Strong’s H3932 · Hebrew

לָעַג
lâʻag
law-ag'

Definition

to deride; by implication (as if imitating a foreigner) to speak unintelligibly

Etymology

a primitive root;

How the KJV renders it

  • have in derision
  • laugh (to scorn)
  • mock (on)
  • stammering

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew 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.