HebrewH4426Noun (Feminine)
מְלִיצָה
me.li.tsah
“mockery”
2Occurrences
H4426Strong's #
Noun (Feminine)Part of Speech
Definition
Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)
an aphorism; also a satire
from H3887 (לוּץ);
Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
satire, mocking poem, mocking song, taunting, figure, enigma
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Grammar & Morphology
Part of Speech
Noun (Feminine)
Morphology Code
H:N-F
Full Description
H:N-F
Occurrences
מְלִיצָה appears 2 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Habakkuk
1
Proverbs
1
Key Passages
Habakkuk 2:6BSB
Will not all of these take up a taunt against him,speaking with mockery and derision:‘Woe to him who amasses what is not hisand makes himself rich with many loans!How long will this go on?’
Proverbs 1:6BSB
by understanding the proverbs and parables,the sayings and riddles of the wise.
Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.