לַעַגlaʻag
mocking, derision, (barbarous) stammering
Pronunciation: lah'-ag · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3933
Meanings
1.
a. mocking, derision (Psalms 123:4; Hosea 7:16; Job 34:7)
b. = object of derision (Psalms 44:14; Psalms 79:4; Ezekiel 23:32)
2. stammerings, (of barbarous language) (Isaiah 28:11)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 7 times in the Bible.
- Job 34:7 “Tell me, has there ever been a man like Job, with his thirst for irreverent talk?
- Psalms 44:13 You let our neighbors mock us. We are an object of scorn and derision to those around us.
- Psalms 79:4 We are mocked by our neighbors, an object of scorn and derision to those around us.
- Psalms 123:4 We have had more than our fill of the scoffing of the proud and the contempt of the arrogant.
- Ezekiel 23:32 “Yes, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: “You will drink from your sister’s cup of terror, a cup that is large and deep. It is filled to the brim with scorn and derision.
- Ezekiel 36:4 Therefore, O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Sovereign Lord. He speaks to the hills and mountains, ravines and valleys, and to ruined wastes and long-deserted cities that have been destroyed and mocked by the surrounding nations.
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).