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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 - And if H518 ye shall despise H3988 my statutes, H2708 or if H518 your soul H5315 abhor H1602 my judgments, H4941 so that H1115 ye will H6213 not H1115 do H6213 all H3605 my commandments, H4687 but that ye break H6565 my covenant: H1285
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:43 - The land also H776 shall be left H5800 of them, H1992 and shall enjoy H7521 her sabbaths, H7676 while she lieth desolate H8074 without them: H1992 and they H1992 shall accept H7521 of the punishment of their iniquity: H5771 because, H3282 even because H3282 they despised H3988 my judgments, H4941 and because H853 their soul H5315 abhorred H1602 my statutes. H2708
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:44 - And yet H637 for all that, H1571 H2063 when they be H1961 in the land H776 of their enemies, H341 I will H3988 not H3808 cast them away,  H3988 neither H3808 will I abhor them, H1602 to destroy them utterly, H3615 and to break H6565 my covenant H1285 with them: H854 for H3588 I H589 am the LORD H3068 their God. H430
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:20 - But even H5704 a H2320 whole H3117 month, H2320 until H5704 it come out H3318 at your nostrils, H639 and it be H1961 loathsome H2214 unto you: because H3282 that H3588 ye have despised H3988 the LORD H3068 which H834 is among you, H7130 and have wept H1058 before him, H6440 saying, H559 Why H4100 came we forth H3318 out of Egypt? H4714
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:31 - But your little ones, H2945 which H834 ye said H559 should be H1961 a prey, H957 them H853 will I bring in, H935 and they shall know H3045 the land H776 which H834 ye have despised. H3988
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:38 - Then said H559 Zebul H2083 unto him, H413 Where H346 is now H645 thy mouth, H6310 wherewith H834 thou saidst, H559 Who H4310 is Abimelech, H40 that H3588 we should serve him? H5647 is not H3808 this H2088 the people H5971 that H834 thou hast despised? H3988 go out, H3318 I pray H4994 now, H6258 and fight H3898 with them.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:7 - And H559 the LORD H3068 said H559 unto H413 Samuel, H8050 Hearken H8085 unto the voice H6963 of the people H5971 in all H3605 that H834 they say H559 unto thee: H413 for H3588 they have H3988 not H3808 rejected  H3988 thee, H853 but H3588 they have rejected H3988 me, H853 that I should not reign H4427 over them. H5921
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:19 - And ye H859 have H3988 this day H3117 rejected  H3988 your God, H430 who H834 himself H1931 saved H3467 you out of all H3605 your adversities H7451 and your tribulations; H6869 and ye have said H559 unto him, Nay, but H3588 set H7760 a king H4428 over us. H5921 Now therefore H6258 present yourselves H3320 before H6440 the LORD H3068 by your tribes, H7626 and by your thousands. H505
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:23 - For H3588 rebellion H4805 is as the sin H2403 of witchcraft, H7081 and H205 stubbornness H6484 is as iniquity H205 and idolatry. H8655 Because H3282 thou hast rejected H3988 the word H1697 of the LORD, H3068 he hath also rejected thee H3988 from being king. H4428
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:26 - And H559 Samuel H8050 said H559 unto H413 Saul, H7586 I will H7725 not H3808 return H7725 with thee: H5973 for H3588 thou hast rejected H3988 the word H1697 of the LORD, H3068 and H3988 the LORD H3068 hath rejected thee  H3988 from being H1961 king H4428 over H5921 Israel. H3478
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:1 - And H559 the LORD H3068 said H559 unto H413 Samuel, H8050 How H5704 H4970 long H5704 wilt H56 thou H859 mourn H56 for H413 Saul, H7586 seeing I H589 have rejected him H3988 from reigning H4427 over H5921 Israel? H3478 fill H4390 thine horn H7161 with oil, H8081 and go, H3212 I will send thee H7971 to H413 Jesse H3448 the Bethlehemite: H1022 H1022 for H3588 I have provided H7200 me H589 a king H4428 among his sons. H1121
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:7 - But H559 the LORD H3068 said H559 unto H413 Samuel, H8050 Look H5027 not H408 on H413 his countenance, H4758 or on H413 the height H1364 of his stature; H6967 because H3588 I have refused him: H3988 for H3588 the LORD seeth not H3808 as H7200 man H120 seeth; H7200 for H3588 man H120 looketh H7200 on the outward appearance, H5869 but the LORD H3068 looketh H7200 on the heart. H3824
