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taunt

Meaning of “taunt”

Sense 1: An insulting or contemptuous reproach. Sense 2: To mock or reproach contemptuously.

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KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
2 occurrences2 verses2 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Jeremiah 24:9

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Every verse containing “taunt”

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Jeremiah 24:9
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And I will deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth for their hurt, to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places whither I shall drive them.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Jeremiah 24:9 · retained source text

And I will deliuer them to be remoued into all the kingdomes of the earth for their hurt, to be a reproch and a prouerbe, a taunt and a curse in all places whither I shall driue them.

1611 marginal noteHeb. for remouing or vexation.

1611 marginal noteDeut.28.37. chap. 15 4.

Ezekiel 5:15
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So it shall be a reproach and a taunt, an instruction and an astonishment unto the nations that are round about thee, when I shall execute judgments in thee in anger and in fury and in furious rebukes. I the Lord have spoken it.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ezekiel 5:15 · retained source text

So it shall bee a reproch and a taunt, an instruction and an astonishment vnto the nations that are round about thee, when I shall execute iudgments in thee in anger and in furie, and in furious rebukes: I the LORD haue spoken it.

1611 marginal noteDeut.28.37.

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Webster 1828

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Upbraiding words; bitter or sarcastic reproach; insulting invective.

volume 2, leaf 740, column 2 (main_dictionary)