Read the Bible

KJV dictionary & concordance

sport

Meaning of “sport”

Play, amusement, or mockery; to make sport or amuse oneself.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesSkeat 1893
6 occurrences5 verses3 booksKJV PCE

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Judges 16:25

Complete exact-word concordance

Every verse containing “sport”

KJV PCE
Judges 16:25
And it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, that they said, Call for Samson, that he may make us sport. And they called for Samson out of the prison house; and he made them sport: and they set him between the pillars.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Judges 16:25 · retained source text

And it came to passe when their hearts were merry, that they said, Call for Samson, that hee may make vs sport. And they called for Samson out of the prison house, and he made them sport, and they set him betweene the pillars.

1611 marginal noteHebr. before them.

Judges 16:27
Now the house was full of men and women; and all the lords of the Philistines were there; and there were upon the roof about three thousand men and women, that beheld while Samson made sport.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Judges 16:27 · retained source text

Now the house was full of men and women, and all the lords of the Philistines were there: and there were vpon the roofe about three thousand men and women, that behelde while Samson made sport.

Proverbs 10:23
It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Proverbs 10:23 · retained source text

It is as a sport to a foole to doe mischiefe: but a man of vnderstanding hath wisedome.

1611 marginal noteChap. 14.9.

Proverbs 26:19
So is the man that deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am not I in sport?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Proverbs 26:19 · retained source text

So is the man that deceiueth his neighbour, & sayth, Am not I in sport?

Isaiah 57:4
Against whom do ye sport yourselves? against whom make ye a wide mouth, and draw out the tongue? are ye not children of transgression, a seed of falsehood,
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 57:4 · retained source text

Against whom doe ye sport your selues? against whom make ye a wide mouth, and draw out the tongue? are ye not children of transgression, a seede of falsehood?

Source order

Definition evidence

Historical English dictionary sources

Historical definitions

To disport or amuse oneself.

printed p. 277; PDF p. 297; Internet Archive leaf n296