a compound of paizo, "to play like a child" (pais), "to sport, jest," prefixed by en, "in" or "at," is used only in the Synoptists, and, in every instance, of the "mockery" of Christ, except in Matthew 2:16 (there in the sense of deluding, or deceiving, of Herod by the wise men) and in Luke 14:29 , of ridicule cast upon the one who after laying a foundation of a tower is unable to finish it. The word is used (a) prophetically by the Lord, of His impending sufferings, Matthew 20:19; Mark 10:34; Luke 18:32; (b) of the actual insults inflicted upon Him by the men who had taken Him from Gethsemane, Luke 22:63; by Herod and his soldiers, Luke 23:11; by the soldiers of the governor, Matthew 27:29,31; Mark 15:20; Luke 23:36; by the chief priests, Matthew 27:41; Mark 15:31 .
from mukter, "the nose," hence, "to turn up the nose at, sneer at, treat with contempt," is used in the Passive Voice in Galatians 6:7 , where the statement "God is not mocked" does not mean that men do not mock Him (see Proverbs 1:30 , where the Sept. has the same verb); the Apostle vividly contrasts the essential difference between God and man. It is impossible to impose upon Him who discerns the thoughts and intents of the heart.
Note: Ekmukterizo, a strengthened form of the above, "to scoff at," is used in Luke 16:14; 23:35 (RV, "scoffed at;" AV, "derided"). See DERIDE , SCOFF."to jest, mock, jeer at" (from chleue, "a jest"), is said of the ridicule of some of the Athenian philosophers at the Apostle's testimony concerning the resurrection of the dead, Acts 17:32 .
an intensive form of No. 3, "to scoff at," whether by gesture or word, is said of those who jeered at the testimony given on the Day of Penticost, Acts 2:13 (some mss. have No. 3).
"a mocker" (akin to A, No. 1), is used in 2 Peter 3:3 , RV, "mockers." (AV, "scoffers"); Jude 1:18 , RV and AV, "mockers." In the Sept., Isaiah 3:4 .
the act of the empaiktes, "a mocking," is used in Hebrews 11:36 , "mockings." In the Sept., Psalm 38:7; Ezekiel 22:4 .
an abstract noun, "mockery," is used in 2 Peter 3:3 (some mss. omit it, as in AV): (see also No. 1, above).