Word Study · Strong's H3933 · Hebrew
לַעַג
laag
lah'-ag
Strong's 1890 spelling: laʻag
“derision, scoffing”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
derision, scoffing
Rendered in the KJV as
derision, scorn (-ing).
- 7occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 4 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 6inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 7 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 6
- לַ֥עַג2
- הַלַּ֥עַג1
- וּלְלַ֖עַג1
- וּלְלַ֔עַג1
- לַּ֥עַג1
- לַעְגָּ֖ם1
How it is rendered · 4
- mockery3
- and into mockery2
- [will be] mockery their1
- the mockery of1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 5
- noun · masculine singular3
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singular1
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural1
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcmsa · 3
- HC/R/Ncmsa · 1
- HC/R/Ncmsc · 1
- HNcmsc/Sp3mp · 1
- HTd/Ncmsc · 1
All 7, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Psalms carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Job1 occurrence
Psalms3 occurrences
- Psalms 44:13לַ֥עַגlaagnoun · masculine singularYou have made us a reproach to our neighbors, a mockery and derision to those around us.here: mockery
- Psalms 79:4לַ֥עַגlaagnoun · masculine singularWe have become a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and derision to those around us.here: mockery
- Psalms 123:4הַלַּ֥עַגhalaagthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)We have endured much scorn from the arrogant, much contempt from the proud.here: the mockery of
Ezekiel2 occurrences
- Ezekiel 23:32וּלְלַ֖עַגulelaagconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘You will drink your sister’s cup, a cup deep and wide. It will bring scorn and derision, for it holds so much.here: and into mockery
- Ezekiel 36:4וּלְלַ֔עַגulelaagconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singulartherefore, O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD. This is what the Lord GOD says to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys, to the desolate ruins and abandoned cities, which have become a spoil and a mockery to the rest of the nations around you.here: and into mockery