“Scoffer” – More Hebrew Words on Narcissists from Proverbs 21:24

October 18, 2013 By in Biblical Perspectives On Narcissism
The ultimate goal of this blog is to understand narcissism and how to deal with it from not just the secular literature, but more importantly from a biblical perspective.  There are many areas in common between the Bible and secular literature in defining narcissists and how to deal with them.  But there are also areas of difference which we will see later.
 
“Proud”, “Haughty”, “Scoffer” are his names, who acts with insolent pride.  Proverbs 21:24 (NASB)
 
 
To expand on Proverbs 21:24 in defining a narcissist (“Proud, Haughty, Scoffer are his names who acts with insolent pride”), we need to further expand the definition of the “names – Proud, Haughty, Scoffer”, just as we expanded “insolent pride” from http://insolentpride.blogspot.jp/2013/10/insolent-pride-hebrew-word.html .    Following is the breakdown of the word “scoffer” from http://biblesuite.com/hebrew/3887.htm.
luts: ambassador, have in derision, interpreter, make a mock, mocker
Original Word: לִיץ Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: luts Phonetic Spelling: (loots) Short Definition: ambassador
Word Origin the same as lits, q.v.
[לִיץ] verb scorn (Late Hebrew id.; verb not in cognates; compare Phoenician מלץ interpreter CIS22; CIS44; CIS88; Arabic  is turn aside (intransitive); hence perhaps properly speak indirectly or obliquely, FlDe Pr.1, 6); —Qal Perfect3masculine לַצְתָּ Proverbs 9:12; Imperfect יָלִיץ Proverbs 3:34 2t.; Participle לֵץ Proverbs 9:711t.; plural לֵצִים Psalm 1:1 3t.; — scorn, וְלַצְתָּ לְבַדְּךָ תִשָּׂא Proverbs 9:12 if thou scornest thou alone shalt bear it (opposed to חָכַמְתָּ), with accusative Proverbs 14:9; Proverbs 19:28; with לְ, לַלֵּצִים הוּאיָֿלִיץscorners he (God) scorneth Proverbs 3:34; הַלֵּץ the scorner is proud and haughty Proverbs 21:24, delights in scorning Proverbs 1:22, is incapable of discipline Proverbs 9:7, reproof Proverbs 9:8; is Proverbs 15:12, or rebuke is Proverbs 13:1, cannot find wisdom Proverbs 14:6; is an abomination Proverbs 24:9, should be avoided Psalm 1:1; smitten and punished for the benefit of the simple Proverbs 19:25; Proverbs 21:11 and banished for the removal of contention Proverbs 22:10; judgment is prepared for him Proverbs 19:29; “” עָרִיץIsaiah 29:20; wine is a scorner Proverbs 20:1. — Hiph`il Perfect3masculine plural suffix הֱלִיצֻנִי Psalm 119:51; Participle מֵלִיץ Genesis 42:23; Job 33:23; plural construct מְלִיצֵי2Chronicles 32:31; suffix מְלִיצַי Job 16:20; מְלִיצֶיךָ Isaiah 43:27; — 1 deride Job 16:20; Psalm 119:51. 2 Participle interpreter Genesis 42:23 (E); figurative of intermediaries between God and man, Job 33:28;Isaiah 43:27; ambassador2Chronicles 32:31. Po`lel Participle plural לֹצֲצִים (מְ dropped Köii. 479) scorners Hosea 7:5. Hithpa`el Imperfect תִּתְלוֺצָ֑צוּ act as a scorner, shew oneself a mocker, Isaiah 28:22.
ambassador, have in derision, interpreter, make a mock, mocker A primitive root; properly, to make mouths at, i.e. To scoff; hence (from the effort to pronounce a foreign language) to interpret, or (generally) intercede — ambassador, have in derision, interpreter, make a mock, mocker, scorn(-er, -ful), teacher.
