Strong's Lexicon

H3887

H3887 — לוּץ

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

HebrewluwtsverbOccurrences: 27TWOT: 1113

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H3887
Word:	לוּץ
Part of Speech:	verb
Etymology:	a primitive root
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	27
Transliteration:	luwts
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	loots
Meaning:	1. (properly) to make mouths at, i.e. to scoff 2. (hence, from the effort to pronounce a foreign language) to interpret 3. (generally) intercede
KJV Renderings:	ambassador, have in derision, interpreter, make a mock, mocker, scorn(-er, -ful), teacher.

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BDB4411

[לִיץ] verb scorn (Late Hebrew id.; verb not in cognates; compare Phoenician מלץ interpreter CIS²²; CIS⁴⁴ ; CIS⁸⁸; Arabic [untranscribed source text 2826] is turn aside (intransitive); hence perhaps properly speak indirectly or obliquely, Fl^{De Pr.1,
6}); —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine לַצְתָּ Prov 9:12 Imperfect יָלִיץ Prov 3:34 + 2 t.; Participle לֵץ Prov 9:7 + 11 t.; plural לֵצִים Ps 1:1 + 3 t.; — scorn, וְלַצְתָּ לְבַדְּךָ תִשָּׂא Prov 9:12 if thou scornest thou alone shalt bear it (opposed to חָכַמְתָּ), with accusative Prov 14:9 ; Prov 19:28 with לְ, לַלֵּצִים הוּאיָֿלִיץ scorners he (God) scorneth Prov 3:34 הַלֵּץ the scorner is proud and haughty Prov 21:24, delights in scorning Prov 1:22, is incapable of discipline Prov 9:7, reproof Prov 9:8 is Prov 15:12, or rebuke is Prov 13:1 , cannot find wisdom Prov 14:6 is an abomination Prov 24:9, should be avoided Ps 1:1 smitten and punished for the benefit of the simple Prov 19:25 ; Prov 21:11 and banished for the removal of contention Prov 22:10 judgment is prepared for him Prov 19:29 || עָרִיץ Isa 29:20 wine is a scorner Prov 20:1 .

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Hiph`il Perfect 3 masculine plural suffix הֱלִיצֻנִי Ps 119:51 Participle מֵלִיץ Gen 42:23; Job 33:23 plural construct מְלִיצֵי 2Chr 32:31 suffix מְלִיצַי Job 16:20 מְלִיצֶיךָ Isa 43:27 —

1. deride Job 16:20; Ps 119:51 .

2. Participle interpreter Gen 42:23 ( E ); figurative of intermediaries between God and man, Job 33:28; Isa 43:27 ambassador 2Chr 32:31 .

Po`lel Participle plural לֹצֲצִים (מְ dropped Kö^{ii. 479}) scorners Hos 7:5.

Hithpa`el Imperfect תִּתְלוֺצָ֑צוּ act as a scorner, shew oneself a mocker, Isa 28:22.

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

לוץ (lootz)

Proverbs 9:12

KJV: If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.

EHCC: but (if) thou scornest,

Proverbs 1:22

KJV: How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?

EHCC: and the scorners delight in their scorning,

Proverbs 8:34

KJV: Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.

EHCC: be seorneth the scorners :

Proverbs 9:7

KJV: He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot.

EHCC: He that reproveth a scorner

Proverbs 18:1

KJV: Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom.Through…: or, He that separateth himself seeketh according to his desire, and intermeddleth in every business

EHCC: but @ scorner heareth not rebuke.

Proverbs 14:6

KJV: A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth.

EHCC: 4 scorner seeketh wisdom,

Proverbs 15:12

KJV: A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go unto the wise.

EHCC: 4 scorner loveth not one that reproveth = |

Proverbs 90:1

EHCC: Wine (is) ם mocher,

Proverbs 22:10

KJV: Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.

EHCC: Cast out th score |

Proverbs 94:9

EHCC: the scorner (is) an abomination |

Isaiah 29:30

EHCC: and the scorner is consumed (

Proverbs 8:34

KJV: Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.

EHCC: he scorneth the scorners: |

Proverbs 14:9

KJV: Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favour.

EHCC: Fools make a mock at sin: |

Proverbs 19:28

KJV: An ungodly witness scorneth judgment: and the mouth of the wicked devoureth iniquity.An…: Heb. A witness of Belial

EHCC: An ungodly witness scorneth |

Genesis 42:23

KJV: And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he spake unto them by an interpreter.he spake…: Heb. an interpreter was between them

EHCC: he unto them by an ₪ .

Genesis 33:23

EHCC: an interpreter, one among a thousnd,

Isaiah 28:23

KJV: Give ye ear, and hear my voice; hearken, and hear my speech.

EHCC: be ye not mockers,