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Lexicon :: Strong's H959 - bāzâ

Aa
בָּזָה
Transliteration
bāzâ
Pronunciation
baw-zaw'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 224

Strong’s Definitions

בָּזָה bâzâh, baw-zaw'; a primitive root; to disesteem:—despise, disdain, contemn(-ptible), think to scorn, vile person.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 43x

The KJV translates Strong's H959 in the following manner: despise (36x), contemptible (3x), contemned (1x), disdained (1x), vile person (1x), scorn (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 43x
The KJV translates Strong's H959 in the following manner: despise (36x), contemptible (3x), contemned (1x), disdained (1x), vile person (1x), scorn (1x).

  1. to despise, hold in contempt, disdain

    1. (Qal) to despise, regard with contempt

    2. (Niphal)

      1. to be despised

      2. to be despicable

      3. to be vile, worthless

    3. (Hiphil) to cause to despise

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בָּזָה bâzâh, baw-zaw'; a primitive root; to disesteem:—despise, disdain, contemn(-ptible), think to scorn, vile person.
STRONGS H959: Abbreviations
† בָּזָה verb despise (Palestinian Targum בְּזָא, compare bdb010202 raise the head loftily and disdainfully) —
Qal Perfect Numbers 15:31 +; בָּזִיתָ 2 Samuel 12:9; suffix בְּזִתָ֑נִי 2 Samuel 12:10, etc.; Imperfect וַיִּ֫בֶז Genesis 25:34; Esther 3:6; suffix וַיִּבְזֵהוּ 1 Samuel 17:42; 3rd person feminine singular וַתִּכֶז 2 Samuel 6:16; 1 Chronicles 15:29; 2nd person masculine singular תִּבְזֶה Psalm 51:19; Psalm 73:20; וַיִּבְזוּ Nehemiah 2:19; וַיִּבְזֻהוּ 1 Samuel 10:27; Infinitive construct בְּזֹה [H960 Isaiah 49:7] (Di Ew§ 150 b); Participle active בּוֺזֶה Proverbs 15:20; Proverbs 19:16; בּוֺזֵהוּ Proverbs 14:2; בּוֺזִים 2 Chronicles 36:16; בּוֺזֵי Malachi 1:6; suffix בֹּזַי 1 Samuel 2:30; passive בָּזוּי Jeremiah 49:15 +; feminine בְּזוּיָה Ecclesiastes 9:16; — despise, regard with contempt, followed by accusative of thing, birthright Genesis 25:34 (J); words of י׳ Numbers 15:31 (P; not elsewhere in Hexateuch); 2 Samuel 12:9 compare 2 Chronicles 36:16; name of י׳ Malachi 1:6 (twice in verse) (compare below); oath (אָלָה) Ezekiel 16:59; Ezekiel 17:16, 18, 19; holy things Ezekiel 22:8; one's own ways Proverbs 19:16 (i.e. is careless of them, lives recklessly, opposed to שֹׁמֵר נַפְשׁוֺ, compare נֹצֵר דַּרְכּוֺ Proverbs 16:17); distress of the distressed Psalm 22:25 (|| שִׁקֵּץ, subject י׳); prayer, subject id. Psalm 102:18; broken & contrite heart Psalm 51:9 (with לֹא), compare on other hand Psalm 73:20; followed by accusative of person Saul 1 Samuel 10:27, David 1 Samuel 17:42 compare Proverbs 15:20, י׳ 1 Samuel 2:30; 2 Samuel 12:10; Proverbs 14:2, his prisoners Psalm 69:34 (subject י׳); followed by לְ, וַתִּבֶז לוֺ בְּלִבָּהּ 2 Samuel 6:16 = 1 Chronicles 15:29; 2 Kings 19:21 = Isaiah 37:22; followed by עַל person Nehemiah 2:19; followed by Infinitive וַיִּבֶז בְּעֵינָיו לִשְׁלֹחַ יָד Esther 3:6; note especially בְּזֹה נֶפֶשׁ [H960 Isaiah 49:7] a despising of soul, i.e. one despised from the soul, thoroughly despised; on otherviews see Che Di. Participle passive despised, of person construct בְּזוּי עָם despised of people (|| חֶרְמַּת אָדָם) Psalm 22:7, compare בָּזוּי בָאָדָם Jeremiah 49:15 also Obadiah 2; of wisdom Ecclesiastes 9:16.
Niph. Participle נִבְזֶה Psalm 15:4 +; feminine נִבְזָה [H5240 1 Samuel 15:9] (so read for נמבזָה compare We Dr); plural נִבְזִים Malachi 2:9; —
1. despised Psalm 15:4; Psalm 119:141; Isaiah 53:3 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 22:28.
2. vile, worthless 1 Samuel 15:9.
3. despicable, contemptible Malachi 1:7 said of table of י׳, compare Malachi 1:12; Malachi 2:9; Daniel 11:21 as substantive of Antiochus Epiph.
Hiph. Infinitive לְהַבְזוֺת בַּעְלֵיהֶן Esther 1:17 so as to cause to despise their lords (cause their lords to be despised).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

25:34; 25:34

Numbers

15:31; 15:31

1 Samuel

2:30; 2:30; 10:27; 10:27; 15:9; 17:42; 17:42

2 Samuel

6:16; 6:16; 12:9; 12:9; 12:10; 12:10

2 Kings

19:21

1 Chronicles

15:29; 15:29

2 Chronicles

36:16; 36:16

Nehemiah

2:19; 2:19

Esther

1:17; 3:6; 3:6

Psalms

15:4; 15:4; 22:7; 22:25; 51:9; 51:19; 69:34; 73:20; 73:20; 102:18; 119:141

Proverbs

14:2; 14:2; 15:20; 15:20; 16:17; 19:16; 19:16

Ecclesiastes

9:16; 9:16

Isaiah

37:22; 53:3

Jeremiah

22:28; 49:15; 49:15

Ezekiel

16:59; 17:16; 17:18; 17:19; 22:8

Daniel

11:21

Obadiah

1:2

Malachi

1:6; 1:6; 1:7; 1:12; 2:9; 2:9

H959

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H959 matches the Hebrew בָּזָה (bāzâ),
which occurs 43 times in 41 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:34

