Greek verb · G1070
γελάω
gelaoghel-ah'-o
to laugh
2 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: geláō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G1070is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 1 of 27New Testament books
- 2spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G1070
to laugh (as a sign of joy or satisfaction)
The King James renders it: laugh.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
gelao is rendered "to laugh". It stands 2 times in the Greek text, across one book.
- Two of the uses stand in Luke, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Luke 6:21Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.
- The Greek text spells it two different ways.
The first use
Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.
Luke 6:21γελάσετε.¶
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Two of the word's two uses are in Luke.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- laughing1
- you will laugh1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 2, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
2 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- γελάσετε.¶1
- γελῶντες1
The grammar of each form
- verb · future active, indicative · 2nd person plural1V-FAI-2P
- verb · present active, participle · vocative (address) · masculine plural1V-PAP-VPM
Luke
two uses
Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.
- γελάσετε.¶gelaseteverb · future active, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: you will laugh
Woe to you who are well fed now, for you will hunger. Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.
- γελῶντεςgelontesverb · present active, participle · vocative (address) · masculine pluraltagged: laughing
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.