Hebrew word · H3932
לָעַג
lo'eg
to mock
Appears 18 times in 18 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament.
Where it appears
2 Kings · 1
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2 Kings 19:21 לָעֲגָ֣ה she has mocked
This is the word that the LORD has spoken against him: ‘The Virgin Daughter of Zion despises you and mocks you; the Daughter of Jerusalem shakes her head behind you.
2 Chronicles · 1
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2 Chronicles 30:10 וּמַלְעִגִ֖ים and mocking
And the couriers traveled from city to city through the land of Ephraim and Manasseh as far as Zebulun, but the people scorned and mocked them.
Nehemiah · 2
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Nehemiah 2:19 וַיַּלְעִ֣גוּ and they mocked
But when Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite official, and Geshem the Arab heard about this, they mocked us and ridiculed us, saying, “What is this you are doing? Are you rebelling against the king?”
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Nehemiah 4:1 וַיַּלְעֵ֖ג and he mocked
Now when Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the wall, he was furious and filled with indignation. He ridiculed the Jews
Job · 4
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Job 9:23 יִלְעָֽג׃ he mocks
When the scourge brings sudden death, He mocks the despair of the innocent.
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Job 11:3 וַ֝תִּלְעַ֗ג and have you mocked?
Should your babbling put others to silence? Will you scoff without rebuke?
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Job 21:3 תַלְעִֽיג׃ you will mock
Bear with me while I speak; then, after I have spoken, you may go on mocking.
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Job 22:19 יִלְעַג־ he mocks
The righteous see it and are glad; the innocent mock them:
Psalms · 4
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Psalm 2:4 יִלְעַג־ he mocks
The One enthroned in heaven laughs; the Lord taunts them.
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Psalm 22:7 יַלְעִ֣גוּ they mock
All who see me mock me; they sneer and shake their heads:
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Psalm 59:8 תִּ֝לְעַ֗ג you mock
But You, O LORD, laugh at them; You scoff at all the nations.
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Psalm 80:6 יִלְעֲגוּ־ they mock
You make us contend with our neighbors; our enemies mock us.
Proverbs · 3
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Proverbs 1:26 אֶ֝לְעַ֗ג I will mock
in turn I will mock your calamity; I will sneer when terror strikes you,
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Proverbs 17:5 לֹעֵ֣ג [one who] mocks
He who mocks the poor insults their Maker; whoever gloats over calamity will not go unpunished.
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Proverbs 30:17 תִּֽלְעַ֣ג [which] it mocks
As for the eye that mocks a father and scorns obedience to a mother, may the ravens of the valley pluck it out and young vultures devour it.
Isaiah · 2
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Isaiah 33:19 נִלְעַ֥ג stammering of
You will no longer see the insolent, a people whose speech is unintelligible, who stammer in a language you cannot understand.
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Isaiah 37:22 לָעֲגָ֣ה she has mocked
this is the word that the LORD has spoken against him: ‘The Virgin Daughter of Zion despises you and mocks you; the Daughter of Jerusalem shakes her head behind you.
Jeremiah · 1
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Jeremiah 20:7 לֹעֵ֥ג [is] mocking
You have deceived me, O LORD, and I was deceived. You have overcome me and prevailed. I am a laughingstock all day long; everyone mocks me.
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