Help QuickNav Adv. Options
NASB95

NASB95

Click to Change

Return to Top

Return to Top

Printer Icon

Print

Copy
Copy Options
Strong's
Red Letter
The Blue Letter Bible

Lexicon :: Strong's H3988 - mā'as

Choose a new font size and typeface
מָאַס
Transliteration
mā'as
Pronunciation
maw-as'
Listen
Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1139,1140

Strong’s Definitions

מָאַס mâʼaç, maw-as'; a primitive root; to spurn; also (intransitively) to disappear:—abhor, cast away (off), contemn, despise, disdain, (become) loathe(some), melt away, refuse, reject, reprobate, × utterly, vile person.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 76x

The KJV translates Strong's H3988 in the following manner: despise (25x), refuse (9x), reject (19x), abhor (4x), become loathsome (1x), melt away (1x), miscellaneous (17x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 76x
The KJV translates Strong's H3988 in the following manner: despise (25x), refuse (9x), reject (19x), abhor (4x), become loathsome (1x), melt away (1x), miscellaneous (17x).

  1. to reject, despise, refuse

    1. (Qal)

      1. to reject, refuse

      2. to despise

    2. (Niphal) to be rejected

  2. (Niphal) to flow, run

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מָאַס mâʼaç, maw-as'; a primitive root; to spurn; also (intransitively) to disappear:—abhor, cast away (off), contemn, despise, disdain, (become) loathe(some), melt away, refuse, reject, reprobate, × utterly, vile person.
STRONGS H3988: Abbreviations
† I. [מָאַס] verb reject (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic מְאַס reject, despise; BaES 15 compare (dubious) Arabic bdb054904 lightly esteem (Kam.); Assyrian ma’âsu is perhaps destroy MeissnSuppl. 55); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular מָאַס Isaiah 8:6 + 4 times; suffix מְאָסָם Psalm 53:6; 2nd person masculine singular מָאַסְתָּ Jeremiah 14:19 + 3 times; מָאַסְתָּה Judges 9:38; 1 Samuel 15:26 + 22 times Perfect; Imperfect יִמְאַס Job 8:20 + 3 times; יִמְאָ֑ס Psalm 36:5; Job 36:5; suffix וַיִּמְאָֽסְךָ 1 Samuel 15:23, 26; for וְאֶמְאָֽסְאךָ Hosea 4:6 (so Baer, compare DeComplut. Var. 18 f.; not וָא׳ van d. H.) read וְאֶמְֽֽֽאסְךָ; 3rd person masculine plural יִמְאֲסוּ Jeremiah 6:19 + 2 times; יִמְאָס֑וּן Isaiah 31:7; + 12 times Imperfect; Infinitive absolute מָאוֺס Isaiah 7:15, 16 מָאֹס Jeremiah 14:19; Lamentations 5:22; construct. מָֽאָסְכֶם Isaiah 30:12; מָאֳסָם Amos 2:4; Participle מוֺאֵס Proverbs 15:32; מֹאֵס Isaiah 33:15, feminine מֹאֶסֶת Ezekiel 21:15 (text dubious, Co מוֺאֲסֵי; Berthol וּמְאַסֵּף), Ezekiel 21:18 (also dubious, Co מִטֻּמְאָתָס; Berthol מְאַסֵּף); —
1. reject, refuse,
a. with accusative: God rejects men Hosea 4:6; Hosea 9:17; 1 Samuel 15:23, 26; 1 Samuel 16:1, 7; 2 Kings 23:27; Jeremiah 7:29; Jeremiah 14:19 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 33:24, 26; Leviticus 26:44 (H), Psalm 53:6; Job 8:20; Job 10:3; Lamentations 5:22 (twice in verse); זָנַחְתָּ וַתִּמְאָס Psalm 89:39; men reject God Numbers 11:20 (J), 1 Samuel 8:7; 1 Samuel 10:19; men 1 Samuel 8:7; Job 30:1; idols Isaiah 31:7, evil Psalm 36:5, knowledge Hosea 4:6, divine תורה Amos 2:4; Isaiah 5:24; דבר 1 Samuel 15:23, 26, חקות Exodus 20:24, חקים 2 Kings 17:15; מוסר Job 5:17; Proverbs 3:11; variant reading things Isaiah 8:6; Ezekiel 21:15; Psalm 118:22; Job 31:13.
b. with בְ God rejects men 2 Kings 17:20; Jeremiah 6:30; Jeremiah 31:37; Psalm 78:59; Psalm 78:67, that in which man confides Jeremiah 2:37; men reject evil Isaiah 7:15, 16, divine תורה Jeremiah 6:19, דבר Isaiah 30:12; Jeremiah 8:9 חקות Leviticus 26:15 (H); משׁפטים Leviticus 26:43 (H), Ezekiel 5:6; Ezekiel 20:13, 16; variant reading things, Numbers 14:31 (J) Isaiah 33:15; Jeremiah 4:30; Psalm 106:24.
2. despise, with accusative, God subject שׂנאתי מאסתי חגיכם Amos 5:21 I hate, I despise your feasts; elsewhere men subject בי גם עוילים מ׳ Job 19:18 even young children despise me; חיי אמ׳ Job 9:21 I despise my life, compare מואס נפשׁוֺ Proverbs 15:32; בוֺ הלא זה העם אשׁר מ׳ Judges 9:38 is not this the people that thou despisedst? עָרִים מ׳ Isaiah 33:8; object omitted Job 7:16 (< join to preceding Me Siegf Du); Job 34:33; Job 36:5; Job 42:6 (Syriac Version Siegf אֶשְׁתֹּק; Greek Version of the LXX Vulgate Symm Bö אֶמָּאֵס) Ezekiel 21:18 (but see above). —
Niph. be rejected: Imperfect תִּמָּאֵם Isaiah 54:6 (wife); Participle נִמְאָס Jeremiah 6:30 (silver), Psalm 15:4)= reprobate; opposed to יִרְאֵי י׳); + feminine נִמְאָסָה, נִמְאֶסֶת 1 Samuel 15:9 rejected, i.e. worthless (for HCT נָמֵם) according to We Klo Dr Kit Bu HPS (|| נמבזה, read נִבְזָה; compareמסס, בזה Niph.).

