קָלַס qâlaç
Meaning
to disparage, i.e. ridicule
In the King James Version: mock, scoff, scorn.
Derivation: a primitive root;
Where it is used
- 2 Kings 2:23 From there, Elisha went up to Bethel, and as he was walking up the road, a group of boys came out of the city and jeered at him, chanting, “Go up, you baldhead! Go up, you baldhead!”
- Ezekiel 16:31 But when you built your mounds at the head of every street and made your lofty shrines in every public square, you were not even like a prostitute, because you scorned payment.
- Ezekiel 22:5 Those near and far will mock you, O infamous city, full of turmoil.
- Habakkuk 1:10 They scoff at kings and make rulers an object of scorn. They laugh at every fortress and build up siege ramps to seize it.