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Lexicon :: Strong's H3988 - mā'as

Aa
מָאַס
Transliteration
mā'as
Pronunciation
maw-as'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1139,1140

Strong’s Definitions

מָאַס mâʼaç, maw-as'; a primitive root; to spurn; also (intransitively) to disappear:—abhor, cast away (off), contemn, despise, disdain, (become) loathe(some), melt away, refuse, reject, reprobate, × utterly, vile person.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 76x

The KJV translates Strong's H3988 in the following manner: despise (25x), refuse (9x), reject (19x), abhor (4x), become loathsome (1x), melt away (1x), miscellaneous (17x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 76x
The KJV translates Strong's H3988 in the following manner: despise (25x), refuse (9x), reject (19x), abhor (4x), become loathsome (1x), melt away (1x), miscellaneous (17x).
  1. to reject, despise, refuse

    1. (Qal)

      1. to reject, refuse

      2. to despise

    2. (Niphal) to be rejected

  2. (Niphal) to flow, run

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מָאַס mâʼaç, maw-as'; a primitive root; to spurn; also (intransitively) to disappear:—abhor, cast away (off), contemn, despise, disdain, (become) loathe(some), melt away, refuse, reject, reprobate, × utterly, vile person.
STRONGS H3988: Abbreviations
† I. [מָאַס] verb reject (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic מְאַס reject, despise; BaES 15 compare (dubious) Arabic bdb054904 lightly esteem (Kam.); Assyrian ma’âsu is perhaps destroy MeissnSuppl. 55); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular מָאַס Isaiah 8:6 + 4 times; suffix מְאָסָם Psalm 53:6; 2nd person masculine singular מָאַסְתָּ Jeremiah 14:19 + 3 times; מָאַסְתָּה Judges 9:38; 1 Samuel 15:26 + 22 times Perfect; Imperfect יִמְאַס Job 8:20 + 3 times; יִמְאָ֑ס Psalm 36:5; Job 36:5; suffix וַיִּמְאָֽסְךָ 1 Samuel 15:23, 26; for וְאֶמְאָֽסְאךָ Hosea 4:6 (so Baer, compare DeComplut. Var. 18 f.; not וָא׳ van d. H.) read וְאֶמְֽֽֽאסְךָ; 3rd person masculine plural יִמְאֲסוּ Jeremiah 6:19 + 2 times; יִמְאָס֑וּן Isaiah 31:7; + 12 times Imperfect; Infinitive absolute מָאוֺס Isaiah 7:15, 16 מָאֹס Jeremiah 14:19; Lamentations 5:22; construct. מָֽאָסְכֶם Isaiah 30:12; מָאֳסָם Amos 2:4; Participle מוֺאֵס Proverbs 15:32; מֹאֵס Isaiah 33:15, feminine מֹאֶסֶת Ezekiel 21:15 (text dubious, Co מוֺאֲסֵי; Berthol וּמְאַסֵּף), Ezekiel 21:18 (also dubious, Co מִטֻּמְאָתָס; Berthol מְאַסֵּף); —
1. reject, refuse,
a. with accusative: God rejects men Hosea 4:6; Hosea 9:17; 1 Samuel 15:23, 26; 1 Samuel 16:1, 7; 2 Kings 23:27; Jeremiah 7:29; Jeremiah 14:19 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 33:24, 26; Leviticus 26:44 (H), Psalm 53:6; Job 8:20; Job 10:3; Lamentations 5:22 (twice in verse); זָנַחְתָּ וַתִּמְאָס Psalm 89:39; men reject God Numbers 11:20 (J), 1 Samuel 8:7; 1 Samuel 10:19; men 1 Samuel 8:7; Job 30:1; idols Isaiah 31:7, evil Psalm 36:5, knowledge Hosea 4:6, divine תורה Amos 2:4; Isaiah 5:24; דבר 1 Samuel 15:23, 26, חקות Exodus 20:24, חקים 2 Kings 17:15; מוסר Job 5:17; Proverbs 3:11; variant reading things Isaiah 8:6; Ezekiel 21:15; Psalm 118:22; Job 31:13.
b. with בְ God rejects men 2 Kings 17:20; Jeremiah 6:30; Jeremiah 31:37; Psalm 78:59; Psalm 78:67, that in which man confides Jeremiah 2:37; men reject evil Isaiah 7:15, 16, divine תורה Jeremiah 6:19, דבר Isaiah 30:12; Jeremiah 8:9 חקות Leviticus 26:15 (H); משׁפטים Leviticus 26:43 (H), Ezekiel 5:6; Ezekiel 20:13, 16; variant reading things, Numbers 14:31 (J) Isaiah 33:15; Jeremiah 4:30; Psalm 106:24.
2. despise, with accusative, God subject שׂנאתי מאסתי חגיכם Amos 5:21 I hate, I despise your feasts; elsewhere men subject בי גם עוילים מ׳ Job 19:18 even young children despise me; חיי אמ׳ Job 9:21 I despise my life, compare מואס נפשׁוֺ Proverbs 15:32; בוֺ הלא זה העם אשׁר מ׳ Judges 9:38 is not this the people that thou despisedst? עָרִים מ׳ Isaiah 33:8; object omitted Job 7:16 (< join to preceding Me Siegf Du); Job 34:33; Job 36:5; Job 42:6 (Syriac Version Siegf אֶשְׁתֹּק; Greek Version of the LXX Vulgate Symm Bö אֶמָּאֵס) Ezekiel 21:18 (but see above). —
Niph. be rejected: Imperfect תִּמָּאֵם Isaiah 54:6 (wife); Participle נִמְאָס Jeremiah 6:30 (silver), Psalm 15:4)= reprobate; opposed to יִרְאֵי י׳); + feminine נִמְאָסָה, נִמְאֶסֶת 1 Samuel 15:9 rejected, i.e. worthless (for HCT נָמֵם) according to We Klo Dr Kit Bu HPS (|| נמבזה, read נִבְזָה; compareמסס, בזה Niph.).

