Mock

Mock - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)

MOCK, v.t.

1. Properly, to imitate; to mimick; hence, to imitate in contempt or derision; to mimick for the sake of derision; to deride by mimicry.

2. To deride; to laugh at; to ridicule; to treat with scorn or contempt.

As he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, saying, go up, thou bald head. 2 Ki 2. Mark 10.

3. To defeat; to illude; to disappoint; to deceive; as, to mock expectation.

Thou hast mocked me and told me lies. Judg 16.

4. To fool; to tantalize; to play on in contempt.

He will not

Mock us with his blest sight, then snatch him hence.

MOCK, v.i. To make sport in contempt or in jest, or to speak jestingly.

When thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed? Job 11.

MOCK, n. Ridicule; derision; sneer; an act manifesting contempt.

Fools make a mock at sin. Prov 14.

What shall be the portion of those who make a mock at every thing sacred?

1. Imitation; mimicry. [Little used.]

MOCK, a. False, counterfeit; assumed; imitating reality, but not real.

That superior greatness and mock majesty--

Mocker - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)

MOCK'ER, n. One that mocks; a scorner; a scoffer; a derider.

Mocking - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)

MOCK'ING, ppr. Imitating in contempt; mimicking; ridiculing by mimicry; treating with sneers and scorn; defeating; deluding.

MOCK'ING, n. Derision; insult.

mok, mok'er, mok'-ing (hathal, la`agh, empaizo): To mock is the translation of hathal, "to play upon," "mock," "deride" (Jud 16:10,13,15; 1Ki 18:27, "Elijah mocked them"; Job 13:9 twice, the Revised Version (British and American) "deceiveth," "deceive," margin "mocketh," "mock"); of la`agh, "to stammer" or "babble in mimicry," "to mock" or "scorn" (2Ch 30:10; Ne 4:1; Job 11:3; 21:3; Pr 1:26; 17:5; 30:17; Jer 20:7). Other words are tsachaq, "to laugh," etc. (Ge 19:14; 21:9;, 39:14,17); qalac, "to call out," or "cry after," "to scoff" or "mock at" (2Ki 2:23; Eze 22:5); sachaq, "to laugh," "mock" (Job 39:22; La 1:7); luts, "to scorn" (Pr 14:9); sechoq, "laughter," "derision" (Job 12:4); empaizo, "to treat as a child," "mock" (Mt 2:16; 20:19; 27:29,31,41; Lu 14:29, etc.); diachleuazo, "to mock," "laugh," etc. (Ac 2:13; 17:32); mukterizo, "to sneer at," "mock," literally, "to turn up the nose" (Ga 6:7, "God is not mocked," "will not let himself be mocked"); epigelao, "laugh" (Job 2:8; /RAPC 1Ma 7:34; compare /RAPC 2Ma 7:39; 8:17).

Mocker, hathulim, "deceivers," "mockers" (Job 17:2); luts (Pr 20:1; Isa 28:22 the King James Version); la`egh, "stammering," "mocking" (Ps 35:16; compare Isa 28:11); sachaq (Jer 15:17); empaiktes, "a mocker," "scoffer," literally, "sporting as children" (Jude 1:18; compare 2Pe 3:3).

Mocking is the translation of qallacah "mocking," "derision" (Eze 22:4); of empaigmos the Septuagint for qallacah) (Heb 11:36; /RAPC Wis 12:25; Ecclesiasticus 27:28, "mockery"; /RAPC 2Ma 7:7, "mocking-stock," the Revised Version (British and American) "the mocking"; 2 Macc 7:10, "made a mocking-stock" (empaizo)); of mokos (Ecclesiasticus 33:6).

For "mocked of" (Job 12:4) the Revised Version (British and American) has "a laughing-stock to"; for "mockers" (Isa 28:22), the English Revised Version "scorner," the American Standard Revised Version "scoffer"; for "the mockers" (Jer 15:17), "them that made merry"; for "scorneth" (Pr 19:28), "mocketh at"; for "As one man mocketh another, do ye so mock him?" (Job 13:9), "As one deceiveth a man will ye deceive him?" (margin, "mocketh," "mock"); "mock" for "laugh" (Job 9:23); for "There shall come in the last days scoffers" (2Pe 3:3), "In the last days (margin, "Greek in the last of the days") mockers shall come with mockery" (empaigmone empaiktai).

W. L. Walker

Definition

The terms “mock,” “ridicule,” and “scoff at” all refer to making fun of someone, especially in a cruel way.

• Mocking often involves imitating people’s words or actions with the intent to embarrass them or show contempt for them.
• The Roman soldiers mocked or ridiculed Jesus when they put a robe on him and pretended to honor him as king.
• A group of young people ridiculed or scoffed at Elisha when they called him a name, making fun of his bald head.
• The term “scoff at” can also refer to ridiculing an idea that is not considered believable or important.
• A “mocker” is someone who mocks and ridicules consistently.

Bible References

• 2 Peter 3:4
• Acts 2:12-13
• Galatians 6:6-8
• Genesis 39:13-15
• Luke 22:63-65
• Mark 10:34
• Matthew 9:23-24
• Matthew 20:19
• Matthew 27:29

Examples from the Bible stories

• __21:12 Isaiah prophesied that people would spit on, mock__, and beat the Messiah.
• __39:5 The Jewish leaders all answered the high priest, “He deserves to die!” Then they blindfolded Jesus, spit on him, hit him, and mocked__ him.
• __39:12 The soldiers whipped Jesus, and put a royal robe and a crown made of thorns on him. Then they mocked__ him by saying, “Look, the King of the Jews!”
• __40:4 Jesus was crucified between two robbers. One of them mocked__ Jesus, but the other said, “Do you have no fear of God?”
• __40:5 The Jewish leaders and the other people in the crowd mocked__ Jesus. They said to him, “If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross and save yourself! Then we will believe you.”

Word Data

• Strong’s: H1422, H2048, H2049, H2778, H2781, H3213, H3887, H3931, H3932, H3933, H3934, H3944, H3945, H4167, H4485, H4912, H5058, H5607, H6026, H6711, H7046, H7048, H7814, H7832, H8103, H8148, H8437, H8595, G15920, G17010, G17020, G17030, G23010, G26060, G34560, G55120