Midvash

καταγελάωkatageláō

to deride, laugh scornfully at: with genitive of person, Matthew 9:24, Mark 5:40, Luke 8:53.

Greek (New Testament) · G2606

Where it appears

Appears 3 times in the Bible.

  • Matthew 9:24 “Get out!” he told them. “The girl isn’t dead; she’s only asleep.” But the crowd laughed at him.
  • Mark 5:40 The crowd laughed at him. But he made them all leave, and he took the girl’s father and mother and his three disciples into the room where the girl was lying.
  • Luke 8:53 But the crowd laughed at him because they all knew she had died.

Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.