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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

DERISION

de-rizh'-un: Three verbs are so translated luts, "scorn" (Psalm 119:51); la`agh, "mock" (Psalm 2:4; Psalm 59:8 Ezekiel 23:32); and sachaq, "laugh at" (Job 30:1 Exodus 32:25 margin, "a whispering"; compare The Wisdom of Solomon 5:3). This word is found almost exclusively in the Psalms and Prophets; Jeremiah is fond of it. It is used both as a substantive and a verb, the latter in the phrase "to have in derision:"

Greek

1592. ekmukterizo -- to hold up the nose in derision of
... to hold up the nose in derision of. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: ekmukterizo
Phonetic Spelling: (ek-mook-ter-id'-zo) Short Definition: I deride, scoff ...
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1701. empaigmos -- mockery
... Cognate: 1701 -- scoffing (mocking). See 1702 (). mocking. From empaizo; derision --
mocking. see GREEK empaizo. (empaigmone) -- 1 Occurrence. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

3933. laag -- a mocking, derision
... 3932, 3933. laag. 3934 . a mocking, derision. Transliteration: laag Phonetic
Spelling: (lah'-ag) Short Definition: derision. Word ...
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7047. qeles -- derision
... 7046, 7047. qeles. 7048 . derision. Transliteration: qeles Phonetic
Spelling: (keh'-les) Short Definition: derision. Word Origin ...
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7814. sechoq -- laughter, derision, sport
... 7813, 7814. sechoq or sechoq. 7815 . laughter, derision, sport. Transliteration:
sechoq or sechoq Phonetic Spelling: (sekh-oke') Short Definition: laughter ...
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8103. shimtsah -- whisper, derision
... 8102, 8103. shimtsah. 8104 . whisper, derision. Transliteration: shimtsah
Phonetic Spelling: (shim-tsaw') Short Definition: derision. ...
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3887. luts -- ambassador, have in derision, interpreter, make a ...
... luts. 3888 . ambassador, have in derision, interpreter, make a mock, mocker.
Transliteration: luts Phonetic Spelling: (loots) Short Definition: ambassador. ...
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4890. mischaq -- object of derision
... 4889, 4890. mischaq. 4891 . object of derision. Transliteration: mischaq
Phonetic Spelling: (mis-khawk') Short Definition: laughing. ...
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7048. qallasah -- derision
... 7047, 7048. qallasah. 7049 . derision. Transliteration: qallasah Phonetic
Spelling: (kal-law-saw') Short Definition: mocking. Word ...
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7832. sachaq -- to laugh
... deride, have in derision, laugh, make merry, mocker, play, rejoice, laugh to
scorn,. A primitive root; to laugh (in pleasure or detraction ...
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8322. shereqah -- (object of derisive) hissing
... Word Origin from sharaq Definition (object of derisive) hissing NASB Word Usage
derision (1), hissing (6). hissing. From sharaq; a derision -- hissing. ...
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3932. laag -- to mock, deride, stammer
... A primitive root; to deride; by implication (as if imitating a foreigner) to speak
unintelligibly -- have in derision, laugh (to scorn), mock (on), stammering. ...
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Library

Whether Derision Can be a Mortal Sin?
... OF DERISION [*Or mockery] (TWO ARTICLES) Whether derision can be a mortal sin?
Objection 1: It would seem that derision cannot be a mortal sin. ...
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Whether Derision is a Special Sin Distinct from those Already ...
... OF DERISION [*Or mockery] (TWO ARTICLES) Whether derision is a special
sin distinct from those already mentioned? Objection 1: It ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether derision is a special.htm

Of Derision [*Or Mockery] (Two Articles)
... OF DERISION [*Or mockery] (TWO ARTICLES). We must now speak of derision, under which
head there are two points of inquiry: ... (2) Whether derision is a mortal sin? ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/of derision or mockery two.htm

Of the Derision Ascribed to the Robbers, and of the Question ...
... Chapter XVI."Of the Derision Ascribed to the Robbers, and of the Question Regarding
the Absence of Any Discrepancy Between Matthew and Mark on the One Hand ...
/.../augustine/the harmony of the gospels/chapter xvi of the derision ascribed.htm

Of Scoffing and Derision.
... Section VII. Of Scoffing and Derision. ... Twas also the Prophet Jeremiah's complaint,
I am in Derision daily, everyone mocketh at me, Jer.20.7. ...
/.../allestree/the government of the tongue/section vii of scoffing and.htm

Psalm II.
... 3. "He that dwelleth in the heavens shall laugh them to scorn, and the Lord shall
have them in derision" (ver.4). The sentence is repeated; for "He who ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/augustine/exposition on the book of psalms/psalm ii.htm

St. Ambrose Returns to the Main Question, and Shows that Whenever ...
... sometimes indeed to a particular office; for if you understand it of His Godhead,
then God was made into an object of insult and derision inasmuch as it is ...
/.../ambrose/works and letters of st ambrose/chapter xi st ambrose returns.htm

Messiah Derided Upon the Cross
... persecuted servants, under the most exquisite tortures which malice could invent,
have frequently raised no other emotions, than those of derision and scorn. ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/newton/messiah vol 1/sermon xxi messiah derided upon.htm

The Dying Thief
... By its foot was to be seen the derision of the scribes and the stupor of the soldiery;
and now here are the two thieves"the one chiming in with the universal ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture e/the dying thief.htm

An Awful Contrast
... "It was in contempt of this claim, in derision of this honor which he foretold for
himself, that "then did they spit in his face," as if they could bear it no ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 42 1896/an awful contrast.htm

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) Ridicule; mockery; scornful or contemptuous treatment which holds one up to ridicule.