† II. [מָאַס] verb
Niph. flow, run (Aramaic id., but rare and dubious; — secondary form of מסס which see); — Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular וַיִּמָּאֵס Job 7:5 my skin hath hardened and run (i. e. again, afresh; > GHoffm Du read וַיִּמַּס, Bu וַיִּמָּאס, √ מסס); 3rd person masculine plural כְּמוֺ מַיִם יִמָּֽאֲסוּ Psalm 58:8 (figurative of annihilation of wicked).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

20:24

Leviticus

26:15; 26:43; 26:44

Numbers

11:20; 14:31

Judges

9:38; 9:38

1 Samuel

8:7; 8:7; 10:19; 15:9; 15:23; 15:23; 15:23; 15:26; 15:26; 15:26; 15:26; 16:1; 16:7

2 Kings

17:15; 17:20; 23:27

Job

5:17; 7:5; 7:16; 8:20; 8:20; 9:21; 10:3; 19:18; 30:1; 31:13; 34:33; 36:5; 36:5; 42:6

Psalms

15:4; 36:5; 36:5; 53:6; 53:6; 58:8; 78:59; 78:67; 89:39; 106:24; 118:22

Proverbs

3:11; 15:32; 15:32

Isaiah

5:24; 7:15; 7:15; 7:16; 7:16; 8:6; 8:6; 30:12; 30:12; 31:7; 31:7; 33:8; 33:15; 33:15; 54:6

Jeremiah

2:37; 4:30; 6:19; 6:19; 6:30; 6:30; 7:29; 8:9; 14:19; 14:19; 14:19; 31:37; 33:24; 33:26

Lamentations

5:22; 5:22

Ezekiel

5:6; 20:13; 20:16; 21:15; 21:15; 21:18; 21:18

Hosea

4:6; 4:6; 4:6; 9:17

Amos

2:4; 2:4; 5:21

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3988 matches the Hebrew מָאַס (mā'as),
which occurs 76 times in 69 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Lev 26:15–Jer 4:30)

