Bible Encyclopedias
Derision

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

dē̇ -rizh´un : three verbs are so translated לוּץ , lūc , "scorn" (Psalm 119:51 ); לעג , lā‛agh , "mock" (Psalm 2:4; Psalm 59:8; Ezekiel 23:32 ); and שׂחק , sāḥaḳ , "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:»