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:15 - And they rejected H3988 his statutes, H2706 and H853 his covenant H1285 that H834 he made H3772 with H854 their fathers, H1 and H853 his testimonies H5715 which H834 he testified H5749 against them; and they followed H3212 H310 vanity, H1892 and became vain, H1891 and went after H310 the heathen H1471 that H834 were round about them, H5439 concerning whom H834 the LORD H3068 had charged H6680 them, H853 that H1115 they should H6213 not H1115 do H6213 like them.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:20 - And H3988 the LORD H3068 rejected  H3988 all H3605 the seed H2233 of Israel, H3478 and afflicted them, H6031 and delivered them H5414 into the hand H3027 of spoilers, H8154 until H5704 he had cast them H7993 out of his sight. H6440
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:27 - And H559 the LORD H3068 said, H559 I will remove H5493 Judah H3063 also H1571 out H5921 of my sight, H6440 as H834 I have removed H5493 Israel, H3478 and will cast off H3988 this H2063 city H5892 Jerusalem H3389 which H834 I have chosen, H977 and H853 the house H1004 of which H834 I said, H559 My name H8034 shall be H1961 there. H8033
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:17 - Behold, H2009 happy H835 is the man H582 whom H3198 God H433 correcteth: H3198 therefore H4148 despise H3988 not H408 thou  H3988 the chastening H4148 of the Almighty: H7706
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:5 - My flesh H1320 is clothed H3847 with worms H7415 and clods H1487 of dust; H6083 my skin H5785 is broken, H7280 and become loathsome. H3988
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:16 - I loathe H3988 it; I would H2421 not H3808 live H2421 alway: H5769 let H2308 me H4480 alone; H2308 for H3588 my days H3117 are vanity. H1892
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:20 - Behold, H2005 God H410 will H3988 not H3808 cast away  H3988 a perfect H8535 man, neither H3808 will he help H2388 H3027 the evil doers: H7489
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:21 - Though I H589 were perfect, H8535 yet would I H3045 not H3808 know H3045 my soul: H5315 I would despise H3988 my life. H2416
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:3 - Is it good H2896 unto thee that H3588 thou shouldest oppress, H6231 that H3588 thou shouldest despise H3988 the work H3018 of thine hands, H3709 and H5921 shine H3313 upon H5921 the counsel H6098 of the wicked? H7563
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:18 - Yea, H1571 young children H5759 despised H3988 me; I arose, H6965 and they spake H1696 against me.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:1 - But now H6258 they that are younger H6810 H4480 H3117 than I H4480 have H7832 me H5921 in derision, H7832 whose H834 fathers H1 I would have disdained H3988 to have set H7896 with H5973 the dogs H3611 of my flock. H6629
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:13 - If H518 I did despise H3988 the cause H4941 of my manservant H5650 or of my maidservant, H519 when they contended H7378 with me; H5978
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:33 - Should it be according to thy mind? H5973 he will recompense it, H7999 whether H3588 thou refuse, H3988 or whether H3588 thou H859 choose; H977 and not H3808 I: H589 therefore H4100 speak H1696 what H4100 thou knowest. H3045
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:5 - Behold, H2005 God H410 is mighty, H3524 and H3808 despiseth H3988 not H3808 any: he is mighty H3524 in strength H3581 and wisdom. H3820
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:6 - Wherefore H5921 H3651 I abhor H3988 myself, and repent H5162 in H5921 dust H6083 and ashes. H665
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 15:4 - In whose eyes H5869 a vile person H3988 is contemned; H959 but H853 he honoureth H3513 them that fear H3373 the LORD. H3068 He that sweareth H7650 to his own hurt, H7489 and H3808 changeth H4171 not. H3808
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:4 - He deviseth H2803 mischief H205 upon H5921 his bed; H4904 he setteth himself H3320 in H5921 a way H1870 that is not H3808 good; H2896 he abhorreth H3988 not H3808 evil. H7451
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 53:5 - There H8033 were they in H6342 great H6343 fear, H6342 where no H3808 fear H6343 was: H1961 for H3588 God H430 hath scattered H6340 the bones H6106 of him that encampeth against thee: H2583 thou hast put H954 them to shame, H954 because H3588 God H430 hath despised them. H3988
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:7 - Let them melt away H3988 as H3644 waters H4325 which run continually: H1980 when he bendeth H1869 his bow to shoot his arrows, H2671 let them be H4135 as H3644 cut in pieces. H4135
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:59 - When H8085 God H430 heard H8085 this, he was wroth, H5674 and H3988 greatly H3966 abhorred  H3988 Israel: H3478
