Laughing-Stock

LAUGHING-STOCK laf'-ing-stok:

Something set up to be laughed at; thrice in the Revised Version (British and American) the translation of sechoq, "laughter," etc. (Job 12:4 twice; Jeremiah 20:7; compare Jeremiah 48:26,27,39; Lamentations 3:14).

See MOCK, MOCKING.

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Bibliography Information

Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'LAUGHING-STOCK'".  "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia".  1915.