Strong’s H4426 · Hebrew
מְלִיצָה
mᵉlîytsâh · mel-ee-tsaw'
Origin from לוּץ (H3887);
Meaning an aphorism; also a satire
In the King James Version interpretation, taunting.
In 2 verses of the King James Version
- Proverbs 1:6To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
- Habakkuk 2:6Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay!
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.