H8148 שְׁנִינָה (shᵉnîynâh) shen-ee-naw'

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

taunt

Strong's Definition

something pointed, i.e. a gibe

Derivation: from H8150 (שָׁנַן);

KJV Usage: byword, taunt.

TWOT Reference: 2422b

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) sharp word, sharp (cutting) word, taunt, gibe

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

שְׁנִינָה (she.ni.nah) — taunt. sharp word, sharp (cutting) word, taunt, gibe

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

שְׁנִינָה (H8148)

noun f · שׁנן

Despise | ≈ חֶרְפָּה · מָשָׁל · קְלָלָה

taunt exact meaning unknown, probably: = process when humans undergo ridicule from other humans, which is primarily expressed with words

DEU 28:37 · 1KI 9:7 · 2CH 7:20 · JER 24:9

Reinier de Blois

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

שְׁנִינָה n.f. sharp (cutting) word, taunt base

Bible Occurrences (4)

28:37

9:7

7:20

24:9

Deuteronomy 28:37

You will become an object of horror, scorn, and ridicule among all the nations to which the LORD... will drive you.

1 Kings 9:7

then I will cut off Israel from the land that I have given them, and I will banish from My presence this temple I have sanctified for My Name. Then Israel will become an object of scorn and ridicule among all peoples.

2 Chronicles 7:20

then I will uproot Israel from the soil I have given them, and I will banish from My presence this temple I have sanctified for My Name. I will make it an object of scorn and ridicule among all the peoples.

Jeremiah 24:9

I will make them a horror and an offense to all the kingdoms of the earth, a disgrace and an object of scorn, ridicule, and cursing wherever... I have banished them....