Mockery
הֲתֻלִֿיםStrong’s H2049hatol (ha-tol)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Hatol is the Hebrew word usually translated “mockeries”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation?”
Meaning
- Mockery, mocker
How it's translated
- mockeries 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Job 1
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary
הֲתֻלִֿים hatol · mockery
mockery, mocker
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “mockery” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
MOCK'ERY, noun
The act of deriding and exposing to contempt, by mimicking the words or actions of another.
- Derision; ridicule; sportive insult or contempt; contemptuous merriment at persons or things.
- Sport; subject of laughter.
- Vain imitation or effort; that which deceives, disappoints or frustrates.
- Imitation; counterfeit appearance; false show.
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.