Limitless Word
לוּץlûwts/loots/
HebrewH388727 occurrences (KJV)

properly, to make mouths at, i.e. to scoff; hence (from the effort to pronounce a foreign language) to interpret, or (generally) intercede

KJV renders it: ambassador, have in derision, interpreter, make a mock, mocker, scorn(-er, -ful), teacher.

Where it appears(showing the first 26 of 27)

  • Gen 42:23They didn’t know that Joseph understood them; for there was an interpreter between them.
  • 2 Chr 32:31However concerning the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent to him to inquire of the wonder that was done in the land, God left him, to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart.
  • Job 16:20My friends scoff at me. My eyes pour out tears to God,
  • Job 33:23“If there is beside him an angel, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to show to man what is right for him;
  • Ps 1:1Blessed is the man who doesn’t walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand on the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers;
  • Ps 119:51The arrogant mock me excessively, but I don’t swerve from your law.
  • Prov 1:22“How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? How long will mockers delight themselves in mockery, and fools hate knowledge?
  • Prov 3:34Surely he mocks the mockers, but he gives grace to the humble.
  • Prov 9:7He who corrects a mocker invites insult. He who reproves a wicked man invites abuse.
  • Prov 9:8Don’t reprove a scoffer, lest he hate you. Reprove a wise man, and he will love you.
  • Prov 9:12If you are wise, you are wise for yourself. If you mock, you alone will bear it.
  • Prov 13:1A wise son listens to his father’s instruction, but a scoffer doesn’t listen to rebuke.
  • Prov 14:6A scoffer seeks wisdom, and doesn’t find it, but knowledge comes easily to a discerning person.
  • Prov 14:9Fools mock at making atonement for sins, but among the upright there is good will.
  • Prov 15:12A scoffer doesn’t love to be reproved; he will not go to the wise.
  • Prov 19:25Flog a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence; rebuke one who has understanding, and he will gain knowledge.
  • Prov 19:28A corrupt witness mocks justice, and the mouth of the wicked gulps down iniquity.
  • Prov 19:29Penalties are prepared for scoffers, and beatings for the backs of fools.
  • Prov 20:1Wine is a mocker, and beer is a brawler. Whoever is led astray by them is not wise.
  • Prov 21:11When the mocker is punished, the simple gains wisdom. When the wise is instructed, he receives knowledge.
  • Prov 21:24The proud and haughty man, “scoffer” is his name; he works in the arrogance of pride.
  • Prov 22:10Drive out the mocker, and strife will go out; yes, quarrels and insults will stop.
  • Prov 24:9The schemes of folly are sin. The mocker is detested by men.
  • Isa 28:22Now therefore don’t be scoffers, lest your bonds be made strong; for I have heard a decree of destruction from the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, on the whole earth.
  • Isa 29:20For the ruthless is brought to nothing, and the scoffer ceases, and all those who are alert to do evil are cut off —
  • Isa 43:27Your first father sinned, and your teachers have transgressed against me.

Lexical data: Strong’s Hebrew & Greek Dictionaries (1890, public domain; openscriptures, CC-BY-SA). Word tagging from the Strong’s-numbered KJV.