H8591: תָּעַע
tâʻaʻ · pronounced taw-ah' · “to mock”
Definition
to cheat; by analogy, to maltreat
KJV translates it as: deceive, misuse.
Word origin: a primitive root;
Extended definition
1) to deceive, misuse
1a) (Pilpel)
1a1) to be a mocker, mock
1a2) mocker (subst)
1b) (Hithpalpel)
1b1) to ridicule
1b2) mocking (participle)
1a) (Pilpel)
1a1) to be a mocker, mock
1a2) mocker (subst)
1b) (Hithpalpel)
1b1) to ridicule
1b2) mocking (participle)
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H8591 is translated
- a mocker ×1
- mocking ×1
Bible verses with H8591 (tâʻaʻ)
Tâʻaʻ appears in 2 verses.
- Genesis 27:12
My father peradventure will feel me, and I shall seem to him as a deceiver; and I shall bring a curse upon me, and not a blessing.
- 2 Chronicles 36:16
But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the Lord arose against his people, till there was no remedy.