Strong G3456μυκτηρίζω
to mock
- Transliteration
- muktērizō
- Pronunciation
- mook'-tay-rid'-zo
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
From a derivative of the base of G3455 (meaning snout as that whence lowing proceeds from); to make mouths at that is ridicule: - mock.
Detailed definition
μυκτηρίζω
(μυκτήρ, the nose), [in LXX: 4Ki.19:21, Job.22:19, Psa.80:6, al. (לָעַג), Pro.1:30 (נָאַץ) Pro.15:20 (בָּזָה), 1Ma.7:34, al.;]
to turn up the nose or sneer at, mock: pass., Gal.6:7 (cf. ἐκ-μυκτηρίζω).†
(AS)
(μυκτήρ, the nose), [in LXX: 4Ki.19:21, Job.22:19, Psa.80:6, al. (לָעַג), Pro.1:30 (נָאַץ) Pro.15:20 (בָּזָה), 1Ma.7:34, al.;]
to turn up the nose or sneer at, mock: pass., Gal.6:7 (cf. ἐκ-μυκτηρίζω).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3456 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- be1
- mock1
First verses
- Galatians 6:7Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
μυκτηρ-ίζω,
turn up the nose, sneer at, [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator “Fragmenta” 323 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus, LXX.Pro.1.30, +others, 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 1.217)]:—passive, to be mocked, [LXX (LXX.Jer.20.7)]: hence, to be outwitted, [NT (NT.Gal.6.7.)]
II bleed at the nose, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 7.123.)]
turn up the nose, sneer at, [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator “Fragmenta” 323 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus, LXX.Pro.1.30, +others, 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 1.217)]:—passive, to be mocked, [LXX (LXX.Jer.20.7)]: hence, to be outwitted, [NT (NT.Gal.6.7.)]
II bleed at the nose, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 7.123.)]