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laf´ing - stok : Something set up to be laughed at; thrice in the Revised Version (British and American) the translation of שׂחוק , sheḳōḳ , "laughter," etc. ( Job 12:4 twice; Jeremiah 20:7; compare Jeremiah 48:26 , Jeremiah 48:27 , Jeremiah 48:39; Lamentations 3:14 ). See MOCK , MOCKING .

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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. Entry for 'Laughing-Stock'. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/isb/l/laughing-stock.html. 1915.

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