Derision
לַ֫עַגStrong’s H3933laag (la-ag)
Appears in 7 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Laag is the Hebrew word usually translated “mockery”, “mockery of” and “mockery their”. It appears in 7 verses of the Old Testament.
“What man is like Job, who drinketh up scorning like water?”
Meaning
- Mocking, derision, stammeringmocking, derision · stammerings
How it's translated
- mockery 3
- and mockery 2
- the mockery of 1
- mockery their 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 3
- Ezekiel 2
- Job 1
- Hosea 1
4 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Psalms 44:13Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.
- Psalms 79:4We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us.
- Psalms 123:4Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud.
- Ezekiel 23:32Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou shalt drink of thy sister’s cup deep and large: thou shalt be laughed to scorn and had in derision; it containeth much.
- Ezekiel 36:4Therefore, ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus saith the Lord GOD to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, to the desolate wastes, and to the cities that are forsaken, which became a prey and derision to the residue of the heathen that are round about;
- Hosea 7:16They return, but not to the most High: they are like a deceitful bow: their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.
Hebrew dictionary
לַ֫עַג laag · derision
1) mocking, derision, stammering 1a) mocking, derision 1b) stammerings
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “derision” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
DERISION, noun
- The act of laughing at in contempt.
- Contempt manifested by laughter; scorn.“I am in derision daily” Jeremiah 20:7
- An object of derision or contempt; a laughing-stock.“I was a derision to all my people” Lamentations 3:14
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.