H3932 לָעַג

Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 18 KJV occurrences

לָעַג

lâʻag · law-ag'

Definition

to deride; by implication (as if imitating a foreigner) to speak unintelligibly

KJV Renderings

have in derision, laugh (to scorn), mock (on), stammering.

Derivation / Etymology

a primitive root;

Sample KJV Verses (8 of 18)

2 Kings 19:21This is the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning him; The virgin the daughter of Zion hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.
Nehemiah 2:19But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? will ye rebel against the king?
Job 9:23If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent.
Job 21:3Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on.
Psalms 22:7All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,
Psalms 80:6Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among themselves.
Proverbs 17:5Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.
Isaiah 33:19Thou shalt not see a fierce people, a people of a deeper speech than thou canst perceive; of a stammering tongue, that thou canst not understand.