קֶלֶס
qeleç · H7047 · Hebrew · 3 occurrences
Meanings
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scorn
The action by which someone speaks insulting words to another out of a sense of superiority, intending to bring public shame upon that person
ExamplesPsalm 44:13 You make us an object of reproach to our neighbors, Of scoffing and ridicule to those around us.
Psalm 79:4 We have become a disgrace before our neighbors, An object of derision and ridicule to those around us.
Jeremiah 20:8 For each time I speak, I cry aloud; I proclaim violence and destruction, Because for me the word of the LORD has resulted In taunting and derision all day long.
How it’s used In 1 role
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- לto/for 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 10 words
- דְּרָאוֹן dᵉrâʼôwn · H1860 · object of abhorrence
- The target lexeme (derision, mockery) and דֵּרָאֹון (abhorring, contempt) both denote attitudes or states of contempt or scorn, functioning as near-synonyms within the semantic space of disdain.
- בּוּז bûwz · H937 · contempt
- Both words denote scorn and disrespect, expressed as derision and contempt, and could be used in similar contexts.
- חֶרְפָּה cherpâh · H2781 · shame, reproach, disgrace
- Both words denote public scorn or social disgrace, overlapping in "shame, reproach, disgrace"; קֶלֶס (qeleç, H7047) occurs only three times.
- קָלוֹן qâlôwn · H7036 · disgrace, shame, insult
- The target lexeme denotes derision or mockery as an active expression of contempt, while קָלוֹן focuses on shame or dishonor as a state or condition. The two are near-synonyms within the semantic space of public disgrace or contempt.
- נְאָצָה nᵉʼâtsâh · H5007 · contempt, disgrace
- The target lexeme (derision) and נֶאָצָה (blasphemy) both denote contemptuous speech acts, functioning as near-synonyms in the semantic field of scornful or contemptuous expression.
- בִּזָּיוֹן bizzâyôwn · H963 · contempt, scorn, disrespect
- Both words denote states or expressions of scorn and dishonor, in the field of contempt and mockery.
- שְׁנִינָה shᵉnîynâh · H8148 · taunt
- The target lexeme (derision) and שְׁנִינָה (a taunt) both denote negative social speech or treatment — mockery or scorn — functioning as near-synonyms in contexts of mocking speech.
- כְּלִמּוּת kᵉlimmûwth · H3640 · shame
- The target lexeme (derision) and כְּלִמּוּת (shame) both denote forms of disgrace or public dishonor, functioning as near-synonyms within the semantic field of dishonor and humiliation.
- שְׁאָט shᵉʼâṭ · H7589 · scorn, malice, contempt
- The target lexeme (derision, mockery, scorn) and שְׁאָט (contempt, scorn) both denote attitudes or expressions of contempt, functioning as near-synonyms describing contemptuous treatment.
- לָצוֹן lâtsôwn · H3944 · taunting, scoffing
- Both words denote closely related acts or attitudes of mocking contempt, scorn and derision.
Semantic domains 2 entries
- Despise002001002005
- The word means derision, directly illustrated by Israel becoming "an object of derision and ridicule to those around us" (Psalm 79:4).
- Shame002001002025
- The same derision is described as being made "a proverb among the nations, a laughingstock among the peoples" (Psalm 44:14) and resulting in Jeremiah's own experience of taunting and derision (Jeremiah 20:8).
Word family 3 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H7047. qeles קֶ֫לֶס noun [masculine] derision, i.e., object of it, || חֶרְמָּה; — Jer…
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
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.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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