KJV dictionary & concordance
Convulsive merriment; an expression of mirth peculiar to man, consisting in a peculiar noise and configuration of features, with a shaking of the sides and expulsion of breath.
Definition sources
First occurrence: Psalms 126:2
Complete exact-word concordance
Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The Lord hath done great things for them.
Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing, then said they among the heathen: The LORD hath done great things for them.
1611 marginal noteHebr. hath magnified to doe with them.
Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.
Euen in laughter the heart is sorrowfull; and the end of that mirth is heauinesse.
I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?
I saide of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?
Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.
Sorrow is better then laughter: for by the sadnesse of the countenance the heart is made better.
1611 marginal noteOr, anger.
For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.
For as the crackling of thornes vnder a pot, so is the laughter of the foole: this also is vanitie.
1611 marginal noteHeb. sound
¶ A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all things.
¶ A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all things.
1611 marginal noteHeb. maketh glad the life.
1611 marginal notePsal.104.15.
Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
Bee afflicted, and mourne, and weepe: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your ioy to heauinesse.
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Historical English dictionary sources
Convulsive merriment; an expression of mirth peculiar to man, consisting in a peculiar noise and configuration of features, with a shaking of the sides and expulsion of breath.
