UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Strong’s: G5512

Associated OET lemmas: χλευάζω

UBS entries sharing a lemma or Strong’s identifier: διαχλευάζω (G5512a)

Notes: It is possible that διαχλευάζω is somewhat more emphatic than χλευάζω, and evidently χλευάζω and διαχλευάζω differ from ἐμπαίζω[a], ἐμπαιγμός, and ἐμπαιγμονή (33.406: ἐμπαιγμονή / 33.406: ἐμπαιγμός / 33.406: ἐμπαίζω) in that the principal means of ridicule are verbal.

Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Related lemmas: διαχλευάζω

Sense 1: to scoff, to jeer, to joke at

Semantic entry: 33.408

Semantic domains: Communication

Subdomains: Mock, Ridicule

Definition: to make fun of someone by joking or jesting{N:001}

ACT 17:32: RV ACT 17:32 · LV ACT 17:32 · Read together ACT 17:32

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OET-RV ACT 17:32

32 When they heard about a dead person coming back to life, some started mocking but others said, “We’d like to hear more about this from you another time.”

OET-LV ACT 17:32

32 And having _heard about a_resurrection of_the_dead, on _one _hand they were _mocking, on _the _other _hand they said:
We _will _be _hearing from _you concerning this also again.

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

χλευάζω

Form 1

Sense 1: to scoff, to jeer, to joke at