Strong's Number 3887

Transliteration:
luwts {loots}
Word Origin:
a primitive root
TWOT:
1113
Part of Speech:
verb
Usage in the KJV:
scorner 14, scorn 4, interpreter 2, mocker 2, ambassadors 1, derision 1, mock 1, scornful 1, teachers 1

Total: 27
Definition:
  1. to scorn, make mouths at, talk arrogantly
    1. (Qal)
      1. to boast
      2. to scorn
    2. (Hiphil)
      1. to mock, deride
      2. to interpret (language)
        1. interpreter (participle)
        2. ambassador (fig.)
    3. (Hithpalpel) to be inflated, scoff, act as a scorner, show oneself a mocker