Genesis 18:15
Old Testament • 8 words with Strong's data
"Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh."
Word-by-Word Analysis
כָּחַשׁ
kâchash
to be untrue, in word (to lie, feign, disown) or deed (to disappoint, fail, cringe)
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
צָחַק
tsâchaq
to laugh outright (in merriment or scorn); by implication, to sport
יָרֵא
yârêʼ
to fear; morally, to revere; caus. to frighten
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
שָׂחַק
sâchaq
to laugh (in pleasure or detraction); by implication, to play
Key Terms in This Verse
צָחַק tsâchaq
to laugh outright (in merriment or scorn); by implication, to sport
Study H6711 →שָׂחַק sâchaq
to laugh (in pleasure or detraction); by implication, to play
Study H7832 →כָּחַשׁ kâchash
to be untrue, in word (to lie, feign, disown) or deed (to disappoint, fail, cringe)
Study H3584 →Cross References
He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.
And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;
Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.
Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee.
But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.
And needed not that any should testify of man: for he knew what was in man.
Then saith the damsel that kept the door unto Peter, Art not thou also one of this man’s disciples? He saith, I am not.
Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.
And immediately when Jesus perceived in his spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, he said unto them, Why reason ye these things in your hearts?
And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother’s keeper?
Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;
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