† II. [מָאַס] verb
Niph. flow, run (Aramaic id., but rare and dubious; — secondary form of מסס which see); — Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular וַיִּמָּאֵס Job 7:5 my skin hath hardened and run (i. e. again, afresh; > GHoffm Du read וַיִּמַּס, Bu וַיִּמָּאס, √ מסס); 3rd person masculine plural כְּמוֺ מַיִם יִמָּֽאֲסוּ Psalm 58:8 (figurative of annihilation of wicked).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

20:24

Leviticus

26:15; 26:43; 26:44

Numbers

11:20; 14:31

Judges

9:38; 9:38

1 Samuel

8:7; 8:7; 10:19; 15:9; 15:23; 15:23; 15:23; 15:26; 15:26; 15:26; 15:26; 16:1; 16:7

2 Kings

17:15; 17:20; 23:27

Job

5:17; 7:5; 7:16; 8:20; 8:20; 9:21; 10:3; 19:18; 30:1; 31:13; 34:33; 36:5; 36:5; 42:6

Psalms

15:4; 36:5; 36:5; 53:6; 53:6; 58:8; 78:59; 78:67; 89:39; 106:24; 118:22

Proverbs

3:11; 15:32; 15:32

Isaiah

5:24; 7:15; 7:15; 7:16; 7:16; 8:6; 8:6; 30:12; 30:12; 31:7; 31:7; 33:8; 33:15; 33:15; 54:6

Jeremiah

2:37; 4:30; 6:19; 6:19; 6:30; 6:30; 7:29; 8:9; 14:19; 14:19; 14:19; 31:37; 33:24; 33:26

Lamentations

5:22; 5:22

Ezekiel

5:6; 20:13; 20:16; 21:15; 21:15; 21:18; 21:18

Hosea

4:6; 4:6; 4:6; 9:17

Amos

2:4; 2:4; 5:21

H3988

Read the Full Entry

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3988 matches the Hebrew מָאַס (mā'as),
which occurs 76 times in 69 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 2 (Jer 6:19–Amo 5:21)

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 6:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:19 - “Hear, O earth: behold, I am bringing disaster on this people,
The fruit of their [fn]plans,
Because they have not listened to My words,
And as for My law, they have rejected H3988 it also.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 6:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:30 - They call them rejected H3988 silver,
Because the LORD has rejected H3988 them.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 7:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:29 - ‘Cut off [fn]your hair and cast it away,
And take up a lamentation on the bare heights;
For the LORD has rejected H3988 and forsaken
The generation of His wrath.’

