לוּץ (lûwts) — Ambassador
Hebrew word study: לוּץ (lûwts), Strong's H3887. properly, to make mouths at, i.e. to scoff; hence (from the effort to pronounce a foreign language) to interpret, or (generally) intercede
Approximate — computer-generated, not a recording of historical speech.
properly, to make mouths at, i.e. to scoff; hence (from the effort to pronounce a foreign language) to interpret, or (generally) intercede
KJV translation words: ambassador, have in derision, interpreter, make a mock, mocker, scorn(-er, -ful), teacher.
Strong's H3887 is tagged on 28 words in 27 verses across 7 books of the word-by-word Hebrew and Aramaic Old Testament text on this site. It first appears in Genesis 42:23 and last appears in Hosea 7:5.
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Verses (first 25 of 27)
- Genesis 42:23 — הַמֵּלִיץ — the interpreter
- 2 Chronicles 32:31 — בִּמְלִיצֵי — in the envoys of
- Job 16:20 — מְלִיצַי — are scoffing at me
- Job 33:23 — מֵלִיץ — a mediator
- Psalms 1:1 — לֵצִים — mockers
- Psalms 119:51 — הֱלִיצֻנִי — they have mocked me
- Proverbs 1:22 — וְלֵצִים — and mockers
- Proverbs 3:34 — לַלֵּצִים — to the mockers
- Proverbs 9:7 — לֵץ — a mocker
- Proverbs 9:8 — לֵץ — a mocker
- Proverbs 9:12 — וְלַצְתָּ — and you mock
- Proverbs 13:1 — וְלֵץ — and a mocker
- Proverbs 14:6 — לֵץ — a mocker
- Proverbs 14:9 — יָלִיץ — he mocks
- Proverbs 15:12 — לֵץ — a mocker
- Proverbs 19:25 — לֵץ — a mocker
- Proverbs 19:28 — יָלִיץ — he mocks
- Proverbs 19:29 — לַלֵּצִים — for the mockers
- Proverbs 20:1 — לֵץ — is a mocker
- Proverbs 21:11 — לֵץ — a mocker
- Proverbs 21:24 — לֵץ — is mocker
- Proverbs 22:10 — לֵץ — a mocker
- Proverbs 24:9 — לֵץ — a mocker
- Isaiah 28:22 — תִּתְלוֹצָצוּ — you show yourself a mocker
- Isaiah 29:20 — לֵץ — the mocker
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Related entries
Entries whose derivation names this word: H3944 לָצוֹן (lâtsôwn), H4426 מְלִיצָה (mᵉlîytsâh).
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What does lûwts (H3887) mean?
Properly, to make mouths at, i.e. to scoff; hence (from the effort to pronounce a foreign language) to interpret, or (generally) intercede.
How is H3887 translated in the KJV?
The KJV translates H3887 as: ambassador, have in derision, interpreter, make a mock, mocker, scorn(-er, -ful), teacher..
How often does לוּץ (lûwts) appear?
Strong's H3887 is tagged on 28 words in 27 verses across 7 books of the word-by-word Hebrew and Aramaic Old Testament text on this site. It first appears in Genesis 42:23 and last appears in Hosea 7:5.
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