H3933 - לַעַג (laʻag)

H3933 לַעַג (laʻag) lah'-ag

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

derision

Strong's Definition

derision, scoffing

Derivation: from H3932 (לָעַג);

KJV Usage: derision, scorn (-ing).

TWOT Reference: 1118a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) mocking, derision, stammering

1a) mocking, derision

1b) stammerings

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G3681

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

1) mocking, derision, stammering 1a) mocking, derision 1b) stammerings

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

לַעַג la‛ag BDB Definition: 1) mocking, derision, stammering 1a) mocking, derision 1b) stammerings Part of Speech: noun masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H3932 Same Word by TWOT Number: 1118a Total KJV Occurrences: 4

Bible Occurrences (7)

34:7

44:13 79:4 123:4

23:32 36:4

7:16

Job 34:7

What man is like Job, [who] drinks up derision like water?

Ezekiel 23:32

This is what the Lord GOD says: You will drink your sister’s cup, a cup deep and wide. It will bring scorn and derision, for it holds so much.

Ezekiel 36:4

therefore, O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD. This is what the Lord GOD says to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys, to the desolate ruins and abandoned cities, which have become a spoil and a mockery to the rest of the nations around you.

Hosea 7:16

They turn, but not to the Most High; they are like a faulty bow. Their leaders will fall by the sword for the cursing of their tongue; for this they will be ridiculed in the land of Egypt.