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:9 - “The wise men are put to shame,
They are dismayed and caught;
Behold, they have rejected H3988 the word of the LORD,
And what kind of wisdom do they have?

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 14:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:19 - Have You completely H3988 rejected H3988 Judah?
Or have [fn]You loathed Zion?
Why have You stricken us so that we are beyond healing?
We waited for peace, but nothing good came;
And for a time of healing, but behold, terror!

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:37

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:37 - Thus says the LORD,
“If the heavens above can be measured
And the foundations of the earth searched out below,
Then I will also cast H3988 off H3988 all the offspring of Israel
For all that they have done,” declares the LORD.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 33:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:24 - “Have you not observed what this people have spoken, saying, ‘The two families which the LORD chose, He has rejected H3988 them’? Thus they despise My people, no longer are they as a nation [fn]in their sight.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 33:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:26 - then I would reject H3988 the [fn]descendants of Jacob and David My servant, [fn]not taking from his [fn]descendants rulers over the [fn]descendants of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. But I will restore their [fn]fortunes and will have mercy on them.’”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Lam 5:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:22 - Unless You have utterly H3988 rejected H3988 us
And are exceedingly angry with us.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Eze 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:6 - ‘But she has rebelled against My ordinances more wickedly than the nations and against My statutes more than the lands which surround her; for they have rejected H3988 My ordinances and have not walked [fn]in My statutes.’

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Eze 20:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:13 - “But the house of Israel rebelled against Me in the wilderness. They did not walk in My statutes and they rejected H3988 My ordinances, by which, if a man [fn]observes them, he will live; and My sabbaths they greatly profaned. Then I [fn]resolved to pour out My wrath on them in the wilderness, to annihilate them.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Eze 20:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:16 - because they rejected H3988 My ordinances, and as for My statutes, they did not walk in them; they even profaned My sabbaths, for their heart continually went after their idols.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Eze 20:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:24 - because they had not observed My ordinances, but had rejected H3988 My statutes and had profaned My sabbaths, and their eyes were [fn]on the idols of their fathers.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Eze 21:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:10 - ‘Sharpened to make a slaughter,
Polished [fn]to flash like lightning!’
Or shall we rejoice, the [fn]rod of My son despising H3988 every tree?

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Eze 21:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:13 - “For there is a testing; and what if even the [fn]rod which despises H3988 will be no more?” declares the Lord GOD.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Hos 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:6 - My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.
Because you have rejected H3988 knowledge,
I also will reject H3988 you from being My priest.
Since you have forgotten the law of your God,
I also will forget your children.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Hos 9:17

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:17 - My God will cast H3988 them away H3988
Because they have not listened to Him;
And they will be wanderers among the nations.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Amo 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:4 - Thus says the LORD,
“For three transgressions of Judah and for four
I will not revoke its punishment,
Because they rejected H3988 the law of the LORD
And have not kept His statutes;
Their [fn]lies also have led them astray,
Those after which their fathers walked.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Amo 5:21

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:21 - “I hate, I reject H3988 your festivals,
Nor do I [fn]delight in your solemn assemblies.

Search Results Continued...

1. LOAD PAGE 1 Lev 26:15–Jer 4:30

2. Currently on page 2/2 (Jer 6:19–Amo 5:21) Jer 6:19–Amo 5:21

BLB Searches
Search the Bible
NASB95
  [?]

Advanced Options

Other Searches

Multi-Verse Retrieval
x
NASB95
Daily Devotionals
x

Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans
x

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan

Translations available: King James Version, New King James Version, New Living Translation, New International Version, English Standard Version, Christian Standard Bible, New American Standard Bible 2020, New American Standard Bible 1995, Legacy Standard Bible 2021, New English Translation, Revised Standard Version, American Standard Version, Young's Literal Translation, Darby Translation, Webster's Bible, Hebrew Names Version, Reina-Valera 1960, Latin Vulgate, Westminster Leningrad Codex, Septuagint, Morphological Greek New Testament, and Textus Receptus.