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:15 - if H518, instead, you reject H3988 My statutes H2708, and if H518 your soul H5315 loathes H1602 My ordinances H4941 so as not to carry H6213 out H6213 all H3605 My commandments H4687, but rather to break H6565 My covenant H1285,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:43 - ‘For the land H776 will be abandoned H5800 by them, and will restore H7521 its Sabbaths H7676 while it is made H8074 desolate H8074 without H4480 them. They, meanwhile, will be making H7521 amends H7521 for their wrongdoing H5771, [fn]because H3282 they rejected H3988 My ordinances H4941 and their soul H5315 loathed H1602 My statutes H2708.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:44 - ‘Yet in spite H637 H1571 of this H2088, when they are in the land H776 of their enemies H340, I will not reject H3988 them, nor H3808 will I so loathe H1602 them as to destroy H3615 them, breaking H6565 My covenant H1285 with them; for I am the LORD H3068 their God H430.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:20 - [fn]but for a whole H3117 month H2320, until H5704 H834 it comes H3318 out H3318 of your nose H639 and [fn]makes H1961 you nauseated H2214; because H3282 H3588 you have rejected H3988 the LORD H3068 who H834 is among H7130 you and have wept H1058 before H6440 Him, saying H559, “Why H4100 did we ever H2088 leave H3318 H4480 Egypt H4714?”’”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:31 - ‘Your children H2945, however, whom H834 you said H559 would become H1961 plunder H957—I will bring H935 them in H935, and they will know H3045 the land H776 which H834 you have rejected H3988.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:38 - Then Zebul H2083 said H559 to him, “Where H346 then H645 is your [fn]boasting H6310 with which H834 you said H559, ‘Who H4310 is Abimelech H40 that we should serve H5647 him?’ Is this H2088 not the people H5971 whom H834 you rejected H3988? Go H3318 out H3318 now H6258 and fight H3898 them!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:7 - And the LORD H3068 said H559 to Samuel H8050, “Listen H8085 to the voice H6963 of the people H5971 regarding all H3605 that they say H559 to you, because H3588 they have not rejected H3988 you, but they have rejected H3988 Me from being H4427 King H4427 over H5921 them.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:19 - “But today H3117 you have rejected H3988 your God H430, who H834 saves H3467 you from all H3605 your catastrophes H7451 and your distresses H6869; yet you have [fn]said H559, ‘No H3808, but put H7760 a king H4428 over H5921 us!’ Now H6258 then, present H3320 yourselves before H6440 the LORD H3068 by your tribes H7626 and by your [fn]groups H505 of H505 thousands H505.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:23 -

“For rebellion H4805 is as reprehensible as the sin H2403 of divination H7081,

And insubordination H6484 is as reprehensible as false H205 religion H205 and idolatry H8655.

Since H3282 you have rejected H3988 the word H1697 of the LORD H3068,

He has also rejected H3988 you from being king H4428.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:26 - But Samuel H8050 said H559 to Saul H7586, “I will not return H7725 with you; for you have rejected H3988 the word H1697 of the LORD H3068, and the LORD H3068 has rejected H3988 you from being H1961 king H4428 over H5921 Israel H3478.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:1 -

Now the LORD H3068 said H559 to Samuel H8050, “How H4970 long H5704 are you going to mourn H56 for [fn]Saul H7586, since I have rejected H3988 him from being H4427 king H4427 over H5921 Israel H3478? Fill H4390 your horn H7161 with oil H8081 and go H1980; I will send H7971 you to Jesse H3448 the Bethlehemite H1022, because H3588 I have chosen H7200 a king H4428 for Myself among his sons H1121.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:7 - But the LORD H3068 said H559 to Samuel H8050, “Do not look H5027 at his appearance H4758 or at the height H1364 of his stature H6967, because H3588 I have rejected H3988 him; for [fn]God H430 does not see as man H120 sees H7200, since H3588 man H120 looks H7200 at [fn]the outward H5869 appearance H5869, but the LORD H3068 looks H7200 at the heart H3824.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:15 - They rejected H3988 His statutes H2706 and His covenant H1285 which H834 He made H3772 with their fathers H1, and His warnings H5715 which H834 He [fn]gave H5749 them. And they followed H1980 H310 [fn]idols H1892 and became H1891 empty H1891, and followed H310 the nations H1471 that surrounded H5439 them, about which H834 the LORD H3068 had commanded H6680 them not to do H6213 as they did.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:20 - So the LORD H3068 rejected H3988 all H3605 the [fn]descendants H2233 of Israel H3478 and afflicted H6031 them and handed H5414 H3027 them over H5414 to plunderers H8154, until H5704 H834 He had cast H7993 them [fn]out H7993 of His sight H6440.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:27 - And the LORD H3068 said H559, “I will also H1571 remove H5493 Judah H3063 from My sight H6440, just H834 as H834 I have removed H5493 Israel H3478. And I will reject H3988 this H2088 city H5892 which H834 I have chosen H977, Jerusalem H3389, and the [fn]temple H1004 of which H834 I said H559, ‘My name H8034 shall be there H8033!’”
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:17 -

