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mok, mok'ẽr, mok´ing (הרל, haÌ„thal, לעג, lā‛agh, ἐμπαιÌζω, empaıÌzoÌ„): To mock is the translation of haÌ„thal, “to play upon,†“mock,†“deride†(, , ; , “Elijah mocked themâ€; twice, the Revised Version (British and American) “deceiveth,†“deceive,†margin “mocketh,†“mockâ€); of lā‛agh, “to stammer†or “babble in mimicry,†“to mock†or “scorn†(; ; ; ; ; ; ; ). Other words are caÌ„hÌ£akÌ£, “to laugh,†etc. (; ;, , ); kÌ£aÌ„lasÌ£, “to call out,†or “cry after,†“to scoff†or “mock at†(; ); sÌ„ahÌ£akÌ£, “to laugh,†“mock†(; ); luÌ„c, “to scorn†(); sehÌ£oÌ„kÌ£, “laughter,†“derision†(); empaizoÌ„, “to treat as a child,†“mock†(; ; , , ; , etc.); diachleuaÌzoÌ„, “to mock,†“laugh,†etc. (; ); mukteÌ„rıÌzo, “to sneer at,†“mock,†literally, “to turn up the nose†(, “God is not mocked,†“will not let himself be mockedâ€); ἐπιγελαÌω, epigelaÌoÌ„, “laugh†(; 1 Macc 7:34; compare 2 Macc 7:39; 8:17).
Mocker, hăthuÌ„lı̄m, “deceivers,†“mockers†(); luÌ„c (; the King James Version); lā‛eÌ„gh, “stammering,†“mocking†(; compare ); sÌ„ahÌ£akÌ£ (); empaıÌkteÌ„s, “a mocker,†“scoffer,†literally, “sporting as children†(; compare ).
Mocking is the translation of kÌ£allaÌ„sÌ£aÌ„h “mocking,†“derision†(); of empaigmoÌs the Septuagint for kÌ£allaÌ„sÌ£aÌ„h) (; The Wisdom of Solomon 12:25; Ecclesiasticus 27:28, “mockeryâ€; 2 Macc 7:7, “mocking-stock,†the Revised Version (British and American) “the mockingâ€; 2 Macc 7:10, “made a mocking-stock†(empaizoÌ„)); of μῶκος, moÌ„Ìkos (Ecclesiasticus 33:6).
For “mocked of†() the Revised Version (British and American) has “a laughing-stock toâ€; for “mockers†(), the English Revised Version “scorner,†the American Standard Revised Version “scofferâ€; for “the mockers†(), “them that made merryâ€; for “scorneth†(), “mocketh atâ€; for “As one man mocketh another, do ye so mock him?†(), “As one deceiveth a man will ye deceive him?†(margin, “mocketh,†“mockâ€); “mock†for “laugh†(); for “There shall come in the last days scoffers†(), “In the last days (margin, “Greek in the last of the daysâ€) mockers shall come with mockery†(empaigmoneÌ„Ì empaıÌktai).