Katageláō — G2606

Definition

verb

to laugh down, i.e. deride

1. to deride (A. V. laugh to scorn)

Usually translated as

laugh to scorn

Occurrences

Katageláō occurs 3 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Matthew (1), Mark (1), Luke (1)

• Matthew 9:24 — He said unto them, Give place: for the maid is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn (κατεγέλων).
• Mark 5:40 — And they laughed him to scorn (κατεγέλων). But when he had put them all out, he taketh the father and the mother of the damsel, and them that were with him, and entereth in where the damsel was lying.
• Luke 8:53 — And they laughed him to scorn (κατεγέλων), knowing that she was dead.