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H8591 תָּעַע (tâʻaʻ) taw-ah'

Hebrew
Verb (Hebrew)
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Quick Definition

to mock

Strong's Definition

to cheat; by analogy, to maltreat

Derivation: a primitive root;

KJV Usage: deceive, misuse.

TWOT Reference: 2532

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) to deceive, misuse
1a) (Pilpel)
1a1) to be a mocker, mock
1a2) mocker (subst)
1b) (Hithpalpel)
1b1) to ridicule
1b2) mocking (participle)

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

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

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

תָּעַע (ta.a) — to mock. 1) to deceive, misuse 1a) (Pilpel) 1a1) to be a mocker, mock 1a2) mocker (subst) 1b) (Hithpalpel) 1b1) to ridicule 1b2) mocking (participle)

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

verb · תַּעְתֻּעִים

Despise | Revile | verb pi, verb hit

to mock, to scoff = state in which someone considers someone or something else unworthy of attention or respect, and shows that by his/her actions

GEN 27:12 · 2CH 36:16

Reinier de Blois

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

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

[תָּעַע] Pilp. Hithp. mock Pilp. = subst. a mocker.

Hithp. mocking at his prophets

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Bible Occurrences (2)

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