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H7046 קָלַס (qâlaç) kaw-las'

Hebrew
Verb (Hebrew)
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Quick Definition

to mock

Strong's Definition

to disparage, i.e. ridicule

Derivation: a primitive root;

KJV Usage: mock, scoff, scorn.

TWOT Reference: 2029

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) to mock, scoff
1a) (Piel) to scoff at
1b) (Hithpael) to mock, deride, make fun of

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

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

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

קָלַס (qa.las) — to mock. 1) to mock, scoff 1a) (Piel) to scoff at 1b) (Hithpael) to mock, deride, make fun of

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

verb

Despise | verb pi

to scorn, to disdain = state in which someone regards something as unworthy of one’s consideration

EZK 16:31

Revile | verb hit | ≈ מִשְׂחָק

to jeer, to mock, to scoff = action by which someone speaks insulting words to someone else, ◄ out of a sense of superiority, ► intending to bring public shame upon that person

2KI 2:23 · EZK 22:5 · HAB 1:10

Graham S. Ogden

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

[קָלַס] vb. mock, scoff Pi. to scoff at hire

Hithp. mock, deride

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Bible Occurrences (4)

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