This verb means to laugh, expressing joy, amusement, or sometimes scorn through laughter. Classical Greek used it across a range from genuine mirth to mocking derision. In the New Testament, Jesus uses it in two parallel beatitudes and woes in Luke's Sermon on the Plain. He pronounces blessing on those who weep now, promising 'you shall laugh' (Luke 6:21), and pronounces woe on those who laugh now, warning 'you shall mourn and weep' (Luke 6:25). The stark contrast creates a reversal theme: present sorrow will turn to joy, present laughter to mourning. Both uses are future indicative, promising certain coming reversals.