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Strong's #1070 - γελάω

Transliteration
geláō
Phonetics
ghel-ah'-o
Origin
of uncertain affinity
Parts of Speech
verb
TDNT
1:658,113
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Definition   
Thayer's
  1. to laugh
Hebrew Equivalent Words:
Strong #: 6711 ‑ צָחַק (tsaw‑khak');  7832 ‑ שָׂחַק (saw‑khak');  8055 ‑ שָׂמַח (saw‑makh');  
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Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

γελάω,

γελόω Od. 21.105, Aeol. γέλαιμι Hdn.Gr. 2.463, al.; part. γελόωντες Od. 18.40, γελώοντες, -ώωντες, or -οίωντες ib. 111, cf. 20.390; impf. γελώων or -οίων 20.347; Dor. part. γελᾶσα, 3 pl. γελᾶντι, Theoc. 1.36, 90; Aeol. γελαίσας Sapph. 2.5: Att. fut. γελάσομαι Pl. Phdr. 252b, X. Smp. 1.16, etc.; later γελάσω AP 2.178 (Mel.), 11.29 (Autom.), Anacreont. 38.8, etc.: aor. ἐγέλᾰσα E. IT 276, etc.; ἐγέλασσα Il. 15.101; Dor. ἐγέλαξα Theoc. 20. [*], v.l.ib. 7.42; 3 pl. γέλαν for ἐγέλασαν Poet. ap. EM 255.6: Pass., fut. -ασθήσομαι D.L. 1.78, Luc. Amos 2:1-16 : aor. ἐγελάσθην D. 2.10, (κατ-) Th. 3.83, Pl. Euthphr. 3c, etc.: pf. γεγέλασται (κατα-) Luc. DMort. 1.1.

I abs.,

1. laugh, ἁπαλὸν γελάσαι Od. 14.465; ἀχρεῖον γ. 18.163; γναθμοῖσι γελοίων ἀλλοτρίοισιν 20.347; δακρυόεν γ. Il. 6.484; μηδὲν ἵλεων γ. S. Aj. 1011; ἡ δ' ἐγέλασσε χείλεσιν, of feigned laughter, Il. 15.101; ἐγέλασσε δέ οἱ φίλον ἦτορ his heart laughed within him, 21.389; γελῶ ὁρῶν Hdt. 4.36: Pass., εἵνεκα τοῦ γελασθῆι αι for the sake of a laugh being raised, D. 2.19.

2. of things, γέλασσε δὲ πᾶσα περὶ χθών Il. 19.362; γαῖά τε πᾶσ' ἐγέλασσε h.Cer. 14; γελᾷ δέ τε δό ματα πατρός Hes. Th. 40; γελῶντα ὑδάτη Lyr.Alex.Adesp. 32.4.

II

1. laugh at, ἐπ' αὐτῷ ἡδὺ γέλασσαν Il. 2.270, 23.784; ἐπ' ἀλλήλοισι γελῶσιν Thgn. 1113; γελᾷ δὲ δαίμων ἐπ' ἀνδρὶ θερμῷ laughs scornfully at.., A. Eu. 560 (lyr.); ἐπί τινι at a thing, X. Mem. 4.2.5, Pl. Phlb. 50a: freq. c. dat., γελᾷ δὲ τοῖσδε.. ἄχεσιν πολὺν γέλωτα S. Aj. 957 (lyr.), cf. 1043, Ar. Nu. 560; ἐγέλασα ψολοκομπίαις was amused at them, Id. Eq. 696; ὅταν ποτ' ἀνθρώποισιν ἡ τύχη γελᾷ Philem. 110; εἰς ἐχθροὺς γ. S. Aj. 79; ἐν κακοῖσι τοῖς ἐμοῖς A. Ch. 222: rarely c. gen. pers., γελᾷ μου S. Ph. 1125 (lyr.), cf. Pl. Tht. 175b, Luc. Dem.Enc. 16, Procop. Goth. 4.28 (v.l.).

2. c. acc., deride, τινά Theoc. 20.1; ἢ τόδε γελᾶτε, εἰ..; X. Smp. 2.19; τί δὲ τοῦτ' ἐγέλασας ἐτεόν; what is this you are laughing at ? Ar. Nu. 820: Pass., to be derided, A. Eu. 789 (lyr.), S. Ant. 839 (lyr.); πρός τινος Id. Ph. 1023; παρά τινος Id. OC 1423.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

γελάω, γελῶ; future γελάσω (in Greek writings more common γελάσομαι (Buttmann, 53 (46); Winers Grammar, 84 (80))); (from Homer down); to laugh: Luke 6:21 (opposed to κλαίω), 25. (Compare: καταγελάω.)


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Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

γελάω , ,

[in LXX chiefly for H6711, H7832;]

to laugh: Luke 6:25; fut., γελάσω (M, Pr., 154), Luke 6:21 (cf. κατα -γελάω ).†


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Vocabulary of the Greek NT

Syll 802.70 (iii/B.C.) τὸν δὲ θεὸν γελάσαντα φά [μ ]εν νιν παυσεῖν (τᾶς νόσου ), P Oxy III. 471.88 (ii/A.D.) γέλωτα πολὺν καὶ ἀνειμένον . . . γελᾶν , ";laughed long and freely"; (Edd.) If we desiderate proof that the ancients laughed with the same articulation as ourselves, we may refer to P Leid W xi. 30 (ii/iii A.D.) εἰπὼν ἐκρότησε γ ̄, κ (αὶ )ἐγέλασεν ὁ θεὸς ἑπιτάκις , χα , χα , χα , χα , χα , χα , χα . γελάσαντος δὲ αὐτοῦ ἐγεννήθησαν θεοὶ ζ ̄, οἵτινες τὰ πάντα περιέχουσιν . A Lycian epitaph may be quoted from Ormerod and Robinson’s inscrr. in JHS xxxiv. p. 1 ff. : no. 26.20 παῖζε γέλα παροδεῖτα , βλέπων ὅτι καὶ σὲ θανεῖν δεῖ —it is the analogue of the commonplace quoted in 1 Corinthians 15:32. For the fut. act., as in Luke 6:21 (cf. Job 29:24, 4 Maccabees 5:28), see Proleg. p. 154. MGr has γελῶ .

 

 


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List of Word Forms
γελάσαι γελασετε γελάσετε γελάσομαι γελάσονται γελάσω γελοιάζειν γελοιασμόν γελοιαστών γελώ γελωντες γελώντες γελῶντες εγέλασα εγέλασαν εγέλασας εγέλασε gelasete gelásete gelontes gelôntes gelōntes gelō̂ntes
 
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