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mocking

Meaning of “mocking”

Present-participial or verbal-noun form of mock. Sense 1: Ridiculing or treating with scorn. Sense 2: An act or object of mockery or reproach.

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KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
5 occurrences5 verses5 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Genesis 21:9

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Every verse containing “mocking”

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Genesis 21:9
¶ And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto Abraham, mocking.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 21:9 · retained source text

¶ And Sarah saw the sonne of Hagar the Egyptian, which shee had borne vnto Abraham, mocking.

Ezekiel 22:4
Thou art become guilty in thy blood that thou hast shed; and hast defiled thyself in thine idols which thou hast made; and thou hast caused thy days to draw near, and art come even unto thy years: therefore have I made thee a reproach unto the heathen, and a mocking to all countries.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ezekiel 22:4 · retained source text

Thou art become guilty in thy blood that thou hast shed, and hast defiled thy selfe in thine idoles, which thou hast made, and thou hast caused thy daies to draw neere, and art come euen vnto thy yeeres; therfore haue I made thee a reproch vnto the heathen, and a mocking to all countries.

1611 marginal note2.Kings. 21.16.

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