To mock
הָתַלStrong’s H2048hatal (ha-tal)
Appears in 9 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Hatal is the Hebrew word usually translated “have deceived”, “has deceived” and “deceive”. It appears in 9 verses of the Old Testament.
“And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me.”
Meaning
- (Piel) to mock
- (Hiph) to deceive
- (Hoph) be deceived
How it's translated
- you have deceived 3
- he has deceived 1
- to deceive 1
- and he mocked 1
- as deceives 1
- will you deceive 1
- it is deceived 1
- they deceive 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Judges 3
- Genesis 1
- Exodus 1
- 1 Kings 1
- Job 1
- Isaiah 1
7 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Exodus 8:29And Moses said, Behold, I go out from thee, and I will intreat the LORD that the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people, to morrow: but let not Pharaoh deal deceitfully any more in not letting the people go to sacrifice to the LORD.
- Judges 16:10And Delilah said unto Samson, Behold, thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: now tell me, I pray thee, wherewith thou mightest be bound.
- Judges 16:13And Delilah said unto Samson, Hitherto thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: tell me wherewith thou mightest be bound. And he said unto her, If thou weavest the seven locks of my head with the web.
- Judges 16:15And she said unto him, How canst thou say, I love thee, when thine heart is not with me? thou hast mocked me these three times, and hast not told me wherein thy great strength lieth.
- 1 Kings 18:27And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud: for he is a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked.
- Job 13:9Is it good that he should search you out? or as one man mocketh another, do ye so mock him?
Hebrew dictionary
הָתַל hatal · to mock
(Piel) to mock
תָּלַל talal · to deceive
1) (Hiph) to deceive 2) (Hoph) be deceived
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
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
- Properly, to imitate; to mimick; hence, to imitate in contempt or derision; to mimick for the sake of derision; to deride by mimicry.
- 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
- To defeat; to illude; to disappoint; to deceive; as, to mock expectation.“Thou hast mocked me and told me lies” Judges 16:10
- 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.
- “When thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?” Job 11:3
MOCK, noun
Ridicule; derision; sneer; an act manifesting contempt.
- “Fools make a mock at sin” Proverbs 14:9
- 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 Hebrew, not from any one translation.