KJV dictionary & concordance

derision

Meaning of “derision”

Mocking, ridicule, or scorn, especially as expressed by laughter.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesCawdrey 1604Skeat 1893

15 occurrences15 verses6 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Job 30:1

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KJV PCE

BUT now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my flock.

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The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · Job 30:1 · retained source text

¶ But nowe they that are yonger then I, haue mee in derision, whose fathers I would haue disdained to haue set with the dogs of my flocke.

1611 marginal noteHeb. of fewer dayes then I.

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Historical English dictionary sources

Mocking.

paragraph 732

To have in derision is to deride or laugh at.

printed p. 265; PDF p. 285; Internet Archive leaf n284