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hebrew #3932 - לָעַג laag (to mock)


Original Word:לָעַג
Transliteration: laag
Definition:to mock, deride, stammer
Part of Speech:Verb
Phonetic Spelling:(law-ag')
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

laugh, scorn, mock

A primitive root; to deride; by implication (as if imitating a foreigner) to speak unintelligibly -- have in derision, laugh (to scorn), mock (on), stammering.


Englishman's Concordance

1) to mock, deride, ridicule
1a) (Qal) to mock, deride, have in derision
1b) (Niphal) to stammer
1c) (Hiphil) to mock, deride
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: a primitive root
Same Word by TWOT Number: 1118

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[לָעַג] verbmock, deride; also (Niph`al) stammer, in poetry (Late Hebrew Hiph`il id.; ᵑ7לְעֵג Aph`el id.; stutter (compare Late Hebrew לִגְלֵגmock, ᵑ7לַגְלֵגid.; Syriac stutter, Arabic id.)); —

QalPerfect3feminine singular לָֽעֲגָה2 Kings 19:21; Isaiah 37:22; ImperfectיִלְעַגֿJob 22:19; Psalm 2:4יִלְעָ֑גJob 9:23; 3feminine singular תִּלְעַגProverbs 30:17; 2masculine singular תִּלְעַגPsalm 59:9, ׳וַתִּלJob 11:3; 1singular אֶלְעַגProverbs 1:26; 3masculine plural יִלְעֲגוּֿPsalm 80:7; ParticipleלֹעֵגProverbs 17:5; Jeremiah 20:7; — mock, deride, have in derision, of Jerusalem triumphing over enemy (with לְ person or thing) 2 Kings 19:21=Isaiah 37:22 ("" בזה); of the innocent Job 22:19 ("" שׂמח); of God (with לְ) Job 9:23; Psalm 2:4; Psalm 59:9; absolute of wisdom Proverbs 1:26 ("" שׂחק); of wicked (with לְ) Proverbs 17:5 ("" שׂמח), Proverbs 30:17 ("" בוז), Jeremiah 20:7 ("" שׂחק); so also perhaps Psalm 80:7 (read לָנוּ for לָמוֺ with ᵐ5ᵑ6ᵑ9), compare (absolute) Job 11:3.

Niph`alParticipleעַם ֗֗֗ נִלְעַג לָשׁוֺןIsaiah 33:19a people stammering of tongue (i.e. barbarians, compare va; but read נעלג [√ עלג] GrMonatsschr. 1884, 45; "" עִמְקֵי שָׂפָה).

Hiph`il (late; compare Late Hebrew) Imperfect3masculine singular וַיַּלְעֵגNehemiah 3:33; 2masculine singular תַּלְעִיגJob 21:3; 3masculine plural יַלְעִגוּPsalm 22:8, וַיַּלְעִגוּNehemiah 2:19; Participleמַלְעִגִים2Chronicles 30:10; — mock, deride, always in bad sense: with לְ person Nehemiah 2:19 ("" בזה), Psalm 22:8; with עַלֿ person Nehemiah 3:33; with בְּ person 2 Chronicles 30:10 ("" השׂחיק); absolute Job 21:3. — So also יִלְעִיג (or יִלְעַג) Proverbs 18:1 for ᵑ0יִתְגַּלַּע Grl. c (see גלע, p. 166 above).


Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 3932. לָעַג (laag) — 19 Occurrences

2 Kings 19:21
HEB:בָּזָ֨ה לְךָ֜ לָעֲגָ֣ה לְךָ֗ בְּתוּלַת֙
NAS: him: 'She has despised you and mocked you, The virgin
KJV: hath despised thee, [and] laughed thee to scorn; the daughter
INT: against has despised and mocked the virgin daughter

2 Chronicles 30:10
HEB:מַשְׂחִיקִ֣ים עֲלֵיהֶ֔ם וּמַלְעִגִ֖ים בָּֽם׃
NAS: but they laughed them to scorn and mocked them.
KJV: but they laughed them to scorn, and mocked them.
INT: laughed and and mocked

Nehemiah 2:19
HEB:וְגֶ֙שֶׁם֙ הָֽעַרְבִ֔י וַיַּלְעִ֣גוּ לָ֔נוּ וַיִּבְז֖וּ
NAS: heard [it], they mocked us and despised
KJV: heard [it], they laughed us to scorn, and despised
INT: and Geshem the Arab mocked and despised against

