קָלַס

qa.lasto mockHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentVerb4 occurrences3 books4 verses

Definition

a primitive root; to disparage, i.e. ridicule
Traditional renderings: mock, scoff, scorn.

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

4 total
  1. 2 Kings 2:23וַיִּתְקַלְּסוּ־ · and jeered at
    From 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!”
  2. Ezekiel 16:31לְקַלֵּ֥ס · because you scorned
    But 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.
  3. Ezekiel 22:5יִתְקַלְּסוּ־ · will mock
    Those near and far will mock you, O infamous city, full of turmoil.
  4. Habakkuk 1:10יִתְקַלָּ֔ס · scoff at
    They scoff at kings and make rulers an object of scorn. They laugh at every fortress and build up siege ramps to seize it.