בִּמְלִיצֵ֣י ׀ במליצי הֱלִיצֻ֣נִי הַמֵּלִ֖יץ הליצני המליץ וְ֝לֵ֗ץ וְ֝לַ֗צְתָּ וְלֵצִ֗ים וּמְלִיצֶ֖יךָ ולץ ולצים ולצת ומליציך יָלִ֑יץ יָלִ֣יץ יליץ לֵ֑ץ לֵ֗ץ לֵ֝צִ֗ים לֵ֣ץ לֵ֭ץ לֵֽץ׃ לַלֵּצִ֣ים לַלֵּצִ֥ים ללצים לץ לץ׃ לצים מְלִיצַ֥י מֵלִ֗יץ מליץ מליצי תִּתְלוֹצָ֔צוּ תתלוצצו bim·lî·ṣê bimlîṣê bimliTzei ham·mê·lîṣ hammêlîṣ hammeLitz hĕ·lî·ṣu·nî hĕlîṣunî heliTzuni lal·lê·ṣîm lallêṣîm lalleTzim lê·ṣîm lêṣ lêṣîm Letz leTzim mə·lî·ṣay mê·lîṣ mêlîṣ məlîṣay meLitz meliTzai tiṯ·lō·w·ṣā·ṣū titloTzatzu tiṯlōwṣāṣū ū·mə·lî·ṣe·ḵā ūməlîṣeḵā umeliTzeicha veLatzta veLetz veleTzim wə·laṣ·tā wə·lê·ṣîm wə·lêṣ wəlaṣtā wəlêṣ wəlêṣîm yā·lîṣ yālîṣ, ya litz
Strong’s Hebrew 3887 27 Occurrencesbim·lî·ṣê — 1 Occ. ham·mê·lîṣ — 1 Occ. hĕ·lî·ṣu·nî — 1 Occ. lal·lê·ṣîm — 2 Occ. lêṣ — 11 Occ. lê·ṣîm — 1 Occ. mê·lîṣ — 1 Occ. mə·lî·ṣay — 1 Occ. tiṯ·lō·w·ṣā·ṣū — 1 Occ. ū·mə·lî·ṣe·ḵā — 1 Occ. wə·laṣ·tā — 1 Occ. wə·lêṣ — 1 Occ. wə·lê·ṣîm — 1 Occ. yā·lîṣ — 3 Occ. Genesis 42:23  BIB: יוֹסֵ֑ף כִּ֥י הַמֵּלִ֖יץ בֵּינֹתָֽם׃  KJV: understood [them]; for he spake unto them by an interpreter. INT: Joseph by an interpreterbetween2 Chronicles 32:31  BIB: וְכֵ֞ן בִּמְלִיצֵ֣י ׀ שָׂרֵ֣י בָּבֶ֗ל KJV: Howbeit in [the business of] the ambassadors of the princes INT: Even the ambassadors of the rulers of Babylon Job 16:20  BIB: מְלִיצַ֥י רֵעָ֑י אֶל־ KJV: My friends scorn me: [but] mine eye INT: scorn my friends to Job 33:23  BIB: עָלָ֨יו ׀ מַלְאָ֗ךְ מֵלִ֗יץ אֶחָ֥ד מִנִּי־ KJV: be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one INT: and is an angel an interpreter One out Psalm 1:1  BIB: עָמָ֑ד וּבְמוֹשַׁ֥ב לֵ֝צִ֗ים לֹ֣א יָשָֽׁב׃ KJV: in the seat of the scornful. INT: stand the seat of the scornful Nor sit Psalm 119:51  BIB: זֵ֭דִים הֱלִיצֻ֣נִי עַד־ מְאֹ֑ד KJV: have had me greatly in derision: [yet] have I not declined INT: the arrogant derisionagainst greatly Proverbs 1:22  BIB: תְּֽאֵהֲב֫וּ פֶ֥תִי וְלֵצִ֗ים לָ֭צוֹן חָמְד֣וּ KJV: simplicity? and the scorners delight INT: love ones ambassadorscoffing delight Proverbs 3:34  BIB: אִם־ לַלֵּצִ֥ים הֽוּא־ יָלִ֑יץ KJV: Surely he scorneth the scorners: INT: Though scorneth he the scorners Proverbs 3:34  BIB: לַלֵּצִ֥ים הֽוּא־ יָלִ֑יץ [וְלַעֲנִיִּים כ] KJV: Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth INT: scorneth he the scornersafflicted gives Proverbs 9:7  