2. (n.) An object of derision or scorn; a laughing-stock.

Thesaurus

Derision (24 Occurrences)
... to ridicule. 2. (n.) An object of derision or scorn; a laughing-stock.
Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. DERISION. de-rizh ...
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Laughter (14 Occurrences)
... of the muscles of the face, particularly of the lips, with a peculiar expression
of the eyes, indicating merriment, satisfaction, or derision, and usually ...
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Laughingstock (10 Occurrences)
... Exodus 32:25 When Moses saw that the people had broken loose, (for Aaron had
let them loose for a derision among their enemies), (See NIV). ...
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Ridicule (14 Occurrences)
... wit of that species which provokes contemptuous laughter; disparagement by making
a person an object of laughter; banter; -- a term lighter than derision. ...
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Mockery (12 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) Insulting or contemptuous action or speech; contemptuous merriment; derision;
ridicule. 3. (n.) Subject of laughter, derision, or sport. ...
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Scoff (18 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) Derision; ridicule; mockery; derisive or mocking expression of scorn, contempt,
or reproach. 2. (n.) An object of scorn, mockery, or derision. ...
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Mocking (25 Occurrences)
... & vb. n.) of Mock. 2. (a.) Imitating, esp. in derision, or so as to cause derision;
mimicking; derisive. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. MOCK; MOCKER; MOCKING ...
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Mock (43 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vt) To imitate; to mimic; esp., to mimic in
sport, contempt, or derision; to deride by mimicry. 2. (vt ...
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Ridiculed (12 Occurrences)
... Ezekiel 23:32 Thus says the Lord Yahweh: You will drink of your sister's cup, which
is deep and large; you will be ridiculed and held in derision; it contains ...
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Laugh (23 Occurrences)
... 1. (vi) To show mirth, satisfaction, or derision, by peculiar movement of the muscles
of the face, particularly of the mouth, causing a lighting up of the face ...
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Bible Concordance

Derision (24 Occurrences)

Exodus 32:25 When Moses saw that the people had broken loose, (for Aaron had let them loose for a derision among their enemies),
(WEB JPS ASV NAS)

Job 12:4 I am to be one that is a derision to his friend, I who call upon +God, and whom he will answer: a derision is the just upright man.
(DBY)

Job 27:23 Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.
(See NIV)

Job 30:1 "But now those who are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to put with my sheep dogs.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Job 34:7 What man is like Job, who drinks scorn like water,
(See NAS)

Psalms 2:4 He who sits in the heavens will laugh. The Lord will have them in derision.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)

Psalms 44:13 You make us a reproach to our neighbors, a scoffing and a derision to those who are around us.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 59:8 But thou, O LORD, shalt laugh at them; thou shalt have all the heathen in derision.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)

Psalms 79:4 We have become a reproach to our neighbors, a scoffing and derision to those who are around us.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Psalms 119:51 The proud have had me greatly in derision: yet have I not declined from thy law.
(KJV JPS ASV WBS)

Jeremiah 20:7 O LORD, thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived; thou art stronger than I, and hast prevailed: I am in derision daily, every one mocketh me.
(KJV DBY WBS)

Jeremiah 20:8 For as often as I speak, I cry out; I cry, Violence and destruction! because the word of Yahweh is made a reproach to me, and a derision, all the day.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Jeremiah 48:26 Make him drunken; for he magnified himself against Yahweh: and Moab shall wallow in his vomit, and he also shall be in derision.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Jeremiah 48:27 For wasn't Israel a derision to you? was he found among thieves? for as often as you speak of him, you shake your head.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Jeremiah 48:39 How is it broken down! how do they wail! how has Moab turned the back with shame! so shall Moab become a derision and a terror to all who are around him.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Lamentations 2:15 All that pass by clap their hands at you. They hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men called The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?
(See NAS)

Lamentations 3:14 I am become a derision to all my people, and their song all the day.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Ezekiel 22:4 By thy blood that thou hast shed thou hast been guilty, And by thine idols that thou hast made thou hast been defiled, And thou causest thy days to draw near, And art come in unto thine years, Therefore I have given thee a reproach to nations, And a derision to all the lands.
(YLT)

Ezekiel 23:32 Thus says the Lord Yahweh: You will drink of your sister's cup, which is deep and large; you will be ridiculed and held in derision; it contains much.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Ezekiel 36:4 therefore, you mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord Yahweh: Thus says the Lord Yahweh to the mountains and to the hills, to the watercourses and to the valleys, to the desolate wastes and to the cities that are forsaken, which are become a prey and derision to the residue of the nations that are all around;
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

Hosea 7:16 They return, but not to the Most High. They are like a faulty bow. Their princes will fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue. This will be their derision in the land of Egypt.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Micah 6:16 For you have kept the laws of Omri and all the works of the family of Ahab, and you have been guided by their designs: so that I might make you a cause of wonder and your people a cause of hisses; and the shame of my people will be on you.
(See NAS NIV)

Habakkuk 1:10 Yes, he scoffs at kings, and princes are a derision to him. He laughs at every stronghold, for he builds up an earthen ramp, and takes it.
(WEB JPS ASV)

Habakkuk 2:6 Won't all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say,'Woe to him who increases that which is not his, and who enriches himself by extortion! How long?'
(See RSV)

Subtopics

Derision

Derision: Sarah, when the Angels Gave Her the Promise of a Child

Derision: The Evil Children of Beth-El Deride Elisha

Derision: The People of Israel Scoff at Hezekiah

Derision: The Wicked Held In, by God

Related Terms

Laughter (14 Occurrences)

Laughingstock (10 Occurrences)

Ridicule (14 Occurrences)

Mockery (12 Occurrences)

Scoff (18 Occurrences)