ambassador, have in derision, interpreter, make a mock, mocker
A primitive root; properly, to make mouths at, i.e. To scoff; hence (from the effort to pronounce a foreign language) to interpret, or (generally) intercede -- ambassador, have in derision, interpreter, make a mock, mocker, scorn(-er, -ful), teacher.
[
לִיץ]
verbscorn (Late Hebrew
id.; verb not in cognates; compare Phoenician
מלץinterpreter CIS
22; CIS
44; CIS
88; Arabic

is
turn aside (intransitive); hence perhaps properly
speak indirectly or
obliquely, Fl
De Pr.1, 6); —
QalPerfect3masculine לַצְתָּProverbs 9:12; ImperfectיָלִיץProverbs 3:34 2t.; ParticipleלֵץProverbs 9:7 11t.; plural לֵצִיםPsalm 1:1 3t.; — scorn, וְלַצְתָּ לְבַדְּךָתִשָּׂאProverbs 9:12if thou scornest thou alone shalt bear it (opposed to חָכַמְתָּ), with accusative Proverbs 14:9; Proverbs 19:28; with לְ, לַלֵּצִיםהוּאיָֿלִיץscorners he (God) scornethProverbs 3:34; הַלֵּץ the scorner is proud and haughty Proverbs 21:24, delights in scorning Proverbs 1:22, is incapable of discipline Proverbs 9:7, reproof Proverbs 9:8; is Proverbs 15:12, or rebuke is Proverbs 13:1, cannot find wisdom Proverbs 14:6; is an abomination Proverbs 24:9, should be avoided Psalm 1:1; smitten and punished for the benefit of the simple Proverbs 19:25; Proverbs 21:11 and banished for the removal of contention Proverbs 22:10; judgment is prepared for him Proverbs 19:29; "" עָרִיץIsaiah 29:20; wine is a scorner Proverbs 20:1. —
Hiph`ilPerfect3masculine plural suffix הֱלִיצֻנִיPsalm 119:51; ParticipleמֵלִיץGenesis 42:23; Job 33:23; plural construct מְלִיצֵי2Chronicles 32:31; suffix מְלִיצַיJob 16:20; מְלִיצֶיךָIsaiah 43:27; —
1derideJob 16:20; Psalm 119:51.
2ParticipleinterpreterGenesis 42:23 (E); figurative of intermediaries between God and man, Job 33:28; Isaiah 43:27; ambassador2Chronicles 32:31.
Po`lelParticiple plural לֹצֲצִים (מְ dropped Köii. 479) scornersHosea 7:5.
Hithpa`elImperfectתִּתְלוֺצָ֑צוּact as a scorner, shew oneself a mocker, Isaiah 28:22.
Strong's Hebrew: 3887. לִיץ (luts) — 27 Occurrences
Genesis 42:23
HEB:יוֹסֵ֑ף כִּ֥י הַמֵּלִ֖יץ בֵּינֹתָֽם׃
KJV: understood [them]; for he spake unto them by an interpreter.
INT: Joseph by an interpreter between
2 Chronicles 32:31
HEB: וְכֵ֞ן בִּמְלִיצֵ֣י ׀ שָׂרֵ֣י בָּבֶ֗ל
KJV: Howbeit in [the business of] the ambassadors of the princes
INT: Even the ambassadors of the rulers of Babylon
Job 16:20
HEB: מְלִיצַ֥י רֵעָ֑י אֶל־
KJV: My friends scorn me: [but] mine eye
INT:scorn my friends to
Job 33:23
HEB:עָלָ֨יו ׀ מַלְאָ֗ךְ מֵלִ֗יץ אֶחָ֥ד מִנִּי־
KJV: be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one
INT: and is an angel an interpreter One out
Psalm 1:1
HEB:עָמָ֑ד וּבְמוֹשַׁ֥ב לֵ֝צִ֗ים לֹ֣א יָשָֽׁב׃
KJV: in the seat of the scornful.
