Hebrew verb · H3887
לוּץ
lutsloots
to mock
28 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: lûwts
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H3887is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 7 of 39Old Testament books
- 21spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H3887
properly, to make mouths at, i.e. to scoff; hence (from the effort to pronounce a foreign language) to interpret, or (generally) intercede
The King James renders it: ambassador, have in derision, interpreter, make a mock, mocker, scorn(-er, -ful), teacher.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
luts is rendered "to mock". It stands 28 times in the Hebrew text, across seven books.
- Eighteen of the uses stand in Proverbs, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 42:23They did not realize that Joseph understood them, since there was an interpreter between them.
- The Greek text spells it twenty-one different ways.
The first use
They did not realize that Joseph understood them, since there was an interpreter between them.
Genesis 42:23הַמֵּלִ֖יץ
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Eighteen of the word's twenty-eight uses are in Proverbs.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- a mocker9
- he mocks3
- mocker2
- a mediator1
- and a mocker1
- and mockers1
- and spokesmen your1
- and you mock1
- for the mockers1
- in envoys of1
- mockers1
- scoffing at me1
and 5 more, 28 uses in all
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 28, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
21 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- לֵ֭ץ4
- לֵ֣ץ4
- יָלִ֣יץ2
- בִּמְלִיצֵ֣י׀1
- הֱלִיצֻ֣נִי1
- הַמֵּלִ֖יץ1
- וְ֝לֵ֗ץ1
- וְלֵצִ֗ים1
- וְ֝לַ֗צְתָּ1
- וּמְלִיצֶ֖יךָ1
- יָלִ֑יץ1
- לַלֵּצִ֥ים1
and 9 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- adjective · masculine singular11HAamsa
- verb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular3HVhi3ms
- preposition with the article + adjective · masculine plural2HRd/Aampa
- adjective · masculine plural1HAampa
- conjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine plural1HC/Aampa
- conjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine singular1HC/Aamsa
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular1HC/Vhrmpc/Sp2ms
- Hc/Vqq2ms1Hc/Vqq2ms
- preposition + verb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)1HR/Vhrmpc
- the definite article (“the”) + verb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine singular1HTd/Vhrmsa
- verb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common plural + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular1HVhp3cp/Sp1bs
- verb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular1HVhrmpc/Sp1bs
Genesis
one use
They did not realize that Joseph understood them, since there was an interpreter between them.
- הַמֵּלִ֖יץhamelitzthe definite article (“the”) + verb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine singulartagged: the interpreter
2 Chronicles
one use
And so when ambassadors of the rulers of Babylon were sent to him to inquire about the wonder that had happened in the land, God left him alone to test him, that He might know all that was in Hezekiah’s heart.
- בִּמְלִיצֵ֣י׀bimlitzeipreposition + verb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in envoys of
Job
two uses
My friends are my scoffers as my eyes pour out tears to God.
- מְלִיצַ֥יmelitzaiverb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: scoffing at me
Yet if there is a messenger on his side, one mediator in a thousand, to tell a man what is right for him,
- מֵלִ֗יץmelitzverb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine singulartagged: a mediator
Psalms
two uses
Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, or set foot on the path of sinners, or sit in the seat of mockers.
- לֵ֝צִ֗יםletzimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: mockers
The arrogant utterly deride me, but I do not turn from Your law.
- הֱלִיצֻ֣נִיhelitzuniverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common plural + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: they have mocked me
Proverbs
eighteen uses
“How long, O simple ones, will you love your simple ways? How long will scoffers delight in their scorn and fools hate knowledge?
- וְלֵצִ֗יםveletzimconjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine pluraltagged: and mockers
He mocks the mockers, but gives grace to the humble.
- לַלֵּצִ֥יםlaletzimpreposition with the article + adjective · masculine pluraltagged: to the mockers
- יָלִ֑יץyalitzverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he mocks
He who corrects a mocker brings shame on himself; he who rebukes a wicked man taints himself.
- לֵ֗ץletzadjective · masculine singulartagged: a mocker
Do not rebuke a mocker, or he will hate you; rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.
- לֵ֭ץletzadjective · masculine singulartagged: a mocker
If you are wise, you are wise to your own advantage; but if you scoff, you alone will bear the consequences.
- וְ֝לַ֗צְתָּvelatztaHc/Vqq2mstagged: and you mock
A wise son heeds his father’s discipline, but a mocker does not listen to rebuke.
- וְ֝לֵ֗ץveletzconjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: and a mocker
A mocker seeks wisdom and finds none, but knowledge comes easily to the discerning.
- לֵ֣ץletzadjective · masculine singulartagged: a mocker
Fools mock the making of amends, but goodwill is found among the upright.
- יָלִ֣יץyalitzverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he mocks
A mocker does not love to be reproved, nor will he consult the wise.
- לֵ֭ץletzadjective · masculine singulartagged: a mocker
Strike a mocker, and the simple will beware; rebuke the discerning man, and he will gain knowledge.
- לֵ֣ץletzadjective · masculine singulartagged: a mocker
A corrupt witness mocks justice, and a wicked mouth swallows iniquity.
- יָלִ֣יץyalitzverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he mocks
Judgments are prepared for mockers, and beatings for the backs of fools.
- לַלֵּצִ֣יםlaletzimpreposition with the article + adjective · masculine pluraltagged: for the mockers
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is a brawler, and whoever is led astray by them is not wise.
- לֵ֣ץletzadjective · masculine singulartagged: a mocker
When a mocker is punished, the simple gain wisdom; and when a wise man is instructed, he acquires knowledge.
- לֵ֭ץletzadjective · masculine singulartagged: a mocker
Mocker is the name of the proud and arrogant man—of him who acts with excessive pride.
- לֵ֣ץletzadjective · masculine singulartagged: mocker
Drive out the mocker, and conflict will depart; even quarreling and insults will cease.
- לֵ֭ץletzadjective · masculine singulartagged: a mocker
A foolish scheme is sin, and a mocker is detestable to men.
- לֵֽץ׃letzadjective · masculine singulartagged: a mocker
Isaiah
three uses
So now, do not mock, or your shackles will become heavier. Indeed, I have heard from the Lord GOD of Hosts a decree of destruction against the whole land.
- תִּתְלוֹצָ֔צוּtitlotzatzuverb · reflexive (hithpael), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you show yourself a mocker
For the ruthless will vanish, the mockers will disappear, and all who look for evil will be cut down—
- לֵ֑ץletzadjective · masculine singulartagged: mocker
Your first father sinned, and your spokesmen rebelled against Me.
- וּמְלִיצֶ֖יךָumelitzeikhaconjunction (“and”) + verb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: and spokesmen your
Hosea
one use
The princes are inflamed with wine on the day of our king; so he joins hands with those who mock him.
- לֹצְצִֽים׃lotzetzimverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine pluraltagged: scorners
The letters
Gematria 126· 936 mispar gadol
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.