KJV dictionary & concordance
A person or thing exposed as a public spectacle, especially to shame or reproach.
Definition sources
First occurrence: Nahum 3:6
Complete exact-word concordance
And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile, and will set thee as a gazingstock.
And I will cast abominable filth vpon thee, and make thee vile, and will set thee as a gazing stocke.
Partly, whilst ye were made a gazingstock both by reproaches and afflictions; and partly, whilst ye became companions of them that were so used.
Partly whilest ye were made a gazing stocke both by reproches & afflictions, and partly whilest ye became companions of them that were so vsed.
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Historical English dictionary sources
an object to gaze at in wonder.
A person gazed at with scorn or abhorrence; an object of curiosity or contempt.
