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לוּץ
lûwts · Hebrew · Strong's H3887 · 27 occurrences
What it means
properly, to make mouths at, i.e. to scoff; hence (from the effort to pronounce a foreign language) to interpret, or (generally) intercede
a primitive root;
How the KJV renders it
ambassador, have in derision, interpreter, make a mock, mocker, scorner, ful, teacher
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
Questions this word decides
Where it appears
27 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 26 verses shown.
Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Hebrew text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.