קָלַס
qâlaç · kaw-las'
to disparage, i.e. ridicule
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to disparage, i.e. ridicule
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: mock, scoff, scorn.
Letters
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- סSamekh60
Picture: a prop or pillar
- Concrete
- pillar · prop · thorn
- Extended
- to support · to uphold · to turn around · to be trusted
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
what comes behind, the returning cycle › authority, the one who leads › to support and uphold
What comes behind, the returning cycle of authority, the one who leads that works to support and uphold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of קָלַס above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
4 occurrences · 4 OT · 0 NT · 4 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and mocked1 · 25%
- in that thou scornest1 · 25%
- from thee, shall mock1 · 25%
- and they shall scoff1 · 25%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.