Lexical Summary myktērizō: to turn up the nose or sneer at Original Word: μυκτηρίζωTransliteration: myktērizō Phonetic Spelling: (mook-tay-rid'-zo) Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to turn up the nose or sneer at Meaning: to turn up the nose or sneer at Strong's Concordance mock. From a derivative of the base of mukaomai (meaning snout, as that whence lowing proceeds); to make mouths at, i.e. Ridicule -- mock. see GREEK mukaomai Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 3456: μυκτηρίζωμυκτηρίζω: (μυκτήρ the nose); present passive 3 person singular μυκτηρίζεται; properly, to turn up the nose or sneer at; to mock, deride: τινα, passive οὐ μυκτηρίζεται, does not suffer himself to be mocked, Galatians 6:7. (For לָעַג, Job 22:19; Psalm 79:7 |
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