Strong's Lexicon

H3932

H3932 — לָעַג

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

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Hebrewla`agverbOccurrences: 19TWOT: 1118

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H3932
Word:לָעַג
Part of Speech:verb
Etymology:a primitive root
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:19
Transliteration:la`ag
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:law-ag'
Meaning:1. to deride 2. (by implication) (as if imitating a foreigner) to speak unintelligibly
KJV Renderings:have in derision, laugh (to scorn), mock (on), stammering.

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BDB4435

[לָעַג] verb mock, deride; also (Niph`al) stammer, in poetry (Late Hebrew Hiph`il id.; ᵑ7 לְעֵג Aph`el id.; [untranscribed source text 2838] stutter (compare Late Hebrew לִגְלֵג mock, ᵑ7 לַגְלֵג id.; Syriac [untranscribed source text 2839] stutter, Arabic [untranscribed source text 2840] id.)); —

Qal Perfect 3 feminine singular לָֽעֲגָה 2Kgs 19:21; Isa 37:22 Imperfect יִלְעַגֿ Job 22:19; Ps 2:4 יִלְעָ֑ג Job 9:23 3 feminine singular תִּלְעַג Prov 30:17 2 masculine singular תִּלְעַג Ps 59:9, ׳ וַתִּל Job 11:3 1 singular אֶלְעַג Prov 1:26 3 masculine plural יִלְעֲגוּֿ Ps 80:7 Participle לֹעֵג Prov 17:5; Jer 20:7 — mock, deride, have in derision, of Jerusalem triumphing over enemy (with לְ person or thing) 2Kgs 19:21 = Isa 37:22 (|| בזה); of the innocent Job 22:19 (|| שׂמח); of God (with לְ) Job 9:23; Ps 2:4; Ps 59:9 absolute of wisdom Prov 1:26 (|| שׂחק); of wicked (with לְ ) Prov 17:5 (|| שׂמח), Prov 30:17 (|| בוז), Jer 20:7 (|| שׂחק); so also perhaps Ps 80:7 (read לָנוּ for לָמוֺ with ᵐ5 ᵑ6 ᵑ9 ), compare (absolute) Job 11:3.
Niph`al Participle עַם ֗֗֗ נִלְעַג לָשׁוֺן Isa 33:19 a people stammering of tongue (i.e. barbarians, compare va; but read נעלג [√ עלג] GrMonatsschr. 1884, 45 ; || עִמְקֵי שָׂפָה).
Hiph`il (late; compare Late Hebrew) Imperfect 3 masculine singular וַיַּלְעֵג Neh 3:33 2 masculine singular תַּלְעִיג Job 21:3 3 masculine plural יַלְעִגוּ Ps 22:8, וַיַּלְעִגוּ Neh 2:19 Participle מַלְעִגִים 2Chr 30:10 — mock, deride, always in bad sense: with לְ person Neh 2:19 (|| בזה), Ps 22:8 with עַלֿ person Neh 3:33 with בְּ person 2Chr 30:10 (|| השׂחיק); absolute Job 21:3. — So also יִלְעִיג (or יִלְעַג) Prov 18:1 for ᵑ0 יִתְגַּלַּע Grl. c (see גלע , p. 166 above).

Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

לעג (lah-gag’)

2 Kings 19:21

KJV: 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.
EHCC: of Zion hath...laughed thee to scorn ;

Job 9:23

KJV: If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent.
EHCC: he will laugh at the trial of the innocent.

Psalms 2:4

KJV: He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.
EHCC: the Lord shall have them in derision.

Proverbs 1:26

KJV: I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;
EHCC: J will mock when your fear cometh ;

Proverbs 17:5

KJV: Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.unpunished: Heb. held innocent
EHCC: Whoso mocketh the poor

Isaiah 33:19

KJV: Thou shalt not see a fierce people, a people of a deeper speech than thou canst perceive; of a stammering tongue, that thou canst not understand.stammering: or, ridiculous
EHCC: stammering (marg. or, ridiculous) tongue, .

Nehemiah 2:19

KJV: 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?
EHCC: they laughed us to scorn,

Job 21:3

KJV: Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on.
EHCC: after that I have spoken, mock on.

Psalms 22:7

KJV: All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,shoot…: Heb. open
EHCC: (8).they that see me luugh me to scorn:

2 Chronicles 20:10

KJV: And now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and mount Seir, whom thou wouldest not let Israel invade, when they came out of the land of Egypt, but they turned from them, and destroyed them not;
EHCC: laughed them to scorn, and mocked them.

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