Strong's Hebrew · H8591
H8591 tâʻaʻ
תָּעַע
taw-ah'
to mock
tâʻaʻ appears twice in Scripture, in Genesis 27:12 and 2 Chronicles 36:16. In the Doxa app, open each of these verses, keep your notes on them, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
to cheat; by analogy, to maltreat
In the King James Version
deceive, misuse.
Derivation
a primitive root;
Appears 2 times in Scripture
“What if my father touches me? Then I would be revealed to him as a deceiver, and I would bring upon myself a curse rather than a blessing.””
“But they mocked the messengers of God, despising His words and scoffing at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD against His people was stirred up beyond remedy.”
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
