Quick Definition
χλευάζω v. I mock, scoff
Strong's Definition
from a derivative probably of 5491; to throw out the lip, i.e. jeer at
KJV Usage: mock
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | χλευάζω
33.408 · Communication · Mock, Ridicule
to scoff, to jeer, to joke at to make fun of someone by joking or jesting
1 It is possible that διαχλευάζω is somewhat more emphatic than χλευάζω, and evidently χλευάζω and διαχλευάζω differ from ἐμπαίζω[a], ἐμπαιγμός, and ἐμπαιγμονή (33.406) in that the principal means of ridicule are verbal.
verb | διαχλευάζω
33.408 · Communication · Mock, Ridicule
to scoff, to jeer, to joke at to make fun of someone by joking or jesting
1 It is possible that διαχλευάζω is somewhat more emphatic than χλευάζω, and evidently χλευάζω and διαχλευάζω differ from ἐμπαίζω[a], ἐμπαιγμός, and ἐμπαιγμονή (33.406) in that the principal means of ridicule are verbal.
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Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
χλευάζω chleuazō 1x
to jeer, scoff, Acts 17:32*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
* χλευάζω
(< χλεύη, a jest), [in LXX: Wi 11:14, II Mac 7:7, IV Mac 5:22 * ;]
to jest, mock, jeer: Ac 17:32.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
χλευάζω. For this NT πη: eip. (Ac 17%?) = “mock,” ‘‘scoff,” see the document quoted s.v. ᾿Ιουδαῖος sub fine, PSI V. 481° (v/vi A.D.) χλευάσας ἑαυτόν, and P Masp I. 67092!° (Byz.) viv δὲ ἐχλευάσθην παρ᾽ αὐτοῦ. See also Menander ᾿Ἐπιτρέπ. 215, The corr. subst. occurs in P Oxy VI. 904? (v/A.p.), a petition by an old man ‘‘who has suffered a breach of contract and mockery”—aovvOnkel διαπεπονθότα Kal χλεύην, and Preisigke 5763°! (A.D. 647) δίχα δόλου τινος kal χλεύης καὶ βίας.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
χλευάζω (chleuazō) — to sneer. χλευ-άζω, (χλεύη) jest, scoff, ἐπισκώπτων καὶ παίζων καὶ χ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. with accusative, scoff, jeer at, treat scornfully, τινα [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle, [Refs]:—passive, [Refs 4th c.BC+]