Qalas קָלַס
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| קָלַס | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | qalas |
| Strong's number | H7046 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Gloss | to mock |
| Occurrences | 4 in 4 verses |
| Most frequent in | Ezekiel (2) |
Qalas (Hebrew קָלַס, Strong's H7046) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to mock”. It occurs 4 times in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) to mock, scoff
1a) (Piel) to scoff at
1b) (Hithpael) to mock, deride, make fun of
1a) (Piel) to scoff at
1b) (Hithpael) to mock, deride, make fun of
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | mocked (1), scornest (1), mock (1), scoff (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | jeered (1), because you scorned (1), will mock (1), scoff (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Qalas, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
2 Kings
- 2 Kings 2:23And he went up from thence unto Beth–el: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head.From there, Elisha went up to Bethel, and as he was walking up the road, a group of boys came out of the city and jeered at him, chanting, “Go up, you baldhead! Go up, you baldhead!”
Ezekiel
- Ezekiel 16:31In that thou buildest thine eminent place in the head of every way, and makest thine high place in every street; and hast not been as an harlot, in that thou scornest hire;But when you built your mounds at the head of every street and made your lofty shrines in every public square, you were not even like a prostitute, because you scorned payment.
- Ezekiel 22:5Those that be near, and those that be far from thee, shall mock thee, which art infamous and much vexed.Those near and far will mock you, O infamous city, full of turmoil.
Habakkuk
- Habakkuk 1:10And they shall scoff at the kings, and the princes shall be a scorn unto them: they shall deride every strong hold; for they shall heap dust, and take it.They scoff at kings and make rulers an object of scorn. They laugh at every fortress and build up siege ramps to seize it.
Notes
- 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).