)]; ἡ δ᾽ ἐγέλασσε χείλεσιν, of feigned laughter, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.101)]; ἐγέλασσε δέ οἱ φίλον ἦτορ his heart laughed within him,[Refs 5th c.BC+ (21.389; γελῶ ὁρῶν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.36:)] —passive, εἵνεκα τοῦ γελασθῆι αι for the sake of a laugh being raised, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 2.19.)]
I.2 of things, γέλασσε δὲ πᾶσα περὶ χθών [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.362; γαῖά τε πᾶσ᾽ ἐγέλασσε “hymnus ad Cererem” 14; γελᾷ δέ τε δό ματα πατρός 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 40; γελῶντα ὑδάτη “Lyrica Alexandrina Adespota” 32.4.)]
II laugh at, ἐπ᾽ αὐτῷ ἡδὺ γέλασσαν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.270, 23.784; ἐπ᾽ ἀλλήλοισι γελῶσιν 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 1113)]; γελᾷ δὲ δαίμων ἐπ᾽ ἀνδρὶ θερμῷ laughs scornfully at.., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 560 (Lyric poetry))]; ἐπί τινι at a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.2.5, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 50a: frequently with _dative_, γελᾷ δὲ τοῖσδε.. ἄχεσιν πολὺν γέλωτα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 957 (Lyric poetry), compare 1043, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 560)]; ἐγέλασα ψολοκομπίαις was amused at them, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Eq.” 696; ὅταν ποτ᾽ ἀνθρώποισιν ἡ τύχη γελᾷ 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 110; εἰς ἐχθροὺς γ. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 79; ἐν κακοῖσι τοῖς ἐμοῖς 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 222: rarely with _genitive_ _person_, γελᾷ μου 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1125 (Lyric poetry), compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 175b, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Dem.Enc.” 16, 6th c.AD: Procopius Caesariensis Historicus “de Bello Gothico” 4.28 (variant).)]
II.2 with accusative, deride, τινά [Refs 5th c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 20.1; ἢ τόδε γελᾶτε, εἰ..; 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 2.19)]; τί δὲ τοῦτ᾽ ἐγέλασας ἐτεόν; what is this you are laughing at? [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 820)]:—passive, to be derided, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 789 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 839 (Lyric poetry); πρός τινος [prev. author] “Ph.” 1023; παρά τινος [prev. author] “OC” 1423.)]