Quick Definition
derision
Strong's Definition
ridicule
Derivation: intensive from H7046 (קָלַס);
KJV Usage: mocking.
TWOT Reference: 2029b
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) mocking, derision
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
קַלָּסָה (qal.la.sah) — derision. mocking, derision
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun f · קלס
Despise | Shame | ≈ חֶרְפָּה
object of scorn = action by which someone speaks insulting words to someone else, ◄ out of a sense of superiority, ► intending to bring public shame upon that person
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
קַלָּסָה n.f. id. [s.bs.ab], ∥ id.;—Ez 22:4. done