(the rendering given in Proverbs 1:22 to latson, a word from a totally different root and one much more nearly approximating the fundamental idea of the English word "Scorn." In Proverbs 29:8 and Isaiah 28:14 latson is rendered "scornful").Īs a verb the word is the translation given to la`agh, "to mock" ( 2 Kings 19:21 parallel Isaiah 37:22 Nehemiah 2:19 Psalms 22:7, "all laugh to scorn") qalas = "to scoff" ( Ezekiel 16:31, margin "Greek: In the King James Version Job 34:7 Psalms 123:4, la`agh is rendered "scorning".
In Habakkuk 1:10 (the King James Version) the word translated "scorn" is micchaq, "an object of laughter," "laughing-stock." In Psalms 44:13 79:4 the Hebrew word is la`agh from a root, probably meaning "to stutter," "stammer," for which "mocking" is a better English equivalent. The two words "thought scorn" in Esther 3:6 represent but one in Hebrew, namely, bazah, for which "disdain" would be a nearer equivalent. The word, outside of the phrase "laugh to scorn," is found only in the Old Testament, and then only 4 times ( Esther 3:6 King James Version, Psalms 44:13 79:4 Habakkuk 1:10), and it represents three different Hebrew words for none of which it is a suitable rendering. It is obvious that scorn may-indeed, it not uncommonly does-arise in connection with an not grounded, arrogant sense of self-esteem. Scorn is a hotter, fiercer emotion than disdain or contempt. This reaction occurs when one is confronted with a person or a proposition that by challenging certain things for itself evokes a vivid sense of one's own superiority and awakens mingled resentment, repulsion and contempt by the hollowness of its claims and its intrinsic inferiority or worse. It includes a sense of superiority, resentment, and aversion. LotsOfWords knows 480,000 words.Encyclopedias - International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Scornįox Talbot connects this English word with the Danish skarn, "dirt," "ordure" "mud," "mire." As distinguished from such words as "mock," "deride," "scoff," all of which refer specifically to the various ways in which scorn finds outward expression, scorn itself denotes a subjective state or reaction.įurther, this state or reaction is not simple but complex. National Scrabble Association, and the Collins Scrabble Words used in the UK (about 180,000 words each). The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary (OSPD) from Merriam-Webster, the Official Tournament and Club Word List (OTCWL / OWL / TWL) from the Please note: the Wiktionary contains many more words - in particular proper nouns and inflected forms: plurals of nouns and past tense of verbs - than other English language dictionaries such as
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