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Strong's numbers

לוּץ (H3887)

lûwts

loots

a primitive root; properly, to make mouths at, i.e. to scoff; hence (from the effort to pronounce a foreign language) to interpret, or (generally) intercede; ambassador, have in derision, interpreter, make a mock, mocker, scorn(-er, -ful), teacher.

Brown–Driver–Briggs

[לִיץ] vb. scorn
Qal scorn
Hiph.
1 deride
2 Pt. interpreter
Po‛lel scorners
Hithp. act as a scorner, shew oneself a mocker

From Brown, Driver, and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), in the public domain.


26 occurrences

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  • Proverbs 9:12
    If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.
  • Proverbs 13:1
    A wise son heareth his father's instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.
  • Proverbs 14:6
    A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth.
  • Proverbs 14:9
    Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favour.
  • Proverbs 15:12
    A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go unto the wise.
  • Proverbs 19:25
    Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove one that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge.
  • Proverbs 19:28
    An ungodly witness scorneth judgment: and the mouth of the wicked devoureth iniquity.
  • Proverbs 19:29
    Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.
  • Proverbs 20:1
    Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
  • Proverbs 21:11
    When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.