Definition

a laughing-stock

Etymology

from H7831 (שַׁחֲצוֹם);

Word family

• שַׁחֲצוֹם Shachătsôwm

How the KJV renders it

• scorn

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.