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:34 - Then Jacob gave him bread and soup; and he took food and drink and went away, caring little for his birthright.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:31 - Because he had no respect for the word of the Lord, and did not keep his law, that man will be cut off without mercy and his sin will be on him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:30 - For this reason the Lord God of Israel has said, Truly I did say that your family and your father's people would have their place before me for ever: but now the Lord says, Let it not be so; I will give honour to those by whom I am honoured, and those who have no respect for me will be of small value in my eyes.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:27 - But certain good-for-nothing persons said, How is this man to be our saviour? And having no respect for him, they gave him no offering.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:42

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:42 - And when the Philistine, taking note, saw David, he had a poor opinion of him: for he was only a boy, red-haired and good-looking.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:16 - And when the ark of the Lord came into the town of David, Michal, Saul's daughter, looking out of the window, saw King David dancing and jumping before the Lord; and to her mind he seemed foolish.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:9 - Why then have you had no respect for the word of the Lord, doing what is evil in his eyes? You have put Uriah the Hittite to death with the sword, and have taken his wife to be your wife; you have put him to death with the sword of the children of Ammon.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:10 - So now the sword will never be turned away from your family; because you have had no respect for me, and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:21 - This is the word which the Lord has said about him: In the eyes of the virgin daughter of Zion you are shamed and laughed at; the daughter of Jerusalem has made sport of you.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:29 - And when the ark of the agreement of the Lord came into the town of David, Michal, the daughter of Saul, looking out of the window, saw King David dancing and playing; and to her mind he seemed foolish.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:16 - But they put shame on the servants of God, making sport of his words and laughing at his prophets, till the wrath of God was moved against his people, till there was no help.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:19 - But Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, hearing of it, made sport of us, laughing at us and saying, What are you doing? will you go against the king?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:17 - For news of what the queen has done will come to the ears of all women, and they will no longer give respect to their husbands when it is said to them, King Ahasuerus gave orders for Vashti the queen to come before him and she came not.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:6 - But it was not enough for him to make an attack on Mordecai only; for they had made clear to him who Mordecai's people were; so Haman made it his purpose to put an end to all the Jews, even Mordecai's people, through all the kingdom of Ahasuerus.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 15:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 15:4 - Who gives honour to those who have the fear of the Lord, turning away from him who has not the Lord's approval. He who takes an oath against himself, and makes no change.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:6 - But I am a worm and not a man; cursed by men, and looked down on by the people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:24 - For he has not been unmoved by the pain of him who is troubled; or kept his face covered from him; but he has given an answer to his cry.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:17 - The offerings of God are a broken spirit; a broken and sorrowing heart, O God, you will not put from you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:33

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:33 - For the ears of the Lord are open to the poor, and he takes thought for his prisoners.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:20 - As a dream when one is awake, they are ended; they are like an image gone out of mind when sleep is over.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:17 - When he has given ear to the prayer of the poor, and has not put his request on one side.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:141

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:141 - I am small and of no account; but I keep your orders in mind.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:2 - He who goes on his way in righteousness has before him the fear of the Lord; but he whose ways are twisted gives him no honour.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:20 - A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish man has no respect for his mother.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:16 - He who keeps the law keeps his soul; but death will be the fate of him who takes no note of the word.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:16 - Then I said, Wisdom is better than strength, but the poor man's wisdom is not respected, and his words are not given a hearing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:22 - This is the word which the Lord has said about him: In the eyes of the virgin daughter of Zion you are shamed and laughed at; the daughter of Jerusalem has made sport of you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:3 - Men made sport of him, turning away from him; he was a man of sorrows, marked by disease; and like one from whom men's faces are turned away, he was looked down on, and we put no value on him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:28 - Is this man Coniah a broken vessel of no value? is he a vessel in which there is no pleasure? why are they violently sent out, he and his seed, into a land which is strange to them?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:15 - For see, I have made you small among the nations, looked down on by men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:59

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:59 - For this is what the Lord has said: I will do to you as you have done, you who, putting the oath on one side, have let the agreement be broken.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:16 - By my life, says the Lord, truly in the place of the king who made him king, whose oath he put on one side and let his agreement with him be broken, even in Babylon he will come to his death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:18 - For he put his oath on one side in letting the agreement be broken; and though he had given his hand to it, he did all these things; he will not get away safe.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:19 - And so the Lord has said, By my life, truly, for my oath which he put on one side, and my agreement which has been broken, I will send punishment on his head.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:8 - You have made little of my holy things, and have made my Sabbaths unclean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:21 - And his place will be taken by a low person, to whom the honour of the kingdom had not been given: but he will come in time of peace and will get the kingdom by fair words.

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Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:2 - See, I have made you small among the nations: you are much looked down on.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:6 - A son gives honour to his father, and a servant has fear of his master: if then I am a father, where is my honour? and if I am a master, where is the fear of me? says the Lord of armies to you, O priests, who give no value to my name. And you say, How have we not given value to your name?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:7 - You put unclean bread on my altar. And you say, How have we made it unclean? By your saying, The table of the Lord is of no value.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:12 - But you make it unholy by saying, The Lord's table has become unclean, and his food is of no value.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 2:9 - And so I have taken away your honour and made you low before all the people, even as you have not kept my ways, and have given no thought to me in using the law.
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