To jest
לָעַבStrong’s H3931laav (la-av)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Laav is the Hebrew word usually translated “deriding”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, till there was no remedy.”
Meaning
- To joke, jest(Hiphil) to make jokes
How it's translated
- deriding 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 2 Chronicles 1
1 book in all.
Related words
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Hebrew dictionary
לָעַב laav · to jest
1) to joke, jest 1a) (Hiphil) to make jokes
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “jest” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
JEST, noun
[Latin gestio.]
- A joke; something ludicrous uttered and meant only to excite laughter.
- The object of laughter or sport; a laughing stock.
- A mask.
- A deed; an action.
All definitions and other forms of “jest”
JEST', verb intransitive
To divert or make merry by words or actions; to joke.
- To utter in sport; to say what is not true, merely for diversion.
- To play a part in a mask.
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.