“Behold H2009, happy H835 is the person H582 whom God H433 disciplines H3198,

So do not reject H3988 the discipline H4148 of [fn]the Almighty H7706.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:5 -

“My flesh H1320 is clothed H3847 with maggots H7415 and a crust H1487 of dirt H6083,

My skin H5785 hardens H7280 and [fn]oozes H4549.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:16 -

“I [fn]waste H3988 away H3988; I will not live H2421 forever H5769.

Leave H2308 me alone H4480, for my days H3117 are only a breath H1892.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:20 -

“Behold H2005, God H410 will not reject H3988 a person of integrity H8535,

Nor H3808 will He [fn]help H2388 H3027 evildoers H7489.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:21 -

“I am guiltless H8535;

I do not take H3045 notice H3045 of myself H5315;

I reject H3988 my life H2416.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:3 -

‘Is it [fn]right H2896 for You indeed H3588 to oppress H6231,

To reject H3988 the work H3018 of Your hands H3709,

And [fn]to look H3313 favorably H3313 on the plan H6098 of the wicked H7563?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:18 -

“Even H1571 young H5759 children H5759 despise H3988 me;

I stand H6965 up H6965 and they speak H1696 against me.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:1 -

“But now H6258 those H6810 who are younger H6810 H3117 than H4480 I mock H7832 me,

Whose H834 fathers H1 I refused H3988 to put H7896 with the dogs H3611 of my flock H6629.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:13 -

“If H518 I have rejected H3988 the claim H4941 of my male H5650 or female H519 slaves H519 H5650

When they filed H7379 a H7379 complaint H7379 against H5973 me,

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:33 -

“Shall God repay H7999 on your terms H5973, because H3588 you have rejected H3988 His?

For you must choose H977, and not I;

Therefore declare H1696 what H4100 you know H3045.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:5 -

“Behold H2005, God H410 is mighty H3524 but does not reject H3988 anyone;

He is mighty H3524 in strength H3581 of understanding H3820.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:6 -

Therefore H5921 H3651 I retract H3988,

And I repent H5162, sitting on dust H6083 and ashes H665.”

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 15:4 -

A despicable H3988 person H3988 is despised H959 in his eyes H5869,

But he honors H3513 those who fear H3372 the LORD H3068;

He takes H7650 an H7650 oath H7650 to his own detriment H7489, and does not change H4171;

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:4 -

He plans H2803 wickedness H205 on his bed H4904;

He sets H3320 himself on a path H1870 that is not good H2896;

He does not reject H3988 evil H7451.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 53:5 -

They were in great H6343 [fn]fear H6343 there H8033, where no H3808 [fn]fear H6343 had been H1961;

For God H430 scattered H6340 the bones H6106 of [fn]him who encamped H2583 against you;

You put H954 them to H954 shame H954, because H3588 God H430 had rejected H3988 them.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:7 -

May they flow H3988 away like H3644 water H4325 that runs H1980 off H1980;

When he [fn]aims H1869 his arrows H2671, may they be as [fn]headless H4135 shafts H4135.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:59 -

When God H430 heard H8085 them, He [fn]was filled H5674 with H5674 wrath H5674

And He utterly H3966 rejected H3988 Israel H3478;

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:67 -

He also rejected H3988 the tent H168 of Joseph H3130,

And did not choose H977 the tribe H7626 of Ephraim H669,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:38 -

But You have rejected H2186 and refused H3988,

You have been H5674 full H5674 of H5674 wrath H5674 [fn]against H5973 Your anointed H4899.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:24 -

