Strong's Hebrew · H3887
לוּץ
lûwts · loots
Definitionproperly, to make mouths at, i.e. to scoff; hence (from the effort to pronounce a foreign language) to interpret, or (generally) intercede
Derivationa primitive root;
KJV usageambassador, have in derision, interpreter, make a mock, mocker, scorn(-er, -ful), teacher.
Occurrences27 in the KJV · 26 verses
לוּץ in Scripture
Genesis 42:23
And they knew not that Joseph understood them ; for he spoke unto them by an interpreter.
2 Chronicles 32:31
Howbeit in the business of the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent unto him to enquire of the wonder that was done in the land, God left him, to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart.
Job 16:20
My friends scorn me: but mine eye poureth out tears unto God.
Job 33:23
If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to shew unto man his uprightness:
Psalms 1:1
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
Psalms 119:51
The proud have had me greatly in derision: yet have I not declined from thy law.
Proverbs 1:22
How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
Proverbs 3:34
Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly.
Proverbs 9:7
He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot.
Proverbs 9:8
Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
Proverbs 9:12
If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it .
Proverbs 13:1
A wise son heareth his father' s instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.
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