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

I was a derision to all my people; and their song all the day.

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The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · Lamentations 3:14 · retained source text

I was a derision to all my people, and their song all the day.

1611 marginal noteIere.20.7.

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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