לָעַג

Strong’s Definition

to deride; by implication (as if imitating a foreigner) to speak unintelligibly

Etymology & Derivation

a primitive root;

KJV Usage

have in derision, laugh (to scorn), mock (on), stammering.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.to mock, deride, ridicule
• 2.(qal) to mock, deride, have in derision
• 3.(niphal) to stammer
• 4.(hiphil) to mock, deride

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: lâʻag; Pronunciation: law-ag'