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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 abhors H1602 My ordinances H4941 so as not to carry H6213 out all H3605 My commandments, H4687 and so break H6565 My covenant, H1285
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:43 - ‘For the land H776 will be abandoned H5800 by them, and will make H7521 up for its sabbaths H7676 while it is made H8074 desolate H8074 without H4480 them. They, meanwhile, will be making H7521 amends H7521 for their iniquity, H5771 [fn]because H3282 they rejected H3988 My ordinances H4941 and their soul H5315 abhorred 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 abhor 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 a whole H3117 month, H2320 until H5704 H834 it comes H3318 out of your nostrils H639 and becomes H1961 loathsome H2214 to you; 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 a prey H957—I will bring H935 them in, 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 is your [fn]boasting H6310 now H645 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 despised? H3988 Go H3318 out now H6258 and fight H3898 with them!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:7 - The LORD H3068 said H559 to Samuel, H8050 “Listen H8085 to the voice H6963 of the people H5971 in regard to all H3605 that they say H559 to you, for 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 you have today H3117 rejected H3988 your God, H430 who H834 delivers H3467 you from all H3605 your calamities H7451 and your distresses; H6869 yet you have [fn]said, H559 ‘No, H3808 but set H7760 a king H4428 over H5921 us!’ Now H6258 therefore, present H3320 yourselves before H6440 the LORD H3068 by your tribes H7626 and by your clans.” H505
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:23 - “For rebellion H4805 is as the sin H2403 of divination, H7081
And insubordination H6484 is as iniquity H205 and idolatry. H8655
Because 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 will you grieve H56 over H413 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 for I have selected 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 H6967 of his stature, H6967 because H3588 I have rejected H3988 him; for [fn]God H430 sees not as man H120 sees, H7200 for man H120 looks H7200 at 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 with which H834 He warned H5749 them. And they followed H1980 H310 vanity H1892 and became H1891 vain, H1891 and went after H310 the nations H1471 which H834 surrounded H5439 them, concerning which H834 the LORD H3068 had commanded H6680 them not to do H6213 like them.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:20 - The LORD H3068 rejected H3988 all H3605 the [fn]descendants H2233 of Israel H3478 and afflicted H6031 them and gave H5414 them into the hand H3027 of plunderers, H8154 until H5704 H834 He had cast H7993 them [fn]out of His sight. H6440
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:27 - The LORD H3068 said, H559 “I will remove H5493 Judah H3063 also H1571 from My sight, H6440 as I have removed H5493 Israel. H3478 And I will cast H3988 off H3988 Jerusalem, H3389 this H2088 city H5892 which H834 I have chosen, H977 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 how happy H835 is the man H582 whom God H433 reproves, H3198
So do not despise H3988 the discipline H4148 of [fn]the Almighty. H7706
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:5 - “My flesh H1320 is clothed H3847 with worms H7415 and a crust H1487 of dirt, H6083
My skin H5785 hardens H7280 and runs. H3988
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 but a breath. H1892
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:20 - “Lo, H2005 God H410 will not reject H3988 a man of integrity, H8535
Nor H3808 will He [fn]support H2388 H3027 the evildoers. H7489
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:21 - “I am guiltless; H8535
I do not take H3045 notice H3045 of myself; H5315
I despise 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 labor H3018 of Your hands, H3709
And [fn]to look H3313 favorably H3313 on the schemes H6098 of the wicked? H7563
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:18 - “Even H1571 young H5759 children H5759 despise H3988 me;
I rise H6965 up and they speak H1696 against me.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:1 - “But now H6258 those H6810 younger H6810 than H4480 I mock H7832 me,
Whose H834 fathers H1 I disdained H3988 to put H7896 with the dogs H3611 of my flock. H6629
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:13 - “If H518 I have despised H3988 the claim H4941 of my male H5650 or female H519 slaves H519 H5650
When they filed H7378 a complaint H7379 against H5973 me,
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:33 - “Shall He recompense H7999 on your terms, H5973 because H3588 you have rejected H3988 it?
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 despise H3988 any;
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 in dust H6083 and ashes.” H665
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 15:4 - In [fn]whose eyes H5869 a reprobate H3988 is despised, H959
But [fn]who honors H3513 those who fear H3372 the LORD; H3068
He swears H7650 to his own hurt H7489 and does not change; H4171
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:4 - He plans H2803 wickedness H205 upon his bed; H4904
He sets H3320 himself on a path H1870 that is not good; H2896
He does not despise H3988 evil. H7451
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 53:5 - There H8033 they were in great H6343 [fn]fear H6343 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 shame, H954 because H3588 God H430 had rejected H3988 them.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:7 - Let them flow H3988 away like H3644 water H4325 that runs H1980 off; H1980
When he [fn]aims H1869 his arrows, H2671 let them be as [fn]headless H4135 shafts. H4135
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:59 - When God H430 heard, H8085 He [fn]was filled H5674 with wrath H5674
And greatly H3966 abhorred 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 cast H2186 off H2186 and rejected, H3988
You have been H5674 full H5674 of wrath H5674 [fn]against H5973 Your anointed. H4899
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:24 - Then they despised H3988 the pleasant H2532 land; H776
They did not believe H539 in His word, H1697
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:22 - The stone H68 which the builders H1129 rejected H3988
Has become H1961 the chief H7218 corner H6438 stone.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:11 - My son, H1121 do not reject H3988 the [fn]discipline H4148 of the LORD H3068
Or loathe H6973 His reproof, H8433
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:32 - He who neglects H6544 discipline H4148 despises H3988 himself, H5315
But he who listens H8085 to reproof 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 into the flame, H3852
So their root H8328 will become H1961 like rot H4716 and their blossom H6525 [fn]blow H5927 away H5927 as dust; H80
For they have rejected H3988 the law H8451 of the LORD H3068 of hosts H6635
And despised H5006 the word H565 of the Holy H6918 One H6918 of Israel. H3478
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:15 - “He will eat H398 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 will know 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 forsaken. 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 thus H3541 says H559 the Holy H6918 One H6918 of Israel, H3478
“Since H3282 you have rejected H3988 this H2088 word H1697
And have put H982 your trust H982 in oppression H6233 and guile, H3868 and have relied H8172 on them,
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:7 - For in that day H3117 every H376 man H376 will cast H3988 away H3988 his silver H3701 idols H457 and his gold H2091 idols, H457 which H834 your sinful hands H3027 have made H6213 for you as a sin. H2399
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:8 - The highways H4546 are 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 man. H582
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:15 - He who walks H1980 righteously H6666 and speaks H1696 with sincerity, H4339
He who rejects H3988 [fn]unjust H1215 H4642 gain H1215
And shakes H5287 his hands H3709 so H4480 that they hold H8551 no H4480 bribe; H7810
He who stops H331 his ears H241 from hearing H8085 about bloodshed H1818
And shuts H6105 his eyes H5869 from looking H7200 upon 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 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 also H1571 you will go H3318 out
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, O desolate H7703 one, what H4100 will you do? H6213
Although H3588 you dress H3847 in scarlet, H8144
Although H3588 you decorate H5710 yourself with ornaments H5716 of gold, H2091
Although H3588 you enlarge H7167 your eyes H5869 with paint, 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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