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Lexicon :: Strong's H3932 - lāʿaḡ

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לָעַג
Transliteration
lāʿaḡ
Pronunciation
law-ag'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1118

Strong’s Definitions

לָעַג lâʻag, law-ag'; a primitive root; to deride; by implication (as if imitating a foreigner) to speak unintelligibly:—have in derision, laugh (to scorn), mock (on), stammering.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 18x

The KJV translates Strong's H3932 in the following manner: mock (8x), scorn (3x), laugh (3x), have in derision (2x), laugh to scorn (1x), stammering (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 18x
The KJV translates Strong's H3932 in the following manner: mock (8x), scorn (3x), laugh (3x), have in derision (2x), laugh to scorn (1x), stammering (1x).

  1. to mock, deride, ridicule

    1. (Qal) to mock, deride, have in derision

    2. (Niphal) to stammer

    3. (Hiphil) to mock, deride

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
לָעַג lâʻag, law-ag'; a primitive root; to deride; by implication (as if imitating a foreigner) to speak unintelligibly:—have in derision, laugh (to scorn), mock (on), stammering.
STRONGS H3932: Abbreviations
† [לָעַג] verb mock, deride; also (Niph.) stammer, in poetry (Late Hebrew Hiph. id.; Targum לְעֵג Aph`el id.; bdb054103 stutter (compare Late Hebrew לִגְלֵג mock, Targum לַגְלֵג id.; Syriac bdb054104 stutter, Arabic bdb054105 id.)); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person feminine singular לָֽעֲגָה 2 Kings 19:21; Isaiah 37:22; Imperfect יִלְעַגֿ Job 22:19; Psalm 2:4 יִלְעָ֑ג Job 9:23; 3rd person feminine singular תִּלְעַג Proverbs 30:17; 2nd person masculine singular תִּלְעַג Psalm 59:9, וַתִּל׳ Job 11:3; 1st person singular אֶלְעַג Proverbs 1:26; 3rd person masculine plural יִלְעֲגוּֿ Psalm 80:7; Participle לֹעֵג Proverbs 17:5; Jeremiah 20:7; — mock, deride, have in derision, of Jerusalem triumphing over enemy (with לְ person or thing) 2 Kings 19:21 = Isaiah 37:22 (|| בזה); of the innocent Job 22:19 (|| שׂמח); of God (with לְ) Job 9:23; Psalm 2:4; Psalm 59:9; absolute of wisdom Proverbs 1:26 (|| שׂחק); of wicked (with לְ) Proverbs 17:5 (|| שׂמח), Proverbs 30:17 (|| בוז), Jeremiah 20:7 (|| שׂחק); so also perhaps Psalm 80:7 (read לָנוּ for לָמוֺ with Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version Vulgate), compare (absolute) Job 11:3.
Niph. Participle עַם ֗֗֗ נִלְעַג לָשׁוֺן Isaiah 33:19 a people stammering of tongue (i.e. barbarians, compare Isaiah 33:19a; but read נעלג [√ עלג] GrMonatsschr. 1884, 45; || עִמְקֵי שָׂפָה).
Hiph. (late; compare Late Hebrew) Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular וַיַּלְעֵג Nehemiah 3:33; 2nd person masculine singular תַּלְעִיג Job 21:3; 3rd person masculine plural יַלְעִגוּ Psalm 22:8, וַיַּלְעִגוּ Nehemiah 2:19; Participle מַלְעִגִים 2 Chronicles 30:10; — mock, deride, always in bad sense: with לְ person Nehemiah 2:19 (|| בזה), Psalm 22:8; with עַלֿ person Nehemiah 3:33; with בְּ person 2 Chronicles 30:10 (|| השׂחיק); absolute Job 21:3. — So also יִלְעִיג (or יִלְעַג) Proverbs 18:1 for MT יִתְגַּלַּע Grl.c. (see H1566 גלע).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

2 Kings

19:21; 19:21

2 Chronicles

30:10; 30:10

Nehemiah

2:19; 2:19

Job

9:23; 9:23; 11:3; 11:3; 21:3; 21:3; 22:19; 22:19

Psalms

2:4; 2:4; 22:8; 22:8; 59:9; 59:9; 80:7; 80:7

Proverbs

1:26; 1:26; 17:5; 17:5; 18:1; 30:17; 30:17

Isaiah

33:19; 33:19; 37:22; 37:22

Jeremiah

20:7; 20:7

H3932

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Strong's Number H3932 matches the Hebrew לָעַג (lāʿaḡ),
which occurs 18 times in 18 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 19:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:21 - “This is the word that the LORD has spoken against him:

‘The virgin daughter of Zion

Has despised you and mocked you;

The daughter of Jerusalem

Has shaken her head behind you!

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 30:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:10 -

So the runners (couriers) passed from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh, as far as Zebulun; but the people laughed at them with scorn and mocked them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:19 - But when Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite official and Geshem the Arab heard about it, they mocked us and regarded us with contempt and said, “What is this thing you are doing? Are you rebelling against the king?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:1 -

[fn]But when Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the wall, he became furious, completely enraged, and he ridiculed the Jews.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 9:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:23 -

“When [His] scourge kills suddenly,

He mocks at the despair of the innocent.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 11:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:3 -

“Should your boasts and babble silence men?

And shall you scoff and no one put you to shame?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 21:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:3 -

“Bear with me, and I also will speak;

And after I have spoken, you may [continue to] mock [me].

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 22:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:19 -

“The righteous see it and are glad;

And the innocent mock and laugh at them, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 2:4 -

He who sits [enthroned] in the heavens laughs [at their rebellion];

The [Sovereign] [fn]Lord scoffs at them [and in supreme contempt He mocks them].

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 22:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:7 -

All who see me laugh at me and mock me;

They [insultingly] open their lips, they shake their head, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 59:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:8 -

But You, O LORD, will laugh at them [in scorn];

You scoff at and deride all the nations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 80:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:6 -

You make us an object of contention to our neighbors,

And our enemies laugh [at our suffering] among themselves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:26 -

I also will laugh at your disaster;

I will mock when your dread and panic come,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 17:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:5 -

Whoever mocks the poor taunts his Maker,

And he who rejoices at [another’s] disaster will not go unpunished.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 30:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:17 -

The eye that mocks a father

And scorns a mother,

The ravens of the valley will pick it out,

And the young vultures will devour it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 33:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:19 -

You will no longer see the fierce and insolent people,

A people of unintelligible speech which no one comprehends,

Of a strange and stammering tongue which no one understands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 37:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:22 - this is the word that the LORD has spoken against him:

“She has shown contempt for you and mocked you,

The Virgin Daughter of Zion (Jerusalem);

She has shaken her head behind you,

The Daughter of Jerusalem!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 20:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:7 -

[Jeremiah said,] O LORD, You have persuaded me and I was deceived;

You are stronger than I and You have prevailed.

I am a laughingstock all day long;

Everyone mocks me.

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