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 Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.
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Scorn
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Luke 8:53
And they laughed him to scorn, knowing that she was dead.
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לָעַג
lâʻag · law-ag'
5 times translated as this KJV form18 total Strong's occurrences
to deride; by implication (as if imitating a foreigner) to speak unintelligibly
Strong's KJV usage: have in derision, laugh (to scorn), mock (on), stammering.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 2 Kings 19:21Strong's last: Isaiah 37:22
Open full H3932 profile →καταγελάω
katageláō · kat-ag-el-ah'-o
3 times translated as this KJV form6 total Strong's occurrences
to laugh down, i.e. deride
Strong's KJV usage: :--laugh to scorn.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Matthew 9:24Strong's last: Luke 8:53
Open full G2606 profile →לַעַג
laʻag · lah'-ag
2 times translated as this KJV form7 total Strong's occurrences
derision, scoffing
Strong's KJV usage: derision, scorn (-ing).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Psalms 44:13Strong's last: Psalms 79:4
Open full H3933 profile →בָּזָה
bâzâh · baw-zaw'
1 times translated as this KJV form43 total Strong's occurrences
to disesteem
Strong's KJV usage: despise, disdain, contemn(-ptible), think to scorn, vile person.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Esther 3:6Strong's last: Esther 3:6
Open full H959 profile →לוּץ
lûwts · loots
1 times translated as this KJV form27 total Strong's occurrences
properly, to make mouths at, i.e. to scoff; hence (from the effort to pronounce a foreign language) to interpret, or (generally) intercede
Strong's KJV usage: ambassador, have in derision, interpreter, make a mock, mocker, scorn(-er, -ful), teacher.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Job 16:20Strong's last: Job 16:20
Open full H3887 profile →מִשְׂחַק
mischaq · mis-khawk'
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
a laughing-stock
Strong's KJV usage: scorn.
Strong's first: Habakkuk 1:10Strong's last: Habakkuk 1:10
Open full H4890 profile →צְחֹק
tsᵉchôq · tsekh-oke'
1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
laughter (in pleasure or derision)
Strong's KJV usage: laugh(-ed to scorn).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Ezekiel 23:32Strong's last: Ezekiel 23:32
Open full H6712 profile →שְׂחוֹק
sᵉchôwq · sekh-oke'
1 times translated as this KJV form15 total Strong's occurrences
laughter (in merriment or defiance)
Strong's KJV usage: derision, laughter(-ed to scorn, -ing), mocked, sport.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Job 12:4Strong's last: Job 12:4
Open full H7814 profile →שָׂחַק
sâchaq · saw-khak'
1 times translated as this KJV form36 total Strong's occurrences
to laugh (in pleasure or detraction); by implication, to play
Strong's KJV usage: deride, have in derision, laugh, make merry, mock(-er), play, rejoice, (laugh to) scorn, be in (make) sport.
Strong's first: 2 Chronicles 30:10Strong's last: 2 Chronicles 30:10
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H3932
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, What is this thing that ye do? will ye rebel against the king?
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scorn
SCORN, noun
1. Extreme contempt; that disdain which springs from a person's opinion of the meanness of an object, and a consciousness or belief of his own superiority or worth.
He thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone. Esther 3:6.
Every sullen frown and bitter scorn but fann'd the fuel that too fast did burn.
2. A subject of extreme contempt, disdain or derision; that which is treated with contempt.
Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and a derision to them that are around us. Psalms 44:13.
To think scorn to disdain; to despise. obsolete
To laugh to scorn to deride; to make a mock of; to ridicule as contemptible.
They laughed us to scorn Nehemiah 2:19.
SCORN, verb transitive
1. to hold in extreme contempt; to despise; to contemn; to disdain. job. 16.
Surely he scorneth the scorner; but he giveth grace to the lowly. Proverbs 3:34.
2. to think unworth; to disdain.
Fame that delights around the world to stray, scorns not to take our Argos in her way.
3. To slight; to disregard; to neglect.
This my long suff'rance and my day of grace, those who neglect and scorn shall never taste.
SCORN, verb intransitive To scorn at, to scoff at; to treat with contumely, derision or reproach. obsolete
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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