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Proverbs 20:1
“Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
לוּץlûwts · loots
H3887 · Hebrew
H3887 · Hebrew
- Definition
- properly, to make mouths at, i.e. to scoff; hence (from the effort to pronounce a foreign language) to interpret, or (generally) intercede
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- ambassador, have in derision, interpreter, make a mock, mocker, scorn(-er, -ful), teacher.
- Grammar
- לֵ֣ץ — adjective, masculine, singular, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 27 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 42:232 Chronicles 32:31Job 16:20Job 33:23Psalms 1:1
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read לוּץ here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.