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Lexicon :: Strong's H937 - bûz

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בּוּז
Transliteration
bûz
Pronunciation
booz
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 213a

Strong’s Definitions

בּוּז bûwz, booz; from H936; disrespect:—contempt(-uously), despised, shamed.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x

The KJV translates Strong's H937 in the following manner: contempt (7x), despised (2x), contemptuously (1x), shamed (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x
The KJV translates Strong's H937 in the following manner: contempt (7x), despised (2x), contemptuously (1x), shamed (1x).

  1. contempt

    1. springing from evil

    2. springing from prosperity

    3. springing from judgment

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בּוּז bûwz, booz; from H936; disrespect:—contempt(-uously), despised, shamed.
STRONGS H937: Abbreviations
† II. בּוּז noun masculineProverbs 18:3 contempt — בּ׳ absolute Genesis 38:23 + 9 times; construct Job 31:34; — (Wisdom Literature & poetry, except Genesis 38:23 J).
1. contempt springing from pride and wickedness Job 31:34; Psalm 123:3; Psalm 123:4 (|| לַעַג); joined in one adverb. phrase with גאוה Psalm 31:19 וָב׳ בְּג׳; springing from prosperity and ease Job 12:5; = object of contempt Genesis 38:23; Proverbs 12:8; || חֶרְפָּה Psalm 119:22; Proverbs 18:3.
2. judicial, poured out (שׁפך) by God, in judgment Job 12:21 = Psalm 107:40.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

38:23; 38:23; 38:23

Job

12:5; 12:21; 31:34; 31:34

Psalms

31:19; 107:40; 119:22; 123:3; 123:4

Proverbs

12:8; 18:3; 18:3

H937

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H937 matches the Hebrew בּוּז (bûz),
which occurs 11 times in 11 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:23 - And Judas said, Let her have them, but let us not be ridiculed; I sent this kid, but thou hast not found her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:5 - For it had been ordained that he should fall under others at the appointed time, and that his houses should be spoiled by transgressors: let not however any one trust that, being evil, he shall be held guiltless,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:21 - He pours dishonour upon princes, and heals the lowly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:34 - (for I did not stand in awe of a great multitude, so as not to declare boldly before them:) and if too I permitted a poor man to go out of my door with an empty bosom:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:18 - (LXX 30:19) Let the deceitful lips become dumb, which speak iniquity against the righteous with pride and scorn.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:40

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:40 - (LXX 106:40) Contempt is poured upon their princes, and he causes them to wander in a desert and trackless land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:22 - (LXX 118:22) Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have sought out thy testimonies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 123:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 123:3 - (LXX 122:3) Have pity upon us, O Lord, have pity upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 123:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 123:4 - (LXX 122:4) Yea, our soul has been exceedingly filled with it: [fn]let the reproach be to them that are at ease, and contempt to the proud.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:8 - The mouth of an understanding man is praised by a man; but he that is dull of heart is had in derision.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:3 - When an ungodly man comes into a depth of evils, he despises them; but dishonour and reproach come upon him.
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