לָעַגlâʻag
mock, deride, also (Niph`al) stammer, in poetry
Pronunciation: law-ag' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3932
Meanings
Qal: mock, deride, have in derision (2 Kings 19:21; Isaiah 37:22; Job 22:19)
Niph`al: a people stammering of tongue (Isaiah 33:19)
Hiph`il: mock, deride, always in bad sense (Nehemiah 3:33; Job 21:3; Psalms 22:8)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 18 times in the Bible.
- 2 Kings 19:21 And the Lord has spoken this word against him: “The virgin daughter of Zion despises you and laughs at you. The daughter of Jerusalem shakes her head in derision as you flee.
- 2 Chronicles 30:10 The runners went from town to town throughout Ephraim and Manasseh and as far as the territory of Zebulun. But most of the people just laughed at the runners and made fun of them.
- Nehemiah 2:19 But when Sanballat, Tobiah, and Geshem the Arab heard of our plan, they scoffed contemptuously. “What are you doing? Are you rebelling against the king?” they asked.
- Nehemiah 4:1 Sanballat was very angry when he learned that we were rebuilding the wall. He flew into a rage and mocked the Jews,
- Job 9:23 When a plague sweeps through, he laughs at the death of the innocent.
- Job 11:3 Should I remain silent while you babble on? When you mock God, shouldn’t someone make you ashamed?
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).