Mocking, Scoffing, Sarcasm and Cynicism
MOCK
empaiktes n.
1. a mocker, a derider.
2. (by implication) a false teacher (as one who mocks and belittles other people and their ideas).
From Root:
empaizo (em-pai'-zō) v.
1. (properly) to make sport of as a child (teasing, harassing, etc.).
2. (concretely) to mock, deride.
3. (by implication) to belittle.]
KJV: mocker, scoffer
Jude 1:18
How that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts.
MOCK
empaiktes n.
1. a mocker, a derider.
2. (by implication) a false teacher (as one who mocks and belittles other people and their ideas).
From Root:
empaizo (em-pai'-zō) v.
1. (properly) to make sport of as a child (teasing, harassing, etc.).
2. (concretely) to mock, deride.
3. (by implication) to belittle.]
KJV: mocker, scoffer
Jude 1:18
How that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts.
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MOCK in another Greek word:
mukterizo (mïk-tee-riy'-zō) v.
to make mouths at, i.e. ridicule.
Galatians 6:7-8 KJV
7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
8 For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.
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Another MOCK
chleuazo (chlev-a'-zō) v.
to throw out the lip, i.e. jeer at.
Acts 17:32
And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked: and others said, We will hear thee again of this matter.
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SCOFF
2 Peter 3:3
Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,
*Same as mocker in Jude above.
MOCK
empaiktes n.
Cynicism and Sarcasm seem to go hand in hand. Cynics seem to have a heart that distrusts people and thinks the worst of others. Jesus was not cynical. Many Christians today are. This should not be so.
What is cynicism?
Believing the worst about someone without any evidence or based upon an uneducated opinion. Psychic thinking. Knowing something about someone even though you don't really know it you just jump to a conclusion based on emotional reasoning.
Are cynicism and sarcasm the same thing?
No, but sarcasm is used often by cynical people to mock. For example someone might be trying to apologize and if you are cynical about them or perhaps you have convinced yourself that this person even though they are admitting their wrong you will not forgive them so instead of forgiving you may say something sarcastic like, "ok I forgive you" with a sarcastic tone. That means they don't forgive you but they said they did.
empaiktes n.
Cynicism and Sarcasm seem to go hand in hand. Cynics seem to have a heart that distrusts people and thinks the worst of others. Jesus was not cynical. Many Christians today are. This should not be so.
What is cynicism?
Believing the worst about someone without any evidence or based upon an uneducated opinion. Psychic thinking. Knowing something about someone even though you don't really know it you just jump to a conclusion based on emotional reasoning.
Are cynicism and sarcasm the same thing?
No, but sarcasm is used often by cynical people to mock. For example someone might be trying to apologize and if you are cynical about them or perhaps you have convinced yourself that this person even though they are admitting their wrong you will not forgive them so instead of forgiving you may say something sarcastic like, "ok I forgive you" with a sarcastic tone. That means they don't forgive you but they said they did.
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