1) to despise, hold in contempt, disdain 1a) (Qal) to despise, regard with contempt 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be despised 1b2) to be despicable 1b3) to be vile, worthless 1c) (Hiphil) to cause to despise Also means: ba.zoh (בָּזֹה "to despise" H0960)
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H959 — בָּזָה
ba.zah · to despise · Hebrew/Aramaic
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Genesis 25:34 · וַיִּ֥בֶזThen Jacob gave some bread and lentil stew to Esau, who ate and drank and then got up and went away. Thus Esau despised his birthright.Numbers 15:31 · בָּזָ֔הHe shall certainly be cut off, because he has despised the word of the LORD and broken His commandment; his guilt remains on him.”1 Samuel 2:30 · וּבֹזַ֥יTherefore, the LORD, the God of Israel, declares: ‘I did indeed say that your house and the house of your father would walk before Me forever. But now the LORD declares: Far be it from Me! For I will honor those who honor Me, but those who despise Me will be disdained.1 Samuel 10:27 · וַיִּבְזֻ֕הוּBut some worthless men said, “How can this man save us?” So they despised him and brought him no gifts; but Saul remained silent about it.1 Samuel 17:42 · וַיִּבְזֵ֑הוּWhen the Philistine looked and saw David, he despised him because he was just a boy, ruddy and handsome.2 Samuel 6:16 · וַתִּ֥בֶזAs the ark of the LORD was entering the City of David, Saul’s daughter Michal looked down from a window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the LORD, and she despised him in her heart.2 Samuel 12:9 · בָּזִ֣יתָ׀Why then have you despised the command of the LORD by doing evil in His sight? You put Uriah the Hittite to the sword and took his wife as your own. You have slain him with the sword of the Ammonites.2 Samuel 12:10 · בְזִתָ֔נִיNow, therefore, the sword will never depart from your house, because you have despised Me and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your own.’2 Kings 19:21 · בָּזָ֨הThis is the word that the LORD has spoken against him: ‘The Virgin Daughter of Zion despises you and mocks you; the Daughter of Jerusalem shakes her head behind you.1 Chronicles 15:29 · וַתִּ֥בֶזAs the ark of the covenant of the LORD was entering the City of David, Saul’s daughter Michal looked down from a window and saw King David dancing and celebrating, and she despised him in her heart.2 Chronicles 36:16 · וּבוֹזִ֣יםBut they mocked the messengers of God, despising His words and scoffing at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD against His people was stirred up beyond remedy.Nehemiah 2:19 · וַיִּבְז֖וּBut when Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite official, and Geshem the Arab heard about this, they mocked us and ridiculed us, saying, “What is this you are doing? Are you rebelling against the king?”Esther 1:17 · לְהַבְז֥וֹתFor the conduct of the queen will become known to all women, causing them to despise their husbands and say, ‘King Xerxes ordered Queen Vashti to be brought before him, but she did not come.’Esther 3:6 · וַיִּ֣בֶזAnd when he learned the identity of Mordecai’s people, he scorned the notion of laying hands on Mordecai alone. Instead, he sought to destroy all of Mordecai’s people, the Jews, throughout the kingdom of Xerxes.Psalm 15:4 · נִבְזֶ֤ה׀who despises the vile but honors those who fear the LORD, who does not revise a costly oath,Psalm 22:6 · וּבְז֥וּיBut I am a worm and not a man, scorned by men and despised by the people.Psalm 22:24 · בָזָ֨הFor He has not despised or detested the torment of the afflicted. He has not hidden His face from him, but has attended to his cry for help.Psalm 51:17 · תִבְזֶֽה׃The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.Psalm 69:33 · בָזָֽה׃For the LORD listens to the needy and does not despise His captive people.Psalm 73:20 · תִּבְזֶֽה׃Like one waking from a dream, so You, O Lord, awaken and despise their form.Psalm 102:17 · בָ֝זָ֗הHe will turn toward the prayer of the destitute; He will not despise their prayer.Psalm 119:141 · וְנִבְזֶ֑הI am lowly and despised, but I do not forget Your precepts.Proverbs 14:2 · בּוֹזֵֽהוּ׃He who walks in uprightness fears the LORD, but the one who is devious in his ways despises Him.Proverbs 15:20 · בּוֹזֶ֥הA wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish man despises his mother.Proverbs 19:16 · בּוֹזֵ֖הHe who keeps a commandment preserves his soul, but he who is careless in his ways will die.Ecclesiastes 9:16 · בְּזוּיָ֔הAnd I said, “Wisdom is better than strength, but the wisdom of the poor man is despised, and his words are not heeded.”Isaiah 37:22 · בָּזָ֨הthis is the word that the LORD has spoken against him: ‘The Virgin Daughter of Zion despises you and mocks you; the Daughter of Jerusalem shakes her head behind you.Isaiah 49:7 · לִבְזֹה־Thus says the LORD, the Redeemer and Holy One of Israel, to Him who was despised and abhorred by the nation, to the Servant of rulers: “Kings will see You and rise, and princes will bow down, because of the LORD, who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen You.”Isaiah 53:3 · נִבְזֶה֙ · נִבְזֶ֖הHe was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief. Like one from whom men hide their faces, He was despised, and we esteemed Him not.Jeremiah 22:28 · נִבְזֶ֜הIs this man Coniah a despised and shattered pot, a jar that no one wants? Why are he and his descendants hurled out and cast into a land they do not know?Jeremiah 49:15 · בָּז֖וּי“For behold, I will make you small among nations, despised among men.Daniel 11:21 · נִבְזֶ֔הIn his place a despicable person will arise; royal honors will not be given to him, but he will come in a time of peace and seize the kingdom by intrigue.Obadiah 1:2 · בָּז֥וּי“Behold, I will make you small among the nations; you will be deeply despised.Malachi 1:6 · בּוֹזֵ֣י · בָזִ֖ינוּ“A son honors his father, and a servant his master. But if I am a father, where is My honor? And if I am a master, where is your fear of Me?” says the LORD of Hosts to you priests who despise My name. “But you ask, ‘How have we despised Your name?’Malachi 1:7 · נִבְזֶ֥הBy presenting defiled food on My altar. But you ask, ‘How have we defiled You?’ By saying that the table of the LORD is contemptible.Malachi 1:12 · נִבְזֶ֥ה“But you profane it when you say, ‘The table of the Lord is defiled, and as for its fruit, its food is contemptible.’Malachi 2:9 · נִבְזִ֥ים“So I in turn have made you despised and humiliated before all the people, because you have not kept My ways, but have shown partiality in matters of the law.”