לַעַג
laʿag
mocking
Strong's H3933NounHebrewTWOT 1118a

לַעַג (laʿag) is a Hebrew noun meaning mocking. It appears 7 times in 4 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H3933).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1118a)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1118a)mocking, derision, stammering; scoffing; scorn, scorning
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

לַ֫עַג noun, masculine: mocking, derision, stammering

mocking, derision, (barbarous) stammering

Strong's H3933 לַעַג: derision, scoffing
KJV:derision, scorn (-ing).

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.

Root family 1118: לָעַג lāʿag — mock, deride, stammer; have in derision; a people stammering of tongue; speak unintelligibly; laugh, stammering

See it in Scripture

Job 34:7Psalms 79:4Ezekiel 23:32

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