1) to despise, hold in contempt, hold as insignificant 1a) (Qal) to despise, show despite toward
STRONG'S WORD STUDY
H936 — בּוּז
buz · to despise · Hebrew/Aramaic
11 tagged verse occurrences
Proverbs 1:7 · בָּֽזוּ׃ פThe fear of the LORD [is] the beginning of knowledge: [but] fools despise wisdom and instruction.Proverbs 6:30 · יָב֣וּזוּ[Men] do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;Proverbs 11:12 · בָּז־He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbour: but a man of understanding holdeth his peace.Proverbs 13:13 · בָּ֣זWhoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.Proverbs 14:21 · בָּז־He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy [is] he.Proverbs 23:9 · יָ֝ב֗וּזSpeak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.Proverbs 23:22 · תָּ֝ב֗וּזHearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.Proverbs 30:17 · וְתָב֪וּזThe eye [that] mocketh at [his] father, and despiseth to obey [his] mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.Song of Solomon 8:1 · יָב֥וּזוּO that thou [wert] as my brother, that sucked the breasts of my mother! [when] I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; yea, I should not be despised.Song of Solomon 8:7 · בּ֖וֹז · יָב֥וּזוּMany waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned.Zechariah 4:10 · בַז֮For who hath despised the day of small things? for they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel [with] those seven; they [are] the eyes of the LORD, which run to and fro through the whole earth.