Quick Definition
μυκτηρίζω v. I sneer at, disdain
Strong's Definition
from a derivative of the base of 3455 (meaning snout, as that whence lowing proceeds); to make mouths at, i.e. ridicule
KJV Usage: mock
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | ἐκμυκτηρίζω
33.409 · Communication · Mock, Ridicule
to ridicule, to sneer at, to show contempt for (figurative extension of meaning of μυκτηρίζω ‘to turn up the nose at,’ not occurring in the NT) to ridicule in a sneering and contemptuous way
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
μυκτηρίζω: (μυκτήρ the nose); pres. pass. 3 pers. sing. μυκτηρίζεται; prop. to turn up the nose or sneer at; to mock, deride: τινά, pass. ov μυκτηρίζεται, does not suffer himself to be mocked, Gal. vi. 7. (For 1p, Job xxii. 19; Ps. Ixxix. (Ixxx.) 7; Jer. xx. 7; p83, Prov.i.30; 713, Prov. xv. 20; [ef. Clem. Rom. 1 Cor. 39, 1 (and Harnack’s note)]. 1 Mace. vii. 34; [1 Esdr. i. 49]; Sext. Emp. adv. math. i. 217 [p. 648, 11 ed. Bekk.].) [Comp.: ἐκμυκτηρίζω.}
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
μυκτηρίζω myktērizō 1x
to contract the nose in contempt and derision, toss up the nose; to mock, deride, Gal. 6:7*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
μυκτηρίζω
(< μυκτήρ, the nose), [in LXX: IV Ki 19:21, Jb 22:19, Ps 79 (80):6, al. (לעג), Pr 1:30 (נאץ) Pr 15:20 (בּזה), I Mac 7:34, al.;]
to turn up the nose or sneer at, mock: pass., Ga 6:7 (cf. ἐκ-μυκτηρίζω).†
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
μυκτηρίζω (muktērizō) — to mock. μυκτηρ-ίζω, turn up the nose, sneer at, [LXX+5th c.BC+]:—passive, to be mocked, [LXX]: hence, to be outwitted, [NT]
II. bleed at the nose, [Refs 5th c.BC+]