Lexicon
ekmuktérizó: to hold up the nose in derision of
Original Word: ἐκμυκτηρίζωPart of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: ekmuktérizó
Phonetic Spelling: (ek-mook-ter-id'-zo)
Short Definition: I deride, scoff at, mock greatly
Definition: I deride, scoff at, mock greatly.
HELPS word-Studies
1592 ekmyktērízō (from 1537 /ek, "out of" and 3456 /myktērízō, "to blow the nose," see there) – properly, turn the nose out (up), i.e. sneer, scoff; (figuratively) scornfully reject ("blow someone off"), like expelling mucus out of the nose.
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Originfrom
ek and
muktérizóDefinitionto hold up the nose in derision of
NASB Translationscoffing (1), sneering (1).
