# H7047 קֶלֶס

קֶלֶס (qeleç), Strong’s H7047: a laughing-stock KJV: derision.. Occurs 3 times.

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*qeleç* — a laughing-stock

KJV: derision.

Derived from [קָלַס qâlaç](https://besorah.bible/word/H7046) (to disparage, i.e. ridicule)

Occurs 3 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- קֶ֫לֶס n.[m.] derision, i.e., object of it

## Where it occurs
- [Jeremiah 20:8](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/20?v=8) — For as often as I speak, I cry out; I cry, “Violence and destruction!” because the LORD’s word has been made a reproach…
- [Psalms 44:14](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/44?v=14) — You make us a reproach to our neighbors, a scoffing and a derision to those who are around us.
- [Psalms 79:4](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/79?v=4) — We have become a reproach to our neighbors, a scoffing and derision to those who are around us.