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 · וַיִּ֥בֶזJacob gave Esau bread and stew of lentils. He ate and drank, rose up, and went his way. So Esau despised his birthright.Numbers 15:31 · בָּזָ֔הBecause he has despised the word of Yahweh, and has broken his commandment, that soul shall utterly be cut off; his iniquity shall be on him.’”1 Samuel 2:30 · וּבֹזַ֥י“Therefore Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, ‘I said indeed that your house, and the house of your father, should walk before me forever.’ But now Yahweh says, ‘Be it far from me; for those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise me shall be lightly esteemed.1 Samuel 10:27 · וַיִּבְזֻ֕הוּBut certain worthless fellows said, “How shall this man save us?” They despised him, and brought him no present. But he held his peace.1 Samuel 17:42 · וַיִּבְזֵ֑הוּWhen the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he disdained him; for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and withal of a fair face.2 Samuel 6:16 · וַתִּ֥בֶזIt was so, as the ark of Yahweh came into the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looked out at the window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before Yahweh; and she despised him in her heart.2 Samuel 12:9 · בָּזִ֣יתָ׀Why have you despised the word of Yahweh, to do that which is evil in his sight? You have struck Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and have taken his wife to be your wife, and have slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.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 wife.’2 Kings 19:21 · בָּזָ֨הThis is the word that Yahweh has spoken concerning him: “The virgin daughter of Zion has despised you and ridiculed you. The daughter of Jerusalem has shaken her head at you.1 Chronicles 15:29 · וַתִּ֥בֶזIt happened, as the ark of the covenant of Yahweh came to the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looked out at the window, and 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 scoffed at his prophets, until the wrath of Yahweh arose against his people, until 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 ridiculed us, and despised us, and said, “What is this thing that you are doing? Will you rebel against the king?”Esther 1:17 · לְהַבְז֥וֹתFor this deed of the queen will become known to all women, causing them to show contempt for their husbands, when it is reported, ‘King Ahasuerus commanded Vashti the queen to be brought in before him, but she didn’t come.’Esther 3:6 · וַיִּ֣בֶזBut he scorned the thought of laying hands on Mordecai alone, for they had made known to him Mordecai’s people. Therefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews who were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even Mordecai’s people.Psalm 15:4 · נִבְזֶ֤ה׀In whose eyes a vile man is despised, but who honors those who fear Yahweh; he who keeps an oath even when it hurts, and doesn’t change;Psalm 22:6 · וּבְז֥וּיBut I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised by the people.Psalm 22:24 · בָזָ֨הFor he has not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted, Neither has he hidden his face from him; but when he cried to him, he heard.Psalm 51:17 · תִבְזֶֽה׃The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit. A broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.Psalm 69:33 · בָזָֽה׃For Yahweh hears the needy, and doesn’t despise his captive people.Psalm 73:20 · תִּבְזֶֽה׃As a dream when one wakes up, so, Lord, when you awake, you will despise their fantasies.Psalm 102:17 · בָ֝זָ֗הHe has responded to the prayer of the destitute, and has not despised their prayer.Psalm 119:141 · וְנִבְזֶ֑הI am small and despised. I don’t forget your precepts.Proverbs 14:2 · בּוֹזֵֽהוּ׃He who walks in his uprightness fears Yahweh, but he who is perverse in his ways despises him.Proverbs 15:20 · בּוֹזֶ֥הA wise son makes a father glad, but a foolish man despises his mother.Proverbs 19:16 · בּוֹזֵ֖הHe who keeps the commandment keeps his soul, but he who is contemptuous in his ways shall die.Ecclesiastes 9:16 · בְּזוּיָ֔הThen I said, “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 Yahweh has spoken concerning him. The virgin daughter of Zion has despised you and ridiculed you. The daughter of Jerusalem has shaken her head at you.Isaiah 49:7 · לִבְזֹה־Thus says Yahweh, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despises, to him whom the nation abhors, to a servant of rulers: “Kings shall see and arise; princes, and they shall worship; because of Yahweh who is faithful, even the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you.”Isaiah 53:3 · נִבְזֶה֙ · נִבְזֶ֖הHe was despised, and rejected by men; a man of suffering, and acquainted with disease. He was despised as one from whom men hide their face; and we didn’t respect him.Jeremiah 22:28 · נִבְזֶ֜הIs this man Coniah a despised broken vessel? is he a vessel in which none delights? why are they cast out, he and his seed, and are cast into the land which they don’t know?Jeremiah 49:15 · בָּז֖וּיFor, behold, I have made you small among the nations, and despised among men.Daniel 11:21 · נִבְזֶ֔הIn his place shall stand up a contemptible person, to whom they had not given the honor of the kingdom: but he shall come in time of security, and shall obtain the kingdom by flatteries.Obadiah 1:2 · בָּז֥וּיBehold, I have made you small among the nations. You are greatly despised.Malachi 1:6 · בּוֹזֵ֣י · בָזִ֖ינוּ“A son honors his father, and a servant his master. If I am a father, then where is my honor? And if I am a master, where is the respect due me? Says Yahweh of Armies to you, priests, who despise my name. You say, ‘How have we despised your name?’Malachi 1:7 · נִבְזֶ֥הYou offer polluted bread on my altar. You say, ‘How have we polluted you?’ In that you say, ‘Yahweh’s table contemptible.’Malachi 1:12 · נִבְזֶ֥ה“But you profane it, in that you say, ‘Yahweh’s table is polluted, and its fruit, even its food, is contemptible.’Malachi 2:9 · נִבְזִ֥ים“Therefore I have also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according to the way you have not kept my ways, but have had respect for persons in the law.