Mykterizo means “mock” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H3456 — yasham (“be desolate”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G3456 μυκτηρίζω (mukterizo) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. mukterizo (mook-tay-rid'-zo) v. 1. to make mouths at, i.e. ridicule [from a derivative of the base of G3455 (meaning snout, as that whence lowing proceeds)] It has 16 linked Bible usages across 11 books. Visible English usage signals include mocked. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
mukterizo (mook-tay-rid'-zo) v. 1. to make mouths at, i.e. ridicule [from a derivative of the base of G3455 (meaning snout, as that whence lowing proceeds)] KJV: mock Root(s): G3455
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G3456. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
to mock
Usage: μυκτηρίζω (μυκτήρ, the nose), [in LXX: 4Ki.19:21, Job.22:19, Psa.80:6, al. (לָעַג), Pro.1:30 (נָאַץ) Pro.15:20 (בָּזָה), 1Ma.7:34, al. ;] to turn up the nose or sneer at, mock: pass., Gal.6:7 (cf. ἐκ-μυκτηρίζω).† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render mukterizo, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G3456 (μυκτηρίζω) appears 15 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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1 indexed usage in New Testament.
Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
14 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
And it was noon, and Elijah the Tishbite mocked them, and said, Call with a loud voice, for he is a god; for he is meditating, or else perhaps he is engaged in business, or perhaps he is asleep, and is to be awakened.
This is the word which the Lord has spoken against him; The virgin daughter of Zion has made light of thee, and mocked thee; the daughter of Jerusalem has shaken her head at thee.
But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, till there was no remedy.
1 indexed usage in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
But he mocked them, and laughed at them, and abused them shamefully, and spoke proudly,
First 16 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G3456.
And it was noon, and Elijah the Tishbite mocked them, and said, Call with a loud voice, for he is a god; for he is meditating, or else perhaps he is engaged in business, or perhaps he is asleep, and is to be awakened.
This is the word which the Lord has spoken against him; The virgin daughter of Zion has made light of thee, and mocked thee; the daughter of Jerusalem has shaken her head at thee.
But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, till there was no remedy.
The righteous have seen it, and laughed, And the blameless one has derided them.
Thou hast made us a strife to our neighbors; And our enemies have mocked at us.
Neither would they attend to my counsels, But derided my reproofs.
A man void of understanding sneers at his fellow citizens: But a sensible man is quiet.
The mouth of an understanding man is praised by a man; But he that is dull of heart is had in derision.
A fool scorns his father’s instruction: But he that keeps his commandments is more prudent. In abounding righteousness is great strength: But the ungodly shall utterly perish from the earth.
his father; But a foolish son sneers at his mother.
Say nothing in the ears of a fool, Lest at any time he sneer at thy wise words.
This is the word which God has spoken concerning him; The virgin daughter of Zion has despised thee, and mocked thee; the daughter of Jerusalem has shaken her head at thee.
Thou hast deceived me, O Lord, and I have been deceived: thou hast been strong, and hast prevailed: I am become a laughingstock, I am continually mocked every day.
And he said to me, Son of man, thou hast seen this. Is it a little thing to the house of Judah to practice the iniquities which they have practiced here? for they have filled the land with iniquity: and, behold, these are as scorners.
Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
But he mocked them, and laughed at them, and abused them shamefully, and spoke proudly,
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G3456, grouped by book.
Mykterizo (Strong's G3456) is a Greek word most simply glossed "mock". mukterizo (mook-tay-rid'-zo) v. 1. to make mouths at, i.e. ridicule [from a derivative of the base of G3455 (meaning snout, as that whence lowing proceeds)]
This page currently indexes 16 linked usages for Strong's G3456 across 11 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G3456 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as mocked. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 14 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 1 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G3456, with linked reader references where each row is available.