לָעַג
lāʿag
mock
Strong's H3932VerbHebrewTWOT 1118

לָעַג (lāʿag) is a Hebrew verb meaning mock. It appears 18 times in 8 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H3932).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1118)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1118)mock, deride, stammer; have in derision; a people stammering of tongue; speak unintelligibly; laugh, stammering
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

לָעַג verb: mock, deride, stammer

Strong's H3932 לָעַג: to deride; by implication (as if imitating a foreigner) to speak unintelligibly
KJV:have in derision, laugh (to scorn), mock (on), stammering.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

See it in Scripture

2 Kings 19:212 Chronicles 30:10Nehemiah 2:19

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