לוּץ
lûwts · H3887 · Hebrew · 27 occurrences
Meanings
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insolent person
Someone who shows contempt for other people and ideas
ExamplesProverbs 1:22 “How long, you naive ones, will you love simplistic thinking? And how long will scoffers delight themselves in scoffing And fools hate knowledge?
Proverbs 3:34 Though He scoffs at the scoffers, Yet He gives grace to the needy.
Proverbs 9:7 One who corrects a scoffer gets dishonor for himself, And one who rebukes a wicked person gets insults for himself.
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to behave arrogantly
To behave in an arrogant way
ExamplesIsaiah 28:22 And now do not carry on as scoffers, Or your shackles will be made stronger; For I have heard from the Lord GOD of armies Of decisive destruction on all the earth.
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to deride
To treat someone or something with insolence and contempt
ExamplesPsalm 119:51 The arrogant utterly deride me, Yet I do not turn aside from Your Law.
Proverbs 3:34 Though He scoffs at the scoffers, Yet He gives grace to the needy.
Proverbs 14:9 Fools mock at sin, But among the upright there is goodwill.
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to act as a spokesman, to act as a mediator
To act as an intermediary for a party for communicating with another, physically or hierarchically remote, party
Examples2 Chronicles 32:31 Even in the matter of the messengers of the rulers of Babylon, who were sent to him to inquire about the wonder that had happened in the land; God left him alone only to test him, so that He might know everything that was in his heart.
Job 16:20 “My friends are my scoffers; My eye weeps to God,
Job 33:23 “If there is an interceding angel for him, One out of a thousand, To remind a person of what is right for him,
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to interpret
To translate orally from one language into another and vice versa
ExamplesGenesis 42:23 They did not know, however, that Joseph understood, for there was an interpreter between them.
How it’s used In 13 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
6 occurrences in 6 groups
- אֱוִילfoolish 1
- הוּאhe, she, it 1
- זֵדpresumptuous 1
- עֵדwitness 1
- Not stated: you (more than one) 1
- Not stated: you (one person) 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- מִשְׁפָּטjustice, judgment, ordinance 1
- אָשָׁםguilt offering, guilt 1
- נִיme 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- עַדto, as far as, until+ מְאֹדvery 1
- לto/for+ לto/for 1
With adverbsAdverbs
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- אַלnot, do not 1
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- שַׂרcommander, chief, official 1
- נִיme 1
- ךָּyou 1
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- אֶחָדone 1
Named alongside itApposition
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- מֲלְאָךְmessenger, angel 1
- שָׁלַחto send, to send away 1
What it doesIt is the subject
6 occurrences in 6 groups
- בָּקַשׁto seek, to search, to look for 1
- אָהַבto love 1
- חָמַדto desire 1
- כָּלָהto be finished 1
- פָּשַׁעto rebel 1
- שָׁמַעto hear, to listen, to obey 1
What is done to itIt is the object
5 occurrences in 5 groups
- גָּרַשׁto drive out, to expel 1
- יָכַחto rebuke, to reprove 1
- יָסַרto discipline 1
- נָכָהto strike, to strike down 1
- עָנַשׁto fine 1
What it is said to bePredicate
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- תּוֹעֵבַהabomination, detestable thing 1
- הֶםthem 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- יַיִןwine 1
- רֵעַneighbor, friend 1
- שֵׁםname 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- אֵתwith 2
- בin/on/with 2
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- מוֹשָׁבdwelling, seat 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 6 words
- קָלַל qâlal · H7043 · light, fast, swift
- The target term centers on mocking or scorning, while קָלַל (qâlal, H7043) includes among its many senses 'despise' and 'contempt'. They overlap in the sense of contempt and scorn, though the sense of despising is only one facet of the much broader word קָלַל.
- נָאַץ nâʼats · H5006 · to reject, to have contempt for
- Both words denote attitudes of despising or scorning and could substitute for one another in contexts of contempt or mockery.
- קָלַס qâlaç · H7046 · to scorn, to disdain, to jeer
- Both words denote mocking or scorning actions, overlapping in the senses 'mock' and 'scorn'.
- מָאַס mâʼaç · H3988 · to reject, to refuse, to waste away
- Both words denote attitudes of rejection and contempt and could substitute in many contexts; mocking or scorning and despising or rejecting both express disdain.
- בָּזָה bâzâh · H959 · to despise, to disdain, to scorn
- The target term denotes mocking, and בזה (bâzâh, H959) denotes despising; both denote contemptuous attitudes or actions, overlapping in the senses of scorn and contempt.
- בּוּז bûwz · H936 · to despise, to scorn
- Both words denote acts of contemptuous scorn or derision, and could substitute for one another in many contexts; both center on mocking or contemptuous attitudes.
Semantic domains 2 entries
- Despise002001002005
- לוּץ frequently means to scorn or mock, as in Job 16:20's "my friends are my scoffers," placing it among terms of derision and contempt.
- Change002001003002
- The same word also denotes an interpreter or mediator who converts speech from one language or role to another, as in Genesis 42:23's "there was an interpreter between them," tying it to the act of transforming or rendering meaning.
Word family 3 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H3887. luts [לִיץ] verb scorn (Late Hebrew id.; verb not in cognates; compare Phoenician…
[לִיץ] verb scorn (Late Hebrew id.; verb not in cognates; compare Phoenician מלץ interpreter CIS22; CIS44; CIS88; Arabic is turn aside (intransitive); hence perhaps properly speak indirectly or obliquely, FlDe Pr.1, 6); —
Qal Perfect3masculine לַצְתָּ Pro 9:12; Imperfect יָלִיץ Pro 3:34 Pro 3:2t.; Participle לֵץ Pro 9:7 Pro 9:11t.; plural לֵצִים Psa 1:1 Psa 1:3t.; — scorn, תִשָּׂא לְבַדְּךָ וְלַצְתָּ Pro 9:12 if thou scornest thou alone shalt bear it (opposed to חָכַמְתָּ), with accusative Pro 14:9; Pro 19:28; with הוּאיָֿלִיץ לַלֵּצִים לְ, scorners he (God) scorneth Pro 3:34; הַלֵּץ the scorner is proud and haughty Pro 21:24, delights in scorning Pro 1:22, is incapable of discipline Pro 9:7, reproof Pro 9:8; is Pro 15:12, or rebuke is Pro 13:1, cannot find wisdom Pro 14:6; is an abomination Pro 24:9, should be avoided Psa 1:1; smitten and punished for the benefit of the simple Pro 19:25; Pro 21:11 and banished for the removal of contention Pro 22:10; judgment is prepared for him Pro 19:29; || עָרִיץ Isa 29:20; wine is a scorner Pro 20:1. —
Hiph`il Perfect3masculine plural suffix הֱלִיצֻנִי Psa 119:51; Participle מֵלִיץ Gen 42:23; Job 33:23; plural construct מְלִיצֵי2Ch 32:31; suffix מְלִיצַי Job 16:20; מְלִיצֶיךָ Isa 43:27; —
1 deride Job 16:20; Psa 119:51.
2 Participle interpreter Gen 42:23 (E); figurative of intermediaries between God and man, Job 33:28; Isa 43:27; ambassador2Ch 32:31.
Po`lel Participle plural לֹצֲצִים (מְ dropped Köii. 479) scorners Hos 7:5.
Hithpa`el Imperfect תִּתְלוֺצָ֑צוּ act as a scorner, shew oneself a mocker, Isa 28:22.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
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