KJV dictionary & concordance
Mocking, contemptuous, disdainful, or disposed to scorn.
Definition sources
First occurrence: Psalms 1:1
Complete exact-word concordance
BLESSED is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
¶ Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsell of the vngodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornefull.
1611 marginal noteOr, wicked.
1611 marginal noteProu.4.14.
scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise men turn away wrath.
Scornefull men bring a citie into a snare: but wise men turne away wrath.
1611 marginal noteOr, set a citie on fire.
¶ Wherefore hear the word of the Lord, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.
¶ Wherefore heare the worde of the LORD, yee scornefull men, that rule this people which is in Ierusalem.
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Historical English dictionary sources
1. Contemptuous; disdainful; entertaining scorn; insolent. Th' enamor'd deity the scornful damsel shuns. 2. Acting in defiance or disregard. Scornful of winter's frost and summer's sun. 3. In Scripture, holding religion in contempt; treating with disdain religion and the dispensations of God.
