קָלַסqâlaç

mock, scoff

Pronunciation: kaw-las' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7046

Meanings

Pi`el: scoff, figure (Ezekiel 16:31)

Hithpa`el: mock, deride (Habakkuk 1:10; Ezekiel 22:5; 2 Kings 2:23)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 4 times in the Bible.

  • 2 Kings 2:23 Elisha left Jericho and went up to Bethel. As he was walking along the road, a group of boys from the town began mocking and making fun of him. “Go away, baldy!” they chanted. “Go away, baldy!”
  • Ezekiel 16:31 You build your pagan shrines on every street corner and your altars to idols in every square. In fact, you have been worse than a prostitute, so eager for sin that you have not even demanded payment.
  • Ezekiel 22:5 O infamous city, filled with confusion, you will be mocked by people far and near.
  • Habakkuk 1:10 They scoff at kings and princes and scorn all their fortresses. They simply pile ramps of earth against their walls and capture them!

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).