Derision
קֶ֫לֶסStrong’s H7047qeles (qe-les)
Appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Qeles is the Hebrew word usually translated “derision”. It appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
“Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.”
Meaning
- Derision, ridicule
How it's translated
- and derision 3
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 2
- Jeremiah 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary
קֶ֫לֶס qeles · derision
derision, ridicule
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.