תַּעְתֻּעַ

tatua · mockery, delusion

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H8595 · appears 2 times in the Bible

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What it means

tatua (תַּעְתֻּעַ) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “mockery, delusion”.

Mockery, deceit, something laughable.

How to say it

ta·tu·a

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

  1. A laughable thing that deceives.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

  • Jeremiah 10:15

    Vapor are they, a work of mockery; in the time of their punishment they will perish.

  • Jeremiah 51:18

    Vapor are they, a work of mockery; in the time of their punishment they will perish.