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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

H3988

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

Page 2 / 2 (Jer 6:19–Amo 5:21)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:19 - “Hear, H8085 O earth: H776 behold, H2009 I am bringing H935 disaster H7451 on this H2088 people, H5971
The fruit H6529 of their [fn]plans, H4284
Because H3588 H5921 they have not listened H7181 to My words, H1697
And as for My law, H8451 they have rejected H3988 it also.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:30 - They call H7121 them rejected H3988 silver, H3701
Because H3588 the LORD H3068 has rejected H3988 them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:29 - ‘Cut H1494 off H1494 [fn]your hair H5145 and cast H7993 it away, H7993
And take H5375 up a lamentation H7015 on the bare H8205 heights; H8205
For the LORD H3068 has rejected H3988 and forsaken H5203
The generation H1755 of His wrath.’ H5678

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:9 - “The wise H2450 men H2450 are put H954 to shame, H954
They are dismayed H2865 and caught; H3920
Behold, H2009 they have rejected H3988 the word H1697 of the LORD, H3068
And what H4100 kind of wisdom H2451 do they have?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:19 - Have You completely H3988 rejected H3988 Judah? H3063
Or H518 have [fn]You loathed H1602 Zion? H6726
Why H4069 have You stricken H5221 us so that we are beyond H369 healing? H4832
We waited H6960 for peace, H7965 but nothing H369 good H2896 came;
And for a time H6256 of healing, H4832 but behold, H2009 terror! H1205

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:37 - Thus H3541 says H559 the LORD, H3068
“If H518 the heavens H8064 above H4480 H4605 can be measured H4058
And the foundations H4144 of the earth H776 searched H2713 out below, H4295
Then I will also H1571 cast H3988 off H3988 all H3605 the offspring H2233 of Israel H3478
For all H3605 that they have done,” H6213 declares H5002 the LORD. H3068

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:24 - “Have you not observed H7200 what H4100 this H2088 people H5971 have spoken, H1696 saying, H559 ‘The two H8147 families H4940 which H834 the LORD H3068 chose, H977 He has rejected H3988 them’? Thus they despise H5006 My people, H5971 no H4480 longer H5750 are they as a nation H1471 [fn]in their sight. H6440

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:26 - then H1571 I would reject H3988 the [fn]descendants H2233 of Jacob H3290 and David H1732 My servant, H5650 [fn]not taking H3947 from his [fn]descendants H2233 rulers H4910 over H413 the [fn]descendants H2233 of Abraham, H85 Isaac H3327 and Jacob. H3290 But I will restore H7725 their [fn]fortunes H7622 and will have H7355 mercy H7355 on them.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:22 - Unless H3588 H518 You have utterly H3988 rejected H3988 us
And are exceedingly H5704 H3966 angry H7107 with us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:6 - ‘But she has rebelled H4784 against H854 My ordinances H4941 more H4480 wickedly H7564 than H4480 the nations H1471 and against H854 My statutes H2708 more H4480 than H4480 the lands H776 which H834 surround H5439 her; for they have rejected H3988 My ordinances H4941 and have not walked H1980 [fn]in My statutes.’ H2708

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:13 - “But the house H1004 of Israel H3478 rebelled H4784 against Me in the wilderness. H4057 They did not walk H1980 in My statutes H2708 and they rejected H3988 My ordinances, H4941 by which, H834 if a man H120 [fn]observes H6213 them, he will live; H2421 and My sabbaths H7676 they greatly H3966 profaned. H2490 Then I [fn]resolved H559 to pour H8210 out My wrath H2534 on them in the wilderness, H4057 to annihilate H3615 them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:16 - because H3282 they rejected H3988 My ordinances, H4941 and as for My statutes, H2708 they did not walk H1980 in them; they even profaned H2490 My sabbaths, H7676 for their heart H3820 continually went H1980 after H310 their idols. H1544

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:24 - because H3282 they had not observed H6213 My ordinances, H4941 but had rejected H3988 My statutes H2708 and had profaned H2490 My sabbaths, H7676 and their eyes H5869 were [fn]on the idols H1544 of their fathers. H1

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:10 - ‘Sharpened H2300 to make H2873 a slaughter, H2874
Polished H4803 [fn]to flash H1300 like lightning!’ H1300
Or H176 shall we rejoice, H7797 the [fn]rod H7626 of My son H1121 despising H3988 every H3605 tree? H6086

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:13 - “For there is a testing; H976 and what H4100 if H518 even H1571 the [fn]rod H7626 which despises H3988 will be no H3808 more?” declares H5002 the Lord H136 GOD. H3068

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:6 - My people H5971 are destroyed H1820 for lack H369 of knowledge. H1847
Because H3588 you have rejected H3988 knowledge, H1847
I also will reject H3988 you from being My priest. H3547
Since you have forgotten H7911 the law H8451 of your God, H430
I also H1571 will forget H7911 your children. H1121

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:17 - My God H430 will cast H3988 them away H3988
Because H3588 they have not listened H8085 to Him;
And they will be wanderers H5074 among the nations. H1471

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:4 - Thus H3541 says H559 the LORD, H3068
“For three H7969 transgressions H6588 of Judah H3063 and for four H702
I will not revoke H7725 its punishment,
Because H5921 they rejected H3988 the law H8451 of the LORD H3068
And have not kept H8104 His statutes; H2706
Their [fn]lies H3577 also have led H8582 them astray, H8582
Those after H310 which H834 their fathers H1 walked. H1980

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:21 - “I hate, H8130 I reject H3988 your festivals, H2282
Nor H3808 do I [fn]delight H7306 in your solemn H6116 assemblies. H6116

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