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To mock

μυκτηρίζωStrong’s G3456

muktērizō

Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament

In short

Muktērizō is the Greek word usually translated “is mocked”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.

“Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.”
Galatians 6:7 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “is mocked”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • is mocked 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Galatians 1

1 book in all.

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    Greek dictionary

    μυκτηρίζω muktērizō · to mock

    μυκτηρίζω (μυκτήρ, the nose), [in LXX: 4Ki.19:21, Job.22:19, Psa.80:6, al. (לָעַג), Pro.1:30 (נָאַץ) Pro.15:20 (בָּזָה), 1Ma.7:34, al. ;] to turn up the nose or sneer at, mock: pass., Gal.6:7 (cf. ἐκ-μυκτηρίζω).† (AS)

    From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “mock” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    MOCK, verb transitive

    1. Properly, to imitate; to mimick; hence, to imitate in contempt or derision; to mimick for the sake of derision; to deride by mimicry.
    2. To deride; to laugh at; to ridicule; to treat with scorn or contempt.“As he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, saying, go up, thou bald head” 2 Kings 2:23
    3. To defeat; to illude; to disappoint; to deceive; as, to mock expectation.“Thou hast mocked me and told me lies” Judges 16:10
    4. To fool; to tantalize; to play on in contempt.
    All definitions and other forms of “mock”

      MOCK, verb intransitive

      To make sport in contempt or in jest, or to speak jestingly.

      1. “When thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?” Job 11:3

      MOCK, noun

      Ridicule; derision; sneer; an act manifesting contempt.

      1. “Fools make a mock at sin” Proverbs 14:9
      2. Imitation; mimicry. [Little used.]

      MOCK, adjective

      False, counterfeit; assumed; imitating reality, but not real.

        Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

        Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.