{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H3887",
  "lemma": "לוּץ",
  "transliteration": "lûwts",
  "definition": "properly, to make mouths at, i.e. to scoff; hence (from the effort to pronounce a foreign language) to interpret, or (generally) intercede",
  "kjv": "ambassador, have in derision, interpreter, make a mock, mocker, scorn(-er, -ful), teacher.",
  "occurrences": 27,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "[לִיץ] vb. scorn",
    "Qal scorn",
    "Hiph.",
    "1. deride",
    "2. Pt. interpreter",
    "Po‛lel scorners",
    "Hithp. act as a scorner, shew oneself a mocker"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 42:23",
      "text": "They didn’t know that Joseph understood them; for there was an interpreter between them.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/42?v=23"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 28:22",
      "text": "Now therefore don’t be scoffers, lest your bonds be made strong; for I have heard a decree of destruction from the…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/28?v=22"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 29:20",
      "text": "For the ruthless is brought to nothing, and the scoffer ceases, and all those who are alert to do evil are cut off—",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/29?v=20"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 43:27",
      "text": "Your first father sinned, and your teachers have transgressed against me.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/43?v=27"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Psalms 1:1",
      "text": "Blessed is the man who doesn’t walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand on the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/1?v=1"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Psalms 119:51",
      "text": "The arrogant mock me excessively, but I don’t swerve from your Torah.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/119?v=51"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Proverbs 1:22",
      "text": "“How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? How long will mockers delight themselves in mockery, and fools…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/1?v=22"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Proverbs 3:34",
      "text": "Surely he mocks the mockers, but he gives grace to the humble.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/3?v=34"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Proverbs 9:7",
      "text": "One who corrects a mocker invites insult. One who reproves a wicked man invites abuse.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/9?v=7"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Proverbs 9:8",
      "text": "Don’t reprove a scoffer, lest he hate you. Reprove a wise person, and he will love you.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/9?v=8"
    }
  ],
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