קֶלֶס
keles · scorn, derision
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H7047 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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keles (קֶלֶס) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “scorn, derision”.
Someone everyone laughs at.
How to say it
ke·les
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- An object of laughter and scorn.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Psalms 44:13
You make us a reproach to our neighbors, a mockery and a derision to those around us.
- Psalms 79:4
We have become a reproach to our neighbors, a mockery and a derision to those around us.
- Jeremiah 20:8
For whenever I speak, I cry out; “Violence and destruction!” I proclaim; for the word of YHWH has become for me a reproach and a derision all day long.