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Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #3937 - לָעַז

Transliteration

lâʻaz

Phonetics

law-az'

Origin

a primitive root

Parts of Speech

verb

TWOT

1119

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

(Qal) to speak indistinctly, speak unintelligibly

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 915 ‑ βάρβαρος (bar'‑bar‑os);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (1)

Psalms 1

BSB (1)

Psalms 1

CSB (1)

Psalms 1

ESV (1)

Psalms 1

KJV (1)

Psalms 1

LEB (1)

Psalms 1

LSB (2)

Psalms 2

N95 (0)

The New American Standard Bible (1995)
did not use
this Strong's Number

NAS (2)

Psalms 2

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (1)

Psalms 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2314) z o l (לאהז LAhZ) AC: Speak CO: ? AB: ?: The unintelligible speech of one with a strange language. [from: ol- as coming from the throat]

V) z o l (לאהז LAhZ) - Speak: To speak unintelligibly. KJV (1): (vf: Paal) strange language - Strongs: H3937 (לָעַז)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

[לָעַז] verb talk indistinctly, unintelligibly (Late Hebrew id., in derivatives (לַעַז foreign language, לָעוּז foreigner), also murmur, remonstrate; Syriac

talk indistinctly; Arabic

distort; IV. talk obscurely, ambiguously); — only

Qal Participle עַם לֹעֵז Psalm 114:1 a people talking unintelligibly ("" מִצְרַיִם).

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

לָעַז to speak barbarously, in a foreign language; compare לָעַנ, לוּץ. Psal. 114:1. (Syr. ܠܥܶܙ to speak in a foreign language, especially in Egyptian.)

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List of Word Forms

לֹעֵֽז׃ לעז׃ lō‘êz lō·‘êz loEz