TBESH · H3932
לָעַג · la.ag · to mock
1) to mock, deride, ridicule 1a) (Qal) to mock, deride, have in derision 1b) (Niphal) to stammer 1c) (Hiphil) to mock, deride
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לָעַג (la.ag) means “to mock” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: law-ag' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
לָעַג · la.ag · to mock
1) to mock, deride, ridicule 1a) (Qal) to mock, deride, have in derision 1b) (Niphal) to stammer 1c) (Hiphil) to mock, deride
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a primitive root; to deride; by implication (as if imitating a foreigner) to speak unintelligibly
KJV glosses: have in derision, laugh (to scorn), mock (on), stammering.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| mock | 3 |
| and mocks | 2 |
| and mocked | 1 |
| he mocks | 1 |
| he ridiculed | 1 |
| he who mocks | 1 |
| i will sneer | 1 |
| mocks | 1 |
| taunts them | 1 |
| that mocks | 1 |
| they mocked | 1 |
| who stammer | 1 |
| will you scoff | 1 |
| you may go on mocking | 1 |
| you scoff | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| and mocked | 2 |
| laughed thee to scorn | 2 |
| and when thou mockest | 1 |
| every one mocketh | 1 |
| he will laugh | 1 |
| i will mock | 1 |
| in derision | 1 |
| laugh | 1 |
| laugh them to scorn | 1 |
| me laugh me to scorn | 1 |
| mock on | 1 |
| mocketh | 1 |
| of a stammering | 1 |
| shall have them in derision | 1 |
| they laughed us to scorn | 1 |
| whoso mocketh | 1 |
Page 1 of 1. 18 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
This is the word that the LORD has spoken against him: ‘The Virgin Daughter of Zion despises you and mocks you; the Daughter of Jerusalem shakes her head behind you.
Read word by wordAnd the couriers traveled from city to city through the land of Ephraim and Manasseh as far as Zebulun, but the people scorned and mocked them.
Read word by wordBut when Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite official, and Geshem the Arab heard about this, they mocked us and ridiculed us, saying, “What is this you are doing? Are you rebelling against the king?”
Read word by wordNow when Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the wall, he was furious and filled with indignation. He ridiculed the Jews
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 3.33
When the scourge brings sudden death, He mocks the despair of the innocent.
Read word by wordShould your babbling put others to silence? Will you scoff without rebuke?
Read word by wordBear with me while I speak; then, after I have spoken, you may go on mocking.
Read word by wordThe righteous see it and are glad; the innocent mock them:
Read word by wordThe One enthroned in heaven laughs; the Lord taunts them.
Read word by wordAll who see me mock me; they sneer and shake their heads:
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 22.8
But You, O LORD, laugh at them; You scoff at all the nations.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 59.9
You make us contend with our neighbors; our enemies mock us.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 80.7
in turn I will mock your calamity; I will sneer when terror strikes you,
Read word by wordHe who mocks the poor insults their Maker; whoever gloats over calamity will not go unpunished.
Read word by wordAs for the eye that mocks a father and scorns obedience to a mother, may the ravens of the valley pluck it out and young vultures devour it.
Read word by wordYou will no longer see the insolent, a people whose speech is unintelligible, who stammer in a language you cannot understand.
Read word by wordthis is the word that the LORD has spoken against him: ‘The Virgin Daughter of Zion despises you and mocks you; the Daughter of Jerusalem shakes her head behind you.
Read word by wordYou have deceived me, O LORD, and I was deceived. You have overcome me and prevailed. I am a laughingstock all day long; everyone mocks me.
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