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Lexicon :: Strong's H3932 - lāʿaḡ

Aa
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).
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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 Box2Ki 19:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:21 - This is the word which the Lord has said about him: In the eyes of the virgin daughter of Zion you are shamed and laughed at; the daughter of Jerusalem has made sport of you.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:10 - So the runners went from town to town through all the country of Ephraim and Manasseh as far as Zebulun: but they were laughed at and made sport of.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:19 - But Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, hearing of it, made sport of us, laughing at us and saying, What are you doing? will you go against the king?

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:1 - Now, Sanballat, hearing that we were building the wall, was very angry, and in his wrath made sport of the Jews.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:23 - If death comes suddenly through disease, he makes sport of the fate of those who have done no wrong.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:3 - Are your words of pride to make men keep quiet? and are you to make sport, with no one to put you to shame?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:3 - Let me say what is in my mind, and after that, go on making sport of me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:19 - The upright saw it and were glad: and those who had done no wrong made sport of them,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 2:4 - Then he whose seat is in the heavens will be laughing: the Lord will make sport of them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:7 - I am laughed at by all those who see me: pushing out their lips and shaking their heads they say,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:8 - But you are laughing at them, O Lord; you will make sport of all the nations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:6 - You make us a cause of war among our neighbours; our haters are laughing at us among themselves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:26 - So in the day of your trouble I will be laughing; I will make sport of your fear;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:5 - Whoever makes sport of the poor puts shame on his Maker; and he who is glad because of trouble will not go free from punishment.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:17 - The eye which makes sport of a father, and sees no value in a mother when she is old will be rooted out by the ravens of the valley, and be food for the young eagles.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:19 - Never again will you see the cruel people, a people whose tongue has no sense for you; whose language is strange to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:22 - This is the word which the Lord has said about him: In the eyes of the virgin daughter of Zion you are shamed and laughed at; the daughter of Jerusalem has made sport of you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:7 - O Lord, you have been false to me, and I was tricked; you are stronger than I, and have overcome me: I have become a thing to be laughed at all the day, everyone makes sport of me.
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