Nehemiah 4:1
HEB:וַיִּכְעַ֖ס הַרְבֵּ֑ה וַיַּלְעֵ֖ג עַל־ הַיְּהוּדִֽים׃
NAS: and very angry and mocked the Jews.
KJV: indignation, and mocked the Jews.
INT: angry and very and mocked and the Jews

Job 9:23
HEB:לְמַסַּ֖ת נְקִיִּ֣ם יִלְעָֽג׃
NAS: suddenly, He mocks the despair
KJV: suddenly, he will laugh at the trial
INT: the despair of the innocent mocks

Job 11:3
HEB:מְתִ֣ים יַחֲרִ֑ישׁו וַ֝תִּלְעַ֗ג וְאֵ֣ין מַכְלִֽם׃
NAS: men? And shall you scoff and none
KJV: hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?
INT: men silence mockest and none ashamed

Job 21:3
HEB:וְאַחַ֖ר דַּבְּרִ֣י תַלְעִֽיג׃
NAS: I have spoken, you may mock.
KJV: and after that I have spoken, mock on.
INT: after have spoken may mock

Job 22:19
HEB:וְיִשְׂמָ֑חוּ וְ֝נָקִ֗י יִלְעַג־ לָֽמוֹ׃
NAS: And the innocent mock them,
KJV: and the innocent laugh them to scorn.
INT: glad and the innocent mock

Psalm 2:4
HEB:יִשְׂחָ֑ק אֲ֝דֹנָ֗י יִלְעַג־ לָֽמוֹ׃
NAS: laughs, The Lord scoffs at them.
KJV: the Lord shall have them in derision.
INT: laughs the Lord scoffs

Psalm 22:7
HEB:כָּל־ רֹ֭אַי יַלְעִ֣גוּ לִ֑י יַפְטִ֥ירוּ
NAS: who see me sneer at me; They separate
KJV: All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out
INT: All see sneer separate the lip

Psalm 59:8
HEB:תִּשְׂחַק־ לָ֑מוֹ תִּ֝לְעַ֗ג לְכָל־ גּוֹיִֽם׃
NAS: laugh at them; You scoff at all
KJV: at them; thou shalt have all the heathen in derision.
INT: LORD laugh scoff all the nations

Psalm 80:6
HEB:לִשְׁכֵנֵ֑ינוּ וְ֝אֹיְבֵ֗ינוּ יִלְעֲגוּ־ לָֽמוֹ׃
NAS: And our enemies laugh among themselves.
KJV: and our enemies laugh among themselves.
INT: to our neighbors and our enemies laugh

Proverbs 1:26
HEB:בְּאֵידְכֶ֣ם אֶשְׂחָ֑ק אֶ֝לְעַ֗ג בְּבֹ֣א פַחְדְּכֶֽם׃
NAS: at your calamity; I will mock when your dread
KJV: at your calamity; I will mock when your fear
INT: your calamity laugh will mock comes your dread

Proverbs 17:5
HEB: לֹעֵ֣ג לָ֭רָשׁ חֵרֵ֣ף
NAS:He who mocks the poor taunts
KJV:Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth
INT:mocks the poor taunts

Proverbs 30:17
HEB: עַ֤יִן ׀ תִּֽלְעַ֣ג לְאָב֮ וְתָב֪וּז
NAS: The eye that mocks a father And scorns
KJV: The eye [that] mocketh at [his] father,
INT: the eye mocks A father and despiseth

Isaiah 33:19
HEB:שָׂפָה֙ מִשְּׁמ֔וֹעַ נִלְעַ֥ג לָשׁ֖וֹן אֵ֥ין
NAS: one comprehends, Of a stammering tongue
KJV: than thou canst perceive; of a stammering tongue,
INT: speech comprehends of a stammering tongue no

Isaiah 37:22
HEB:בָּזָ֨ה לְךָ֜ לָעֲגָ֣ה לְךָ֗ בְּתוּלַת֙
NAS: him: She has despised you and mocked you, The virgin
KJV: hath despised thee, [and] laughed thee to scorn; the daughter
INT: against has despised and mocked the virgin daughter

Jeremiah 20:7
HEB:הַיּ֔וֹם כֻּלֹּ֖ה לֹעֵ֥ג לִֽי׃
NAS: day long; Everyone mocks me.
KJV: daily, every one mocketh me.
INT: day Everyone mocks

Ezekiel 23:32
HEB:תִּהְיֶ֥ה לִצְחֹ֛ק וּלְלַ֖עַג מִרְבָּ֥ה לְהָכִֽיל׃
INT: become will be laughed mock much contains

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