Definition

an aphorism; also a satire

Etymology

from H3887 (לוּץ);

Word family

• לוּץ lûwts

How the KJV renders it

• interpretation
• taunting

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.