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 · וַיִּ֥בֶזand Jacob hath given to Esau bread and pottage of lentiles, and he eateth, and drinketh, and riseth, and goeth; and Esau despiseth the birthright.Numbers 15:31 · בָּזָ֔הbecause the word of Jehovah he despised, and His command hath broken—that person is certainly cut off; his iniquity is on him.’1 Samuel 2:30 · וּבֹזַ֥י‘Therefore—the affirmation of Jehovah, God of Israel—I certainly said, Thy house and the house of thy father, do walk up and down before Me to the age; and now—the affirmation of Jehovah—Far be it from Me! for he who is honouring Me, I honour, and those despising Me, are lightly esteemed.1 Samuel 10:27 · וַיִּבְזֻ֕הוּand the sons of worthlessness have said, ‘What! this one doth save us!’ and they despise him, and have not brought to him a present; and he is as one deaf.1 Samuel 17:42 · וַיִּבְזֵ֑הוּand the Philistine looketh attentively, and seeth David, and despiseth him, for he was a youth, and ruddy, with a fair appearance.2 Samuel 6:16 · וַתִּ֥בֶזand it hath come to pass, the ark of Jehovah hath come in to the city of David, and Michal daughter of Saul, hath looked through the window, and seeth king David moving and dancing before Jehovah, and despiseth him in her heart.2 Samuel 12:9 · בָּזִ֣יתָ׀‘Wherefore hast thou despised the word of Jehovah, to do the evil thing in His eyes? Uriah the Hittite thou hast smitten by the sword, and his wife thou hast taken to thee for a wife, and him thou hast slain by the sword of the Bene-Ammon.2 Samuel 12:10 · בְזִתָ֔נִי‘And now, the sword doth not turn aside from thy house unto the age, because thou hast despised Me, and dost take the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be to thee for a wife;2 Kings 19:21 · בָּזָ֨הthis is the word that Jehovah spake concerning him: ‘Trampled on thee—laughed at thee, Hath the virgin daughter of Zion Behind thee shaken the head—Hath the daughter of Jerusalem?1 Chronicles 15:29 · וַתִּ֥בֶזand it cometh to pass, the ark of the covenant of Jehovah is entering in unto the city of David, and Michal daughter of Saul is looking through the window, and seeth king David dancing and playing, and despiseth him in her heart.2 Chronicles 36:16 · וּבוֹזִ֣יםand they are mocking at the messengers of God, and despising His words, and acting deceitfully with His prophets, till the going up of the fury of Jehovah against His people—till there is no healing.Nehemiah 2:19 · וַיִּבְז֖וּAnd Sanballat the Horonite heareth, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, and they mock at us, and despise us, and say, ‘What is this thing that ye are doing? against the king are ye rebelling?’Esther 1:17 · לְהַבְז֥וֹתfor go forth doth the word of the queen unto all the women, to render their husbands contemptible in their eyes, in their saying, The king Ahasuerus said to bring in Vashti the queen before him, and she did not come;Esther 3:6 · וַיִּ֣בֶזand it is contemptible in his eyes to put forth a hand on Mordecai by himself, for they have declared to him the people of Mordecai, and Haman seeketh to destroy all the Jews who are in all the kingdom of Ahasuerus—the people of Mordecai.Psalm 15:4 · נִבְזֶ֤ה׀Despised in his eyes is a rejected one, And those fearing Jehovah he doth honour. He hath sworn to suffer evil, and changeth not;Psalm 22:6 · וּבְז֥וּיAnd I am a worm, and no man, A reproach of man, and despised of the people.Psalm 22:24 · בָזָ֨הFor He hath not despised, nor abominated, The affliction of the afflicted, Nor hath He hidden His face from him, And in his crying unto Him He heareth.Psalm 51:17 · תִבְזֶֽה׃The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit, A heart broken and bruised, O God, Thou dost not despise.Psalm 69:33 · בָזָֽה׃For Jehovah hearkeneth unto the needy, And His bound ones He hath not despised.Psalm 73:20 · תִּבְזֶֽה׃As a dream from awakening, O Lord, In awaking, their image Thou despisest.Psalm 102:17 · בָ֝זָ֗הHe turned unto the prayer of the destitute, And He hath not despised their prayer.Psalm 119:141 · וְנִבְזֶ֑הSmall I am, and despised, Thy precepts I have not forgotten.Proverbs 14:2 · בּוֹזֵֽהוּ׃Whoso is walking in his uprightness is fearing Jehovah, And the perverted in his ways is despising Him.Proverbs 15:20 · בּוֹזֶ֥הA wise son rejoiceth a father. And a foolish man is despising his mother.Proverbs 19:16 · בּוֹזֵ֖הWhoso is keeping the command is keeping his soul, Whoso is despising His ways dieth.Ecclesiastes 9:16 · בְּזוּיָ֔הAnd I said, ‘Better is wisdom than might, and the wisdom of the poor is despised, and his words are not heard.’—Isaiah 37:22 · בָּזָ֨הthis is the word that Jehovah spake concerning him: Trampled on thee, laughed at thee, Hath the virgin daughter of Zion, Behind thee shaken the head hath the daughter of Jerusalem.Isaiah 49:7 · לִבְזֹה־Thus said Jehovah, Redeemer of Israel, His Holy One, To the despised in soul, To the abominated of a nation, To the servant of rulers: ‘Kings see, and have risen, princes, and worship, For the sake of Jehovah, who is faithful, The Holy of Israel, and He chooseth thee.’Isaiah 53:3 · נִבְזֶה֙ · נִבְזֶ֖הHe is despised, and left of men, A man of pains, and acquainted with sickness, And as one hiding the face from us, He is despised, and we esteemed him not.Jeremiah 22:28 · נִבְזֶ֜הA grief—a despised broken thing—is this man Coniah? A vessel in which there is no pleasure? Wherefore have they been cast up and down, He and his seed, Yea, they were cast on to a land that they knew not?Jeremiah 49:15 · בָּז֖וּיFor, lo, little I have made thee among nations, Despised among men.Daniel 11:21 · נִבְזֶ֔ה‘And stood up on his station hath a despicable one, and they have not given unto him the honour of the kingdom, and he hath come in quietly, and hath strengthened the kingdom by flatteries.Obadiah 1:2 · בָּז֥וּיLo, little I have made thee among nations, Despised art thou exceedingly.Malachi 1:6 · בּוֹזֵ֣י · בָזִ֖ינוּA son honoureth a father, and a servant his master. And if I am a father, where is Mine honour? And if I am a master, where is My fear? Said Jehovah of Hosts to you, O priests, despising My name! And ye have said: ‘In what have we despised Thy name?’Malachi 1:7 · נִבְזֶ֥הYe are bringing nigh on Mine altar polluted bread, And ye have said: ‘In what have we polluted Thee?’ In your saying: ‘The table of Jehovah—it is despicable,’Malachi 1:12 · נִבְזֶ֥הAnd ye are polluting it in your saying, ‘The table of Jehovah—it is polluted, As to its fruit—despicable is its food.’Malachi 2:9 · נִבְזִ֥יםAnd I also, I have made you despised and low before all the people, Because ye are not keeping My ways, And are accepting persons in the law.