ἘΞΕΓΕΛΑΣΑΝ, ἐξεγελασαν
EXEGELASAN, exegelasan
Sounds Like: eks-eh-geh-LA-san
Translations: they laughed at, they mocked, they derided
From the root: ΕΚΓΕΛΑΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a compound verb formed from the preposition ἐκ (ek), meaning 'out of' or 'from', and the verb γελάω (gelaō), meaning 'to laugh'. The compound verb means 'to laugh out loud at someone' or 'to mock' or 'to deride'. It describes an action of scornful laughter directed at others.
Inflection: 3rd Person, Plural, Aorist, Active, Indicative
Strong’s number: G1632 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Nehemiah — 2:19
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΚΓΕΛΑΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἘΞΕΓΕΛΑ — laughed out, mocked, derided
- ΕΚΓΕΛΑΣΕΤΑΙ — he will laugh aloud, he will mock, he will scoff
- ΕΚΓΕΛΑΣΗ — mockery, derision, a mockery, a derision
- ΕΚΓΕΛΑΩ — laugh at, mock, deride
- ΕΞΕΓΕΛΑ — they laughed, they scoffed, they mocked, they derided
- ΕΞΕΓΕΛΑΣΑΝ — they laughed aloud, they scoffed, they mocked
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