STRONGS NUMBER G2606


Word Summary
katagelaō: to deride
Original Word: καταγελάω
Transliteration: katagelaō
Phonetic Spelling: (kat-ag-el-ah'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to deride
Meaning: to deride
Strong's Concordance
laugh at, scorn.

To laugh down, i.e. Deride -- laugh to scorn.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2606: καταγελάω

καταγελάω, καταγέλω: imperfect 3 person plural κατεγέλων; to deride (A. V. laugh to scorn): τίνος, anyone (cf. Buttmann, § 132, 15), Matthew 9:24; Mark 5:40; Luke 8:53. (From (Aeschylus and) Herodotus down; the Sept..)