Definition
a primitive root; to disparage, i.e. ridicule
Traditional renderings: mock, scoff, scorn.
Traditional renderings: mock, scoff, scorn.
Usage patterns
Occurrences
4 total
- 2 Kings 2:23וַיִּתְקַלְּסוּ־ · and jeered atFrom there, Elisha went up to Bethel, and as he was walking up the road, a group of boys came out of the city and jeered at him, chanting, “Go up, you baldhead! Go up, you baldhead!”
- Ezekiel 16:31לְקַלֵּ֥ס · because you scornedBut when you built your mounds at the head of every street and made your lofty shrines in every public square, you were not even like a prostitute, because you scorned payment.
- Ezekiel 22:5יִתְקַלְּסוּ־ · will mockThose near and far will mock you, O infamous city, full of turmoil.
- Habakkuk 1:10יִתְקַלָּ֔ס · scoff atThey scoff at kings and make rulers an object of scorn. They laugh at every fortress and build up siege ramps to seize it.