Then they rejected H3988 the pleasant H2532 land H776;

They did not believe H539 His word H1697,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:22 -

A stone H68 which the builders H1129 rejected H3988

Has become H1961 the [fn]chief H7218 cornerstone H6438.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:11 -

My son H1121, do not reject H3988 the [fn]discipline H4148 of the LORD H3068

Or loathe H6973 His rebuke H8433,

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:32 -

One who neglects H6544 discipline H4148 rejects H3988 himself H5315,

But one who listens H8085 to a rebuke H8433 acquires H7069 [fn]understanding H3820.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:24 -

Therefore H3651, as a tongue H3956 of fire H784 consumes H398 stubble H7179,

And dry H2842 grass H2842 collapses H7503 in the flame H3852,

So their root H8328 will become H1961 like rot H4716, and their blossom H6525 [fn]blow H5927 away H5927 like dust H80;

For they have rejected H3988 the Law H8451 of the LORD H3068 of armies H6635,

And discarded H5006 the word H565 of the Holy H6918 One H6918 of Israel H3478.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:15 - “He will eat H398 [fn]curds H2529 and honey H1706 [fn]at the time He knows H3045 enough to refuse H3988 evil H7451 and choose H977 good H2896.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:16 - “For before H2962 the boy H5288 knows H3045 enough to refuse H3988 evil H7451 and choose H977 good H2896, the land H127 whose H834 two H8147 kings H4428 you dread H6973 will be abandoned H5800.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:6 -

“Inasmuch H3282 H3588 as these H2088 people H5971 have rejected H3988 the gently H328 flowing H1980 waters H4325 of Shiloah H7975

And rejoice H4885 in Rezin H7526 and the son H1121 of Remaliah H7425;

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:12 -

Therefore H3651 this H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the Holy H6918 One H6918 of Israel H3478 says H559:

“Since H3282 you have rejected H3988 this H2088 word H1697

And have put H982 your trust H982 in oppression H6233 and crookedness H3868, and have relied H8172 on them,

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:7 - For on that day H3117 every H376 person H376 will reject H3988 his silver H3701 idols H457 and his gold H2091 idols H457, which H834 your hands H3027 have made H6213 for you as a sin H2399.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:8 -

The highways H4546 are H8074 desolate H8074, [fn]the traveler H5674 has ceased H7673,

He has broken H6565 the covenant H1285, he has despised H3988 the cities H5892,

He has no H3808 regard H2803 for mankind H582.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:15 -

One who walks H1980 righteously H6666 and speaks H1696 with integrity H4339,

One who rejects H3988 [fn]unjust H1215 H4642 gain H1215

And shakes H5287 his hands H3709 so H4480 that H4480 they hold H8551 no H4480 bribe H7810;

One who stops H331 his ears H241 from hearing H8085 about bloodshed H1818

And shuts H6105 his eyes H5869 from looking H7200 at H7200 evil H7451;

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:9 -

You whom H834 I have [fn]taken H2388 from the ends H7098 of the earth H776

And called H7121 from its remotest H678 parts H678,

And said H559 to you, ‘You are My servant H5650,

I have chosen H977 you and have not rejected H3988 you.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:6 -

“For the LORD H3068 has called H7121 you,

Like a wife H802 forsaken H5800 and grieved H6087 in spirit H7307,

Even like a wife H802 of one’s youth H5271 when H3588 she is rejected H3988,”

Says H559 your God H430.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:37 -

“From this H2088 place as H1571 well H1571 you will go H3318 out H3318

With your hands H3027 on your head H7218;

For the LORD H3068 has rejected H3988 those in whom H4009 you trust H4009,

And you will not prosper H6743 with them.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:30 -

And you, desolate H7703 one, what H4100 will you do H6213?

Although H3588 you dress H3847 in scarlet H8144,

Although H3588 you adorn H5710 yourself with jewelry H5716 of gold H2091,

Although H3588 you enlarge H7167 your eyes H5869 with makeup H6320,

In vain H7723 you make H3302 yourself beautiful H3302.

Your [fn]lovers H5689 despise H3988 you;

They seek H1245 your life H5315.


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