Strong's H7047: קֶלֶס (qeleç) Meaning

Quick Definition

derision

Strong's Definition

qeles keh'-les From H7046; a laughing stock: - derision.

Derivation: from H7046 (קָלַס);

KJV Usage: derision.

TWOT Reference: 2029a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) derision, ridicule

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

קֶ֫לֶס (qe.les) — derision. derision, ridicule

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

קֶלֶס (H7047)

noun m · קלס

Despise | Shame | ≈ חֶרְפָּה · לַעַג

scorn = action by which someone speaks insulting words to someone else, ◄ out of a sense of superiority, ► intending to bring public shame upon that person

PSA 44:14 · PSA 79:4 · JER 20:8

Graham S. Ogden

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

קֶ֫לֶס n.[m.] derision, i.e., object of it base

Bible Occurrences (3)

44:13 79:4

20:8

H7047 קֶלֶס (qeleç) keh'-les