לָעַג laag

Hebrew word for “to mock” · Strong’s H3932 · used 18 times in 18 verses

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Meaning

1) to mock, deride, ridicule; 1a) (Qal) to mock, deride, have in derision; 1b) (Niphal) to stammer; 1c) (Hiphil) to mock, deride

How it is translated

Glosses given for laag in context, with how often each is used:

• mocks 3
• mock 3
• has mocked 2
• mocking 2
• mocked 2
• will mock 2
• have you mocked? 1
• one who mocks 1
• which it mocks 1
• stammering 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

2 Kings 19 (1), 2 Chronicles 30 (1), Nehemiah 2 (1), Nehemiah 4 (1), Job 9 (1), Job 11 (1), Job 21 (1), Job 22 (1), Psalms 2 (1), Psalms 22 (1)

Forms

• ילעג 3
• לעגה 2
• ילעגו 2
• תלעג 2
• לעג 2
• ומלעגים 1
• וילעגו 1
• וילעג 1
• ותלעג 1
• תלעיג 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with laag more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• שָׂחַק sachaq “to laugh” 4
• נוּעַ nua “to shake” 3
• בָּזָה bazah “to despise” 3
• הֶם hem “them” 5
• סַנְבַלַּט sanvallat “Sanballat” 2
• אֵיד ed “calamity” 2
• נָקִי naqi “innocent” 2
• בְּתוּלָה betulah “virgin” 2
• רֹאשׁ rosh “head” 3
• אַחַר achar “after” 3
• צִיּוֹן tsiyyon “Zion” 2
• שָׂפָה saphah “lips” 2

Key verses

The verses using laag that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• 2 Kings 19:21 — This is the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning him; The virgin the daughter of Zion hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of…
• 2 Chronicles 30:10 — So the posts passed from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh even unto Zebulun: but they laughed them to scorn, and mocked them.
• Nehemiah 2:19 — But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said,…
• Nehemiah 4:1 — But it came to pass, that when Sanballat heard that we builded the wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews.
• Job 9:23 — If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent.
• Job 11:3 — Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?
• Psalms 2:4 — He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.
• Psalms 22:7 — All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,
• Proverbs 17:5 — Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.
• Proverbs 30:17 — The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.
• Isaiah 37:22 — This is the word which the LORD hath spoken concerning him; The virgin, the daughter of Zion, hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of…
• Jeremiah 20:7 — O LORD, thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived: thou art stronger than I, and hast prevailed: I am in derision daily, every one mocketh me.

See all 18 verses in the Word Atlas

Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.