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 Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised [his] birthright.Numbers 15:31 · בָּזָ֔הBecause he hath despised the word of the LORD, and hath broken his commandment, that soul shall utterly be cut off; his iniquity [shall be] upon him.1 Samuel 2:30 · וּבֹזַ֥יWherefore the LORD God of Israel saith, I said indeed [that] thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.1 Samuel 10:27 · וַיִּבְזֻ֕הוּBut the children of Belial said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him, and brought him no presents. But he held his peace.1 Samuel 17:42 · וַיִּבְזֵ֑הוּAnd when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he disdained him: for he was [but] a youth, and ruddy, and of a fair countenance.2 Samuel 6:16 · וַתִּ֥בֶזAnd as the ark of the LORD came into the city of David, Michal Saul’s daughter looked through a window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before the LORD; and she despised him in her heart.2 Samuel 12:9 · בָּזִ֣יתָ׀Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the LORD, to do evil in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife [to be] thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.2 Samuel 12:10 · בְזִתָ֔נִיNow therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house; because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife.2 Kings 19:21 · בָּזָ֨הThis [is] the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning him; The virgin the daughter of Zion hath despised thee, [and] laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.1 Chronicles 15:29 · וַתִּ֥בֶזAnd it came to pass, [as] the ark of the covenant of the LORD came to the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looking out at a window saw king David dancing and playing: and she despised him in her heart.2 Chronicles 36:16 · וּבוֹזִ֣יםBut they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, till [there was] no remedy.Nehemiah 2:19 · וַיִּבְז֖וּBut when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard [it], they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What [is] this thing that ye do? will ye rebel against the king?Esther 1:17 · לְהַבְז֥וֹתFor [this] deed of the queen shall come abroad unto all women, so that they shall despise their husbands in their eyes, when it shall be reported, The king Ahasuerus commanded Vashti the queen to be brought in before him, but she came not.Esther 3:6 · וַיִּ֣בֶזAnd he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had shewed him the people of Mordecai: wherefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that [were] throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, [even] the people of Mordecai.Psalm 15:4 · נִבְזֶ֤ה׀In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that fear the LORD. [He that] sweareth to [his own] hurt, and changeth not.Psalm 22:6 · וּבְז֥וּיBut I [am] a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.Psalm 22:24 · בָזָ֨הFor he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard.Psalm 51:17 · תִבְזֶֽה׃The sacrifices of God [are] a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.Psalm 69:33 · בָזָֽה׃For the LORD heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners.Psalm 73:20 · תִּבְזֶֽה׃As a dream when [one] awaketh; [so], O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.Psalm 102:17 · בָ֝זָ֗הHe will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.Psalm 119:141 · וְנִבְזֶ֑הI [am] small and despised: [yet] do not I forget thy precepts.Proverbs 14:2 · בּוֹזֵֽהוּ׃He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the LORD: but [he that is] perverse in his ways despiseth him.Proverbs 15:20 · בּוֹזֶ֥הA wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.Proverbs 19:16 · בּוֹזֵ֖הHe that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul; [but] he that despiseth his ways shall die.Ecclesiastes 9:16 · בְּזוּיָ֔הThen said I, Wisdom [is] better than strength: nevertheless the poor man’s wisdom [is] despised, and his words are not heard.Isaiah 37:22 · בָּזָ֨הThis [is] the word which the LORD hath spoken concerning him; The virgin, the daughter of Zion, hath despised thee, [and] laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.Isaiah 49:7 · לִבְזֹה־Thus saith the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, [and] his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers, Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, because of the LORD that is faithful, [and] the Holy One of Israel, and he shall choose thee.Isaiah 53:3 · נִבְזֶה֙ · נִבְזֶ֖הHe is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were [our] faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.Jeremiah 22:28 · נִבְזֶ֜ה[Is] this man Coniah a despised broken idol? [is he] a vessel wherein [is] no pleasure? wherefore are they cast out, he and his seed, and are cast into a land which they know not?Jeremiah 49:15 · בָּז֖וּיFor, lo, I will make thee small among the heathen, [and] despised among men.Daniel 11:21 · נִבְזֶ֔הAnd in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to whom they shall not give the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries.Obadiah 1:2 · בָּז֥וּיBehold, I have made thee small among the heathen: thou art greatly despised.Malachi 1:6 · בּוֹזֵ֣י · בָזִ֖ינוּA son honoureth [his] father, and a servant his master: if then I [be] a father, where [is] mine honour? and if I [be] a master, where [is] my fear? saith the LORD of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name?Malachi 1:7 · נִבְזֶ֥הYe offer polluted bread upon mine altar; and ye say, Wherein have we polluted thee? In that ye say, The table of the LORD [is] contemptible.Malachi 1:12 · נִבְזֶ֥הBut ye have profaned it, in that ye say, The table of the LORD [is] polluted; and the fruit thereof, [even] his meat, [is] contemptible.Malachi 2:9 · נִבְזִ֥יםTherefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as ye have not kept my ways, but have been partial in the law.