לוּץlûwts
scorn
Pronunciation: loots · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3887
Meanings
Qal: scorn (Proverbs 9:12; Proverbs 3:34; Proverbs 9:7)
Hiph`il
1. deride (Job 16:20; Psalms 119:51)
2. interpreter (Genesis 42:23; Job 33:28; Isaiah 43:27)
Po`lel: scorners (Hosea 7:5)
Hithpa`el: act as a scorner, shew oneself a mocker (Isaiah 28:22)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 28 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 42:23 Of course, they didn’t know that Joseph understood them, for he had been speaking to them through an interpreter.
- 2 Chronicles 32:31 However, when ambassadors arrived from Babylon to ask about the remarkable events that had taken place in the land, God withdrew from Hezekiah in order to test him and to see what was really in his heart.
- Job 16:20 My friends scorn me, but I pour out my tears to God.
- Job 33:23 “But if an angel from heaven appears— a special messenger to intercede for a person and declare that he is upright—
- Psalms 1:1 Oh, the joys of those who do not follow the advice of the wicked, or stand around with sinners, or join in with mockers.
- Psalms 119:51 The proud hold me in utter contempt, but I do not turn away from your instructions.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).