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Lexicon :: Strong's H959 - bāzâ

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

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:34 - So Jacob gave Esau bread and lentil stew; and he ate and drank and rose and went away. Thus Esau despised H959 his birthright.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:31 - ‘Because he has despised H959 the word of Yahweh and has broken His commandment, that person shall be completely cut off; his [fn]guilt will be on him.’”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:30 - “Therefore Yahweh, the God of Israel, declares, ‘I did indeed say that your house and the house of your father should walk before Me forever’; but now Yahweh declares, ‘Far be it from Me—for those who honor Me I will honor, and those who despise H959 Me will be cursed.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:27 - But certain [fn]vile men said, “How can this one save us?” And they despised H959 him and did not bring him any present. But he kept silent.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:42 - And the Philistine looked and saw David. And he despised H959 him; for he was but a youth and ruddy, with a handsome appearance.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:16 -

Then it happened as the ark of Yahweh came into the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looked out of the window and saw King David leaping and dancing before Yahweh; and she despised H959 him in her heart.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:9 - ‘Why have you despised H959 the word of Yahweh by doing evil in His sight? You have struck down Uriah the Hittite with the sword, have taken his wife to be your wife, and have killed him with the sword of the sons of Ammon.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:10 - ‘So now, the sword shall never depart from your house, because you have despised H959 Me and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife.’
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:21 - “This is the word that Yahweh has spoken against him:

‘She has despised H959 you and mocked you,

The virgin daughter of Zion;

She has shaken her head behind you,

The daughter of Jerusalem!

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:29 -

Now it happened as the ark of the covenant of Yahweh came to the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looked out of the window and saw King David leaping and celebrating; and she despised H959 him in her heart.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:16 - but they continually mocked the messengers of God, despised H959 His words and scoffed at His prophets, until the wrath of Yahweh arose against His people, until there was no remedy.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:19 - But Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite [fn]official and Geshem the Arab heard it. And they mocked us and despised H959 us and said, “What is this thing you are doing? Are you rebelling against the king?”
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:17 - “For the word about the queen will get out to all the women causing them to despise H959 their husbands in their eyes by saying, ‘King Ahasuerus said for Queen Vashti to be brought in to his presence, but she did not come.’
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:6 - But he despised H959 in his eyes to send forth his hand against Mordecai alone, for they had told him who the people of Mordecai were; therefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews, the people of Mordecai, who were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 15:4 -

In [fn]whose eyes a reprobate is despised H959,

But [fn]who honors those who fear Yahweh;

He swears to his own hurt and does not change;

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:6 -

But I am a worm and not a man,

A reproach of men and despised H959 by the people.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:24 -

For He has not despised H959 and He has not abhorred the affliction of the afflicted;

And He has not hidden His face from him;

But when he cried to Him for help, He heard.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:17 -

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit;

A broken and a [fn]contrite heart, O God, You will not despise H959.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:33 -

For Yahweh hears the needy

And does not despise H959 His who are prisoners.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:20 -

Like a dream when one awakes,

O Lord, when aroused, You will despise H959 their [fn]form.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:17 -

He has turned toward the prayer of the [fn]destitute

And has not despised H959 their prayer.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:141 -

I am small and despised H959,

Yet I do not forget Your precepts.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:2 -

He who walks in his uprightness fears Yahweh,

But he who is devious in his ways despises H959 Him.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:20 -

A wise son makes a father glad,

But a foolish man despises H959 his mother.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:16 -

He who keeps the commandment keeps his soul,

But he who despises H959 his way will die.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:16 - So I said, “Wisdom is better than strength.” But the wisdom of the poor man is despised H959, and his words are not heard.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:22 - this is the word that Yahweh has spoken against him:

“She has despised H959 you and mocked you,

The virgin daughter of Zion;

She has shaken her head behind you,

The daughter of Jerusalem!

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:3 -

He was despised H959 and forsaken of men,

A man of [fn]sorrows and acquainted with [fn]grief;

And like one from whom men hide their face

He was despised H959, and we did not esteem Him.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:28 -

“Is this man Coniah a despised H959, shattered jar?

Or is he an undesirable vessel?

Why have he and his seed been hurled out

And cast into a land that they had not known?

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:15 -

“For behold, I have made you small among the nations,

Despised H959 among men.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:59 - For thus says Lord Yahweh, “I will also do with you as you have done, you who have despised H959 the oath by breaking the covenant.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:16 - ‘As I live,’ declares Lord Yahweh, ‘Surely in the [fn]country of the king who made him king, whose oath he despised H959 and whose covenant he broke, [fn]in Babylon he shall die.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:18 - ‘Now he despised H959 the oath by breaking the covenant, and behold, he [fn]pledged his allegiance, yet did all these things; he shall not escape.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:19 - Therefore, thus says Lord Yahweh, “As I live, surely My oath which he despised H959 and My covenant which he broke, I will [fn]put on his head.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:8 - “You have despised H959 My holy things and profaned My sabbaths.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:21 - “And in his place a despised H959 person will stand, to whom the splendor of the kingdom has not been given, but he will come in a time of ease and take hold of the kingdom by intrigue.
Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:2 -

“Behold, I will make you small among the nations;

You are greatly despised H959.

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:6 -

“‘A son honors his father, and a slave his master. Then if I am a father, where is My honor? And if I am a master, where is the fear of Me?’ says Yahweh of hosts to you, O priests who despise H959 My name. But you say, ‘How have we despised H959 Your name?’

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:7 - You are presenting defiled [fn]food upon My altar. But you say, ‘How have we defiled You?’ In that you say, ‘The table of Yahweh is to be H959 despised H959.’
Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:12 - “But you are profaning it, in that you say, ‘The table of the Lord is defiled, and as for its fruit, its food is to be H959 despised H959.’
Unchecked Copy BoxMal 2:9 - “So I also have made you despised H959 and low [fn]before all the people, just as you are not keeping My ways but are showing partiality in the [fn]instruction.
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