Joke
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (n.) Something said for the sake of exciting a laugh; something witty or sportive (commonly indicating more of hilarity or humor than jest); a jest; a witticism; as, to crack good-natured jokes.

2. (n.) Something not said seriously, or not actually meant; something done in sport.

3. (v. t.) To make merry with; to make jokes upon; to rally; to banter; as, to joke a comrade.

4. (v. i.) To do something for sport, or as a joke; to be merry in words or actions; to jest.

Greek
5512. chleuazo -- to jest, mock, jeer
... 5512 (from , "a joke") -- properly, to joke (jest), ie to scoff (ridicule)
using barbed humor and mocking jeers (used only in Ac 17:32). ...
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Strong's Hebrew
7814. sechoq -- laughter, derision, sport
... Word Origin from sachaq Definition laughter, derision, sport NASB Word Usage enjoyment
(1), joke (2), laughingstock (5), laughter (6), sport (1). ...
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Library

Ep. xxvii. You Make a Joke of It; but I Know the Danger of an ...
... Division III. Miscellaneous Letters. Ep. XXVII. You make a joke of it;
but I know the danger of an Ozizalean starving� You make ...
/.../cyril/select letters of saint gregory nazianzen/ep xxvii you make a.htm

There is a Popular Philosophical Joke Intended to Typify the ...
... Chapter 2 There is a popular philosophical joke intended to typify the endless
and useless arguments of� There is a popular philosophical ...
/.../chesterton/whats wrong with the world/chapter 2 there is a.htm

On Mr. Mccabe and a Divine Frivolity
... If a joke is not a joke about religion or morals, it is a joke about police-magistrates
or scientific professors or undergraduates dressed up as Queen Victoria ...
//christianbookshelf.org/chesterton/heretics/xvi on mr mccabe and.htm

The Adventures of Saint Patrick of Ireland.
... A joke's a joke all the world over; but if you souse me head over ears in that pool,
and drown me entirely, it will be a very bad one to my taste now." The more ...
/.../kingston/the seven champions of christendom/chapter nine the adventures of.htm

When I Wrote a Little Volume on My Friend Mr. ...
... I was not withheld by any feeling that the joke was getting a little obvious; for
an obvious joke is only a successful joke; it is only the unsuccessful clowns ...
/.../chesterton/whats wrong with the world/chapter 28 when i wrote.htm

Orthodoxy i. Introduction in Defence of Everything Else
... sentiments to all the jolly people who hate what I write, and regard it (very justly,
for all I know), as a piece of poor clowning or a single tiresome joke. ...
/.../chesterton/orthodoxy/orthodoxy i introduction in defence.htm

Now this Masculine Love of an Open and Level Camaraderie is the ...
... They thought it was a joke. Why they should think it a joke, since they
want to make all houses public houses, I cannot imagine. ...
/.../chesterton/whats wrong with the world/chapter 14 now this masculine.htm

To Brother Raimondo of Capua of the Order of the Preachers
... [Footnote: As she herself expresses it, "The Eternal Bridegroom played a great joke
on me."] There is an almost childlike simplicity in her account of the ...
/.../benincasa/letters of catherine benincasa/to brother raimondo of capua 4.htm

George Buchanan, Scholar
... But the king, who loved a joke, demanded something sharp and stinging, and Buchanan
obeyed by writing, but not publishing, "The Franciscans," a long satire ...
/.../kingsley/historical lectures and essays/george buchanan scholar.htm

On Mr. Rudyard Kipling and Making the World Small
... We may jump upon a child's rocking-horse for a joke. But we are glad that the
carpenter did not leave the legs of it unglued for a joke. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/chesterton/heretics/iii on mr rudyard kipling.htm

Thesaurus
Joke (1 Occurrence)
... 3. (vt) To make merry with; to make jokes upon; to rally; to banter; as, to
joke a comrade. ... Multi-Version Concordance Joke (1 Occurrence). ...
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Jest (1 Occurrence)
... 2. (n.) A mask; a pageant; an interlude. 3. (n.) Something done or said in order
to amuse; a joke; a witticism; a jocose or sportive remark or phrase. ...
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Mere (56 Occurrences)
... (See JPS RSV). Job 12:4 I am like one who is a joke to his neighbor, I, who called
on God, and he answered. The just, the blameless man is a joke. (See NIV). ...
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Blameless (81 Occurrences)
... (WEB RSV NIV). Job 12:4 I am like one who is a joke to his neighbor, I, who called
on God, and he answered. The just, the blameless man is a joke. ...
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Neighbor (123 Occurrences)
... Job 12:4 I am like one who is a joke to his neighbor, I, who called on God, and
he answered. The just, the blameless man is a joke. (WEB ASV WBS). ...
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Jok'de-am (1 Occurrence)
Jok'de-am. Jokdeam, Jok'de-am. Joke . Multi-Version Concordance ... Joshua 15:56
and Jezreel, and Jokdeam, and Zanoah; (See RSV). Jokdeam, Jok'de-am. Joke ...
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Jokim (1 Occurrence)

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Take (11064 Occurrences)
... 17. (vt) To bear without ill humor or resentment; to submit to; to tolerate; to
endure; as, to take a joke; he will take an affront from no man. 18. ...
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Rub (1 Occurrence)
... (n.) Inequality of surface, as of the ground in the game of bowls; unevenness. 13.
(n.) Something grating to the feelings; sarcasm; joke; as, a hard rub. 14. ...
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Dor (7 Occurrences)
... Called also dorr, dorbeetle, or dorrbeetle, dorbug, dorrfly, and buzzard clock.
2. (n.) A trick, joke, or deception. 3. (vt) To make a fool of; to deceive. ...
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Bible Concordance
Joke (1 Occurrence)

Job 12:4 I am like one who is a joke to his neighbor, I, who called on God, and he answered. The just, the blameless man is a joke.
(WEB NAS)

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