Strong G2606καταγελάω
to mock
- Transliteration
- katagelaō
- Pronunciation
- kat-ag-el-ah'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
To laugh down that is deride: - laugh to scorn.
Detailed definition
κατα-γελάω, -ῶ
[in LXX chiefly for שָׂחַק, Job.5:22, Pro.29:9, al.;]
to deride, laugh scornfully at: with genitive of person(s), Mat.9:24, Mrk.5:40, Luk.8:53.†
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly for שָׂחַק, Job.5:22, Pro.29:9, al.;]
to deride, laugh scornfully at: with genitive of person(s), Mat.9:24, Mrk.5:40, Luk.8:53.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2606 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- laugh3
- scorn3
First verses
- Matthew 9:24He said unto them, Give place: for the maid is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn.
- Mark 5:40And they laughed him to scorn. But when he had put them all out, he taketh the father and the mother of the damsel, and them that were with him, and entereth in where the damsel was lying.
- Luke 8:53And they laughed him to scorn, knowing that she was dead.
Occurrences by book
Detailed Greek dictionary
καταγελάω,
future -άσομαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 3.9)], late -γελάσω [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)] see at {κατακριδεύσει}:— passive, future -γελασθήσομαι[Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Epictetus Philosophus “Enchiridion” 22)]: perfect -γεγέλασμαι[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “DMort.” 1.1)]: pluperfect κατεγεγέλαστο [Refs ([prev. author] “Icar.” 19)]:—laugh, jeer at, with genitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.68, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 1081, 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 4.29, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 482d: also with _dative_, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.37, 4.79, +others)]: absolutely, laugh scornfully, mock, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 372 (troch.), 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 161, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.9.13, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 319c, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.151; ἅπαντες καταγελῶσιν, ὅταν τις.. 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “De rerum natura - Wien. Stud.” 28.9; ἐπί τινι 4th c.AD: Themistius Sophista “Orationes” 22.272b.)]
2 with accusative, laugh down, deride, [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 286, LXX.Sir.7.11)]:—passive, to be derided, ὑπό τινος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1271, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 680)]; καταγελάμενος (Doric dialectpresent participle passive) ὑπὸ τῶν ἄλλων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“IG” 4.951.123 (Epid.); τὸ εὔηθες καταγελασθὲν ἠφανίσθη 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.83; τὸ καταγελᾶσθαι γὰρ πολὺ αἴσχιόν ἐστι 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Epit.fragment” 7, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthyphro” 3c, +others)]
future -άσομαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 3.9)], late -γελάσω [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)] see at {κατακριδεύσει}:— passive, future -γελασθήσομαι[Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Epictetus Philosophus “Enchiridion” 22)]: perfect -γεγέλασμαι[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “DMort.” 1.1)]: pluperfect κατεγεγέλαστο [Refs ([prev. author] “Icar.” 19)]:—laugh, jeer at, with genitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.68, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 1081, 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 4.29, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 482d: also with _dative_, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.37, 4.79, +others)]: absolutely, laugh scornfully, mock, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 372 (troch.), 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 161, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.9.13, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 319c, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.151; ἅπαντες καταγελῶσιν, ὅταν τις.. 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “De rerum natura - Wien. Stud.” 28.9; ἐπί τινι 4th c.AD: Themistius Sophista “Orationes” 22.272b.)]
2 with accusative, laugh down, deride, [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 286, LXX.Sir.7.11)]:—passive, to be derided, ὑπό τινος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1271, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 680)]; καταγελάμενος (Doric dialectpresent participle passive) ὑπὸ τῶν ἄλλων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“IG” 4.951.123 (Epid.); τὸ εὔηθες καταγελασθὲν ἠφανίσθη 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.83; τὸ καταγελᾶσθαι γὰρ πολὺ αἴσχιόν ἐστι 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Epit.fragment” 7, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthyphro” 3c, +others)]