Quick Definition
to jest
Strong's Definition
to deride
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: mock.
TWOT Reference: 1117
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) to joke, jest
1a) (Hiphil) to make jokes
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
לָעַב (la.av) — to jest. 1) to joke, jest 1a) (Hiphil) to make jokes
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb
Revile | verb hif | ≈ בזה · תעע
to mock = action by which humans express their disdain of others with words, sounds and/or gestures
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[לָעַב] vb. jest;—only Hiph. 2 Ch 36:16 ref