BIB: יֹ֤סֵ֨ר ׀ לֵ֗ץ לֹקֵ֣חַֽ ל֣וֹ KJV: He that reproveth a scorner getteth INT: corrects A scorner gets dishonor Proverbs 9:8  BIB: אַל־ תּ֣וֹכַח לֵ֭ץ פֶּן־ יִשְׂנָאֶ֑ךָּ KJV: Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate INT: not reprove A scorner or will hate Proverbs 9:12  BIB: חָכַ֣מְתָּ לָּ֑ךְ וְ֝לַ֗צְתָּ לְֽבַדְּךָ֥ תִשָּֽׂא׃ KJV: thou shalt be wise for thyself: but [if] thou scornest,thou alone shalt bear INT: are wise are wise scornestalone will bear Proverbs 13:1  BIB: מ֣וּסַר אָ֑ב וְ֝לֵ֗ץ לֹא־ שָׁמַ֥ע KJV: instruction: but a scornerheareth INT: discipline father’s A scornerdoes not listen Proverbs 14:6  BIB: בִּקֶּשׁ־ לֵ֣ץ חָכְמָ֣ה וָאָ֑יִן KJV: A scorner seeketh wisdom, INT: seeks A scorner wisdom and none Proverbs 14:9  BIB: אֱ֭וִלִים יָלִ֣יץ אָשָׁ֑ם וּבֵ֖ין KJV: Fools make a mock at sin: INT: Fools A mock sin among Proverbs 15:12  BIB: לֹ֣א יֶאֱהַב־ לֵ֭ץ הוֹכֵ֣חַֽ ל֑וֹ KJV: A scorner loveth INT: does not love A scornerreproves to Proverbs 19:25  BIB: לֵ֣ץ תַּ֭כֶּה וּפֶ֣תִי KJV: Smite a scorner, and the simple INT: A scorner Strike and the naive Proverbs 19:28  BIB: עֵ֣ד בְּ֭לִיַּעַל יָלִ֣יץ מִשְׁפָּ֑ט וּפִ֥י KJV: witness scornethjudgment: INT: witness A rascally scornethof justice and the mouth Proverbs 19:29  BIB: נָכ֣וֹנוּ לַלֵּצִ֣ים שְׁפָטִ֑ים וּ֝מַהֲלֻמ֗וֹת KJV: are prepared for scorners,and stripes INT: are prepared scornersJudgments and blows Proverbs 20:1  BIB: לֵ֣ץ הַ֭יַּין הֹמֶ֣ה KJV: Wine [is] a mocker, strong drink INT: a mocker Wine A brawler Proverbs 21:11  BIB: בַּעְנָשׁ־ לֵ֭ץ יֶחְכַּם־ פֶּ֑תִי KJV: When the scorner is punished, INT: is punished the scornerbecomes the naive Proverbs 21:24  BIB: זֵ֣ד יָ֭הִיר לֵ֣ץ שְׁמ֑וֹ ע֝וֹשֶׂ֗ה KJV: [and] haughty scorner [is] his name, INT: Proud Haughty scorner are his names acts Proverbs 22:10  BIB: גָּ֣רֵֽשׁ לֵ֭ץ וְיֵצֵ֣א מָד֑וֹן KJV: Cast out the scorner, and contention INT: Drive the scorner will go and contention Proverbs 24:9  BIB: וְתוֹעֲבַ֖ת לְאָדָ֣ם לֵֽץ׃  KJV: [is] sin: and the scorner [is] an abomination INT: is an abomination to menand the scorner Isaiah 28:22  BIB: וְעַתָּה֙ אַל־ תִּתְלוֹצָ֔צוּ פֶּֽן־ יֶחְזְק֖וּ KJV: Now therefore be ye not mockers, lest your bands INT: and now nay mockers Or will be made 27 Occurrences
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