Words the Bible translates as scorn
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 8 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- ḥerpahחֶרְפָּהpublic disgrace: the scorn others heap on you and the shame that then sticks to you in their eyes
- bazahבָּזָהto despise: to treat someone or something as worthless and beneath respect.
- kataphroneōκαταφρονέωto look down on: to judge that someone or something counts for little, and to act on that judgment
- la'agלָעַגto mock: to treat someone with open, jeering contempt, usually with derisive laughter
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- of a foreign tongue: to sound like unintelligible babble to the hearer
- buzבּוּזto treat as worthless: to weigh a person, idea, or thing and count it as of no value, looking down on it as beneath notice
- buzבּוּזcontempt: the verdict that a person or thing is worth nothing, and the disgrace of being treated that way
- la'agלַעַגderision: contempt that has gone public, either the disgrace of being laughed at or the scornful talk itself
- she'atשְׁאָטscornnot studied yet
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