To mock
קָלַסStrong’s H7046qalas (qa-las)
Appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Qalas is the Hebrew word usually translated “derided”, “scorn” and “deride”. It appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
“And he went up from thence unto Bethel: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head.”
Meaning
- To mock, scoff(Piel) to scoff at · (Hithpael) to mock, deride, make fun of
How it's translated
- and they derided 1
- to scorn 1
- they will deride 1
- it derides 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ezekiel 2
- 2 Kings 1
- Habakkuk 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Ezekiel 16:31In that thou buildest thine eminent place in the head of every way, and makest thine high place in every street; and hast not been as an harlot, in that thou scornest hire;
- Ezekiel 22:5Those that be near, and those that be far from thee, shall mock thee, which art infamous and much vexed.
- Habakkuk 1:10And they shall scoff at the kings, and the princes shall be a scorn unto them: they shall deride every strong hold; for they shall heap dust, and take it.
Hebrew dictionary
קָלַס qalas · to mock
1) to mock, scoff 1a) (Piel) to scoff at 1b) (Hithpael) to mock, deride, make fun of
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.