Strong's Lexicon

H3931

H3931 — לָעַב

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

Hebrewla`abverb-stemOccurrences: 1TWOT: 1117

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H3931
Word:	לָעַב
Part of Speech:	verb-stem
Etymology:	a primitive root
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	1
Transliteration:	la`ab
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	law-ab'
Meaning:	1. to deride
KJV Renderings:	mock.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB4434

[לָעַב] verb jest (Late Hebrew Hiph`il id.; ᵑ7 לְעַב Ethpa`al id.; Syriac [untranscribed source text 2836] Ethpa`al mock, delight oneself, be greedy; Arabic [untranscribed source text 2837] play, sport, jest); — only

Hiph`il Participle ׳ וַיִּהְיוּ מַלְעִבִים בְּ 2Chr 36:16 and they were (continually) making jest at the messengers of God.

Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

לע (loh’ăg)

Proverbs 23:2

KJV: And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.

EHCC: And put a knife fo thy throat,

2 Chronicles 36:16

KJV: But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the Lord arose against his people, till there was no remedy.remedy: Heb. healing

EHCC: they mocked (lit. were mocking) the

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