לִיץ
luts
“to mock”
Definition
properly, to make mouths at, i.e. to scoff; hence (from the effort to pronounce a foreign language) to interpret, or (generally) intercede
a primitive root;
- to scorn, make mouths at, talk arrogantly 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to boast 1a2) to scorn 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to mock, deride 1b2) to interpret (language) 1b2a) interpreter (participle) 1b2b) ambassador (fig.) 1c) (Hithpalpel) to be inflated, scoff, act as a scorner, show oneself a mocker Also means: la.tsats (*לָצַץ *"to scorn" H3945)
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Grammar & Morphology
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Occurrences
לִיץ appears 27 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
And so when ambassadors of the rulers of Babylon were sent to him to inquire about the wonder that had happened in the land, God left him alone to test him, that He might know all that was in Hezekiah’s heart.
Your first father sinned,and your spokesmen rebelled against Me.
A mocker seeks wisdom and finds none,but knowledge comes easily to the discerning.
Judgments are prepared for mockers,and beatings for the backs of fools.
A foolish scheme is sin,and a mocker is detestable to men.
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