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:67 - Moreover he refused H3988 the tabernacle H168 of Joseph, H3130 and H7626 chose H977 not H3808 the tribe H7626 of Ephraim: H669
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:38 - But thou H859 hast cast off H2186 and abhorred, H3988 thou hast been wroth H5674 with H5973 thine anointed. H4899
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:24 - Yea, they despised H3988 the H776 pleasant H2532 land, H776 they believed H539 not H3808 his word: H1697
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:22 - The stone H68 which the builders H1129 refused H3988 is become H1961 the head H7218 stone of the corner. H6438
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:11 - My son, H1121 despise H3988 not H408 the chastening H4148 of the LORD; H3068 neither H408 be weary H6973 of his correction: H8433
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:32 - He that refuseth H6544 instruction H4148 despiseth H3988 his own soul: H5315 but he that heareth H8085 reproof H8433 getteth H7069 understanding. H3820
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:24 - Therefore H3651 as H398 the fire H3956 H784 devoureth H398 the stubble, H7179 and H2842 the flame H3852 consumeth H7503 the chaff, H2842 so their root H8328 shall be H1961 as rottenness, H4716 and their blossom H6525 shall go up H5927 as dust: H80 because H3588 they have cast away H3988 the law H8451 of the LORD H3068 of hosts, H6635 and H853 despised H5006 the word H565 of the Holy One H6918 of Israel. H3478
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:15 - Butter H2529 and honey H1706 shall he eat, H398 that he may know H3045 to refuse H3988 the evil, H7451 and choose H977 the good. H2896
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:16 - For H3588 before H2962 the child H5288 shall know H3045 to refuse H3988 the evil, H7451 and choose H977 the good, H2896 the land H127 that H834 thou H859 abhorrest H6973 shall be forsaken H5800 of H6440 both H8147 her kings. H4428
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:6 - Forasmuch H3282 as H3588 this H2088 people H5971 refuseth H3988 the H7975 waters H4325 of Shiloah H7975 that go H1980 softly, H328 and rejoice H4885 in Rezin H7526 and H1121 Remaliah's H7425 son; H1121
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:12 - Wherefore H3651 thus H3541 saith H559 the Holy One H6918 of Israel, H3478 Because H3282 ye despise H3988 this H2088 word, H1697 and trust H982 in oppression H6233 and perverseness, H3868 and stay H8172 thereon: H5921
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:7 - For H3588 in H3117 that H1931 day H3117 every man H376 shall cast away H3988 his H3701 idols H457 of silver, H3701 and H457 his H2091 idols H457 of gold, H2091 which H834 your own hands H3027 have made H6213 unto you for a sin. H2399
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:8 - The highways H4546 lie waste, H8074 the wayfaring man H5674 H734 ceaseth: H7673 he hath broken H6565 the covenant, H1285 he hath despised H3988 the cities, H5892 he regardeth H2803 no H3808 man. H582
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:15 - He that walketh H1980 righteously, H6666 and speaketh H1696 uprightly; H4339 he that despiseth H3988 the gain H1215 of oppressions, H4642 that shaketh H5287 his hands H3709 from holding H8551 of bribes, H7810 that stoppeth H331 his ears H241 from hearing H8085 of blood, H1818 and shutteth H6105 his eyes H5869 from seeing H7200 evil; H7451
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:9 - Thou whom H834 I have taken H2388 from the ends H7098 of the earth, H776 and H678 called thee H7121 from the chief men thereof, H678 and said H559 unto thee, Thou H859 art my servant; H5650 I have chosen thee, H977 and not H3808 cast thee away. H3988
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:6 - For H3588 the LORD H3068 hath called thee H7121 as a woman H802 forsaken H5800 and grieved H6087 in spirit, H7307 and a wife H802 of youth, H5271 when H3588 thou wast refused, H3988 saith H559 thy God. H430
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:37 - Yea, H1571 thou shalt go forth H3318 from H854 him, H2088 and thine hands H3027 upon H5921 thine head: H7218 for H3588 the LORD H3068 hath rejected H3988 thy confidences, H4009 and H3808 thou shalt H6743 not H3808 prosper H6743 in them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:30 - And when thou H859 art spoiled, H7703 what H4100 wilt thou do? H6213 Though H3588 thou clothest thyself H3847 with crimson, H8144 though H3588 thou deckest thee H5710 with ornaments H5716 of gold, H2091 though H3588 thou rentest H7167 thy face H5869 with painting, H6320 in vain H7723 shalt thou make thyself fair; H3302 thy lovers H5689 will despise H3988 thee, they will seek H1245 thy life. H5315

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