G2606: καταγελάω (katageláō)

G2606 καταγελάω (katageláō)

Greek

Quick Definition

καταγελάω v. I laugh at, ridicule

Strong's Definition

to laugh down, i.e. deride

KJV Usage: laugh to scorn

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

καταγελάω (G2606)

verb | impf. κατεγέλων | γελάω

33.410 · Communication · Mock, Ridicule

to ridicule, to laugh at, to make fun of to make fun of or ridicule by laughing at, but evidently also involving verbal communication

MAT 9:24 · MRK 5:40 · LUK 8:53

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

κατα-γελάω, -@: impf. 3 pers. plur. κατεγέλων; to deride, [A. V. laugh to scorn]: τινός, any one [cf. B. § 182, 15], Mt. ix. 24; Mk. v.40; Lk. viii. 53. (From [Aeschyl. and] Hdt. down; Sept.)

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

καταγελάω katagelaō 3x

to deride, laugh at, jeer, Mt. 9:24; Mk. 5:40; Lk. 8:53*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

κατα-γελάω, -ῶ,

[in LXX chiefly for שׁחק, Jb 5:22, Pr 29:9, al.;]

to deride, laugh scornfully at: c. gen. pers., Mt 9:24, Mk 5:40, Lk 8:53.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

καταγελάω. BGU III. 814% (iii/A.p.) πάντες καταγελῷσί μοι---50 a soldier writes complainingly to his mother, because his father had visited him, but given him no gifts. Sy// 8021* (iii/B.C.) αἰσχυνόμενος δὲ ἅτε] katayeAdpevos ὑπ[ὸ] τῶν ἄλλων ἐνε[κάθε]υδε --- τ! [ἢ reference to a man who, having no hair on his head, sought healing in the temple of Aesculapius at Epidaurus: cf. 24.°° διεγέλα, which is perfective like kateγέλων in Mk 5%.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

καταγελάω (katagelaō) — to mock. καταγελάω, future -άσομαι[Refs 5th c.BC+], late -γελάσω [Refs 5th c.AD+] see at {κατακριδεύσει}:— passive, future -γελασθήσομαι[Refs 1st c.AD+]: perfect -γεγέλασμαι[Refs 2nd c.AD+]: pluperfect κατεγεγέλαστο [Refs]:—laugh, jeer at, with genitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: absolutely, laugh scornfully, mock, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

2. with accusative, laugh down, deride, [LXX+5th c.BC+]:—passive, to be derided, ὑπό τινος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; καταγελάμενος (Doric dialectpresent participle passive) ὑπὸ τῶν ἄλλων [Refs 5th c.BC+]