The Linked Word Project

Strong's Number H3887

לוּץ

luwts · loots

Transliteration:

luwts{loots}

Word Origin:

a primitive root

TWOT:

1113

Part of Speech:

verb

Strong's Definition:

properly, to make mouths at, i.e. to scoff; hence (from the effort to pronounce a foreign language) to interpret, or (generally) intercede

Usage in the KJV:

scorner 14, scorn 4, interpreter 2, mocker 2, ambassadors 1, derision 1, mock 1, scornful 1, teachers 1

Total: 27
Occurs 28 times in the Hebrew text.

Definition:

to scorn, make mouths at, talk arrogantly
1. (Qal)
  1. to boast
  2. to scorn
2. (Hiphil)
  1. to mock, deride
  2. to interpret (language)
    1. interpreter (participle)
    2. ambassador (fig.)
3. (Hithpalpel) to be inflated, scoff, act as a scorner, show oneself a mocker