verb
katagelamō
Strong’sG2606
I laugh at, ridicule
stem katagel-3 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books1 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
κατα-γελάω, -ῶ,
[in LXX chiefly for שׁחק, Jb 5:22, Pr 29:9, al.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2606 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidkat-ag-el-ah'-o
to laugh down, i.e. deride
King Jameslaugh to scorn.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
future -άσομαιRefs 5th c.BC+, late -γελάσω Refs 5th c.AD+ see at {κατακριδεύσει}:— passive, future -γελασθήσομαιRefs 1st c.AD+: perfect -γεγέλασμαιRefs 2nd c.AD+: pluperfect κατεγεγέλαστο Refs:—laugh, jeer at, with genitive, Refs 5th c.BC+: absolutely, laugh scornfully, mock, Refs 5th c.BC+
2 with accusative, laugh down, deride, LXX+5th c.BC+:—passive, to be derided, ὑπό τινος Refs 5th c.BC+; καταγελάμενος (Doric dialectpresent participle passive) ὑπὸ τῶν ἄλλων Refs 5th c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| katagelaleκατεγέλων | was happening · theyimperfect active indicative 3rd person plural | laughed at | 3× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, 3 occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | katagelamō | katagelame | katagelami | katagelama | katagelamē | katagelamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | katagelasō | katagelase | katagelasi | katagelasa | katagelasē | katagelaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | katagelatō | katagelate | katagelati | katagelata | katagelatē | katagelatelē |
| we 1st person plural | katagelanō | katagelane | katagelani | katagelana | katagelanē | katagelanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | katagelavō | katagelave | katagelavi | katagelava | katagelavē | katagelavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | katagelalō | katagelale3×κατεγέλων | katagelali | katagelala | katagelalē | katagelalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | katagelameiō | katagelameia | katagelameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | katagelaseiō | katagelaseia | katagelaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | katagelateiō | katagelateia | katagelateiē |
| we 1st person plural | katagelaneiō | katagelaneia | katagelaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | katagelaveiō | katagelaveia | katagelaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | katagelaleiō | katagelaleia | katagelaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | katagelasōr | katagelasar | katagelasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | katagelatōr | katagelatar | katagelatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | katagelavōr | katagelavar | katagelavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | katagelalōr | katagelalar | katagelalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | katagelamoiō | katagelamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | katagelasoiō | katagelasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | katagelatoiō | katagelatoia |
| we 1st person plural | katagelanoiō | katagelanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | katagelavoiō | katagelavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | katagelaloiō | katagelaloia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | katagelarō | katagelari | katagelara | katagelarē |
Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | katagelarōntos | katagelarintos | katagelarantos | katagelarēntos |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
katagel is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
3 occurrences, every one of them listed
katagelale“laughed at”was happening · theyimperfect active indicative 3rd person plural3×
Matthew 9:24… apothnēskata tem korasiem alla katheudatō; kai katagelale autou.… not dead, but asleep.” And they laughed at Him.
Mark 5:40kai katagelale autou. autos de ekbalarantos pantoin paralabatō …And they laughed at Him. After He had put them …
Luke 8:53kai katagelale autou, oidarēntois hoti apothnēskata.And they laughed at Him, knowing that she was dead.