Strong’s H7047 · Hebrew
קֶלֶס
qeleç · keh'-les
Origin from קָלַס (H7046);
Meaning a laughing-stock
In the King James Version derision.
In 3 verses of the King James Version
- Psalms 44:13Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.
- Psalms 79:4We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us.
- Jeremiah 20:8For since I spake, I cried out, I cried violence and spoil; because the word of the LORD was made a reproach unto me, and a derision, daily.
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.