Definition

to throw out the lip, i.e. jeer at

Etymology

from a derivative probably of G5491 (χεῖλος);

Word family

• χεῖλος cheîlos

How the KJV renders it

• mock

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.