Laag לָעַג

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Laag (Hebrew לָעַג, Strong's H3932) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to mock”. It occurs 18 times in 18 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

1) to mock, deride, ridicule
1a) (Qal) to mock, deride, have in derision
1b) (Niphal) to stammer
1c) (Hiphil) to mock, deride

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

KJV	scorn (5), mocketh (3), mocked (2), laugh (2), derision (2), mockest (1), mock (1), stammering (1)
BSB	mocks (4), mock (3), mocked (1), they mocked (1), he ridiculed (1), he mocks (1), will you scoff (1), you may go on mocking (1), taunts them (1), you scoff (1), i will sneer (1), he who mocks (1), and 1 other rendering

Every verse with Laag, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

2 Kings 19:21
This is the word that the Lord hath spoken concerning him; The virgin the daughter of Zion hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.This is the word that the LORD has spoken against him: ‘The Virgin Daughter of Zion despises you and mocks you; the Daughter of Jerusalem shakes her head behind you.

2 Chronicles 30:10
So the posts passed from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh even unto Zebulun: but they laughed them to scorn, and mocked them.And the couriers traveled from city to city through the land of Ephraim and Manasseh as far as Zebulun; but the people scorned and mocked them.

Nehemiah 2:19
But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? will ye rebel against the king?But when Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite official, and Geshem the Arab heard about this, they mocked us and ridiculed us, saying, “What is this you are doing? Are you rebelling against the king?”
Nehemiah 4:1
But it came to pass, that when Sanballat heard that we builded the wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews.Now when Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the wall, he was furious and filled with indignation. He ridiculed the Jews

Job 9:23
If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent.When the scourge brings sudden death, He mocks the despair of the innocent.
Job 11:3
Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?Should your babbling put others to silence? Will you scoff without rebuke?
Job 21:3
Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on.Bear with me while I speak; then, after I have spoken, you may go on mocking.
Job 22:19
The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn.The righteous see it and are glad; the innocent mock them:

Psalm 2:4
He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.The One enthroned in heaven laughs; the Lord taunts them.
Psalm 22:7
All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,All who see me mock me; they sneer and shake their heads:
Psalm 59:8
But thou, O LORD, shalt laugh at them; thou shalt have all the heathen in derision.But You, O LORD, laugh at them; You scoff at all the nations.
Psalm 80:6
Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among themselves.You make us contend with our neighbors; our enemies mock us.

Proverbs 1:26
I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;in turn I will mock your calamity; I will sneer when terror strikes you,
Proverbs 17:5
Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.He who mocks the poor insults their Maker; whoever gloats over calamity will not go unpunished.
Proverbs 30:17
The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.As for the eye that mocks a father and scorns obedience to a mother, may the ravens of the valley pluck it out and young vultures devour it.

Isaiah 33:19
Thou shalt not see a fierce people, a people of a deeper speech than thou canst perceive; of a stammering tongue, that thou canst not understand.You will no longer see the insolent, a people whose speech is unintelligible, who stammer in a language you cannot understand.
Isaiah 37:22
This is the word which the Lord hath spoken concerning him; The virgin, the daughter of Zion, hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.this is the word that the LORD has spoken against him: ‘The Virgin Daughter of Zion despises you and mocks you; the Daughter of Jerusalem shakes her head behind you.

Jeremiah 20:7
O Lord, thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived: thou art stronger than I, and hast prevailed: I am in derision daily, every one mocketh me.You have deceived me, O LORD, and I was deceived. You have overcome me and prevailed. I am a laughingstock all day long; everyone mocks me.

Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).