INT: stand the seat of the scornful Nor sit
Psalm 119:51
HEB: זֵ֭דִים הֱלִיצֻ֣נִי עַד־ מְאֹ֑ד
KJV: have had me greatly in derision: [yet] have I not declined
INT: the arrogant derision against greatly
Proverbs 1:22
HEB:תְּֽאֵהֲב֫וּ פֶ֥תִי וְלֵצִ֗ים לָ֭צוֹן חָמְד֣וּ
KJV: simplicity? and the scorners delight
INT: love ones ambassador scoffing delight
Proverbs 3:34
HEB: אִם־ לַלֵּצִ֥ים הֽוּא־ יָלִ֑יץ
KJV:Surely he scorneth the scorners:
INT: Though scorneth he the scorners
Proverbs 3:34
HEB:לַלֵּצִ֥ים הֽוּא־ יָלִ֑יץ [וְלַעֲנִיִּים כ]
KJV: Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth
INT: scorneth he the scorners afflicted gives
Proverbs 9:7
HEB: יֹ֤סֵ֨ר ׀ לֵ֗ץ לֹקֵ֣חַֽ ל֣וֹ
KJV: He that reproveth a scorner getteth
INT: corrects A scorner gets dishonor
Proverbs 9:8
HEB:אַל־ תּ֣וֹכַח לֵ֭ץ פֶּן־ יִשְׂנָאֶ֑ךָּ
KJV: Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate
INT: not reprove A scorner or will hate
Proverbs 9:12
HEB:חָכַ֣מְתָּ לָּ֑ךְ וְ֝לַ֗צְתָּ לְֽבַדְּךָ֥ תִשָּֽׂא׃
KJV: thou shalt be wise for thyself: but [if] thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear
INT: are wise are wise scornest alone will bear
Proverbs 13:1
HEB:מ֣וּסַר אָ֑ב וְ֝לֵ֗ץ לֹא־ שָׁמַ֥ע
KJV: instruction: but a scorner heareth
INT: discipline father's A scorner does not listen
Proverbs 14:6
HEB: בִּקֶּשׁ־ לֵ֣ץ חָכְמָ֣ה וָאָ֑יִן
KJV:A scorner seeketh wisdom,
INT: seeks A scorner wisdom and none
Proverbs 14:9
HEB: אֱ֭וִלִים יָלִ֣יץ אָשָׁ֑ם וּבֵ֖ין
KJV: Fools make a mock at sin:
INT: Fools A mock sin among
Proverbs 15:12
HEB:לֹ֣א יֶאֱהַב־ לֵ֭ץ הוֹכֵ֣חַֽ ל֑וֹ
KJV:A scorner loveth
INT: does not love A scorner reproves to
Proverbs 19:25
HEB: לֵ֣ץ תַּ֭כֶּה וּפֶ֣תִי
KJV: Smite a scorner, and the simple
INT:A scorner Strike and the naive
Proverbs 19:28
HEB:עֵ֣ד בְּ֭לִיַּעַל יָלִ֣יץ מִשְׁפָּ֑ט וּפִ֥י
KJV: witness scorneth judgment:
INT: witness A rascally scorneth of justice and the mouth
Proverbs 19:29
HEB: נָכ֣וֹנוּ לַלֵּצִ֣ים שְׁפָטִ֑ים וּ֝מַהֲלֻמ֗וֹת
KJV: are prepared for scorners, and stripes
INT: are prepared scorners Judgments and blows
Proverbs 20:1
HEB: לֵ֣ץ הַ֭יַּין הֹמֶ֣ה
KJV: Wine [is] a mocker, strong drink
INT:a mocker Wine A brawler
Proverbs 21:11
HEB: בַּעְנָשׁ־ לֵ֭ץ יֶחְכַּם־ פֶּ֑תִי
KJV:When the scorner is punished,
INT: is punished the scorner becomes the naive
Proverbs 21:24
HEB:זֵ֣ד יָ֭הִיר לֵ֣ץ שְׁמ֑וֹ ע֝וֹשֶׂ֗ה
KJV: [and] haughty scorner [is] his name,
INT: Proud Haughty scorner are his names acts
Proverbs 22:10
HEB: גָּ֣רֵֽשׁ לֵ֭ץ וְיֵצֵ֣א מָד֑וֹן
KJV: Cast out the scorner, and contention
INT: Drive the scorner will go and contention
Proverbs 24:9
HEB:וְתוֹעֲבַ֖ת לְאָדָ֣ם לֵֽץ׃
KJV: [is] sin: and the scorner [is] an abomination
INT: is an abomination to men and the scorner
Isaiah 28:22
HEB:וְעַתָּה֙ אַל־ תִּתְלוֹצָ֔צוּ פֶּֽן־ יֶחְזְק֖וּ
KJV:Now therefore be ye not mockers, lest your bands
INT: and now nay mockers Or will be made
Isaiah 29:20
HEB:עָרִ֖יץ וְכָ֣לָה לֵ֑ץ וְנִכְרְת֖וּ כָּל־
KJV: is brought to nought, and the scorner is consumed,
INT: the ruthless will be finished and the scorner will be cut all
Isaiah 43:27
HEB:הָרִאשׁ֖וֹן חָטָ֑א וּמְלִיצֶ֖יךָ פָּ֥שְׁעוּ בִֽי׃
KJV: hath sinned, and thy teachers have transgressed
INT: your first sinned teachers have transgressed