Words

καταγελάω G2606

Home gloss

laugh at

Instead of (KJV / RSV)

lest we be shamed / lest we be laughed at / lest we be ridiculed

Note

Matt 9:24; Mark 5:40; Luke 8:53 "they laughed at him." Of γελάω "laugh" (151m). In Gen 38:23 for the Masoretic version's "become a contempt"

Rulings

2, 95, 151

Declared to share English with

• G1070 — one root: laugh / laugh at (151k)

Occurrences (1)

Genesis 38 (Septuagint)

• 38:23 Now Judah said, "Let her have them, but lest we be laughed at. I, on the one hand, have sent this kid; but you have not found."