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Lexicon :: Strong's H959 - bāzâ

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בָּזָה
Transliteration
bāzâ
Pronunciation
baw-zaw'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 224

Strong’s Definitions

בָּזָה bâzâh, baw-zaw'; a primitive root; to disesteem:—despise, disdain, contemn(-ptible), think to scorn, vile person.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 43x

The KJV translates Strong's H959 in the following manner: despise (36x), contemptible (3x), contemned (1x), disdained (1x), vile person (1x), scorn (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 43x
The KJV translates Strong's H959 in the following manner: despise (36x), contemptible (3x), contemned (1x), disdained (1x), vile person (1x), scorn (1x).

  1. to despise, hold in contempt, disdain

    1. (Qal) to despise, regard with contempt

    2. (Niphal)

      1. to be despised

      2. to be despicable

      3. to be vile, worthless

    3. (Hiphil) to cause to despise

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בָּזָה bâzâh, baw-zaw'; a primitive root; to disesteem:—despise, disdain, contemn(-ptible), think to scorn, vile person.
STRONGS H959: Abbreviations
† בָּזָה verb despise (Palestinian Targum בְּזָא, compare bdb010202 raise the head loftily and disdainfully) —
Qal Perfect Numbers 15:31 +; בָּזִיתָ 2 Samuel 12:9; suffix בְּזִתָ֑נִי 2 Samuel 12:10, etc.; Imperfect וַיִּ֫בֶז Genesis 25:34; Esther 3:6; suffix וַיִּבְזֵהוּ 1 Samuel 17:42; 3rd person feminine singular וַתִּכֶז 2 Samuel 6:16; 1 Chronicles 15:29; 2nd person masculine singular תִּבְזֶה Psalm 51:19; Psalm 73:20; וַיִּבְזוּ Nehemiah 2:19; וַיִּבְזֻהוּ 1 Samuel 10:27; Infinitive construct בְּזֹה [H960 Isaiah 49:7] (Di Ew§ 150 b); Participle active בּוֺזֶה Proverbs 15:20; Proverbs 19:16; בּוֺזֵהוּ Proverbs 14:2; בּוֺזִים 2 Chronicles 36:16; בּוֺזֵי Malachi 1:6; suffix בֹּזַי 1 Samuel 2:30; passive בָּזוּי Jeremiah 49:15 +; feminine בְּזוּיָה Ecclesiastes 9:16; — despise, regard with contempt, followed by accusative of thing, birthright Genesis 25:34 (J); words of י׳ Numbers 15:31 (P; not elsewhere in Hexateuch); 2 Samuel 12:9 compare 2 Chronicles 36:16; name of י׳ Malachi 1:6 (twice in verse) (compare below); oath (אָלָה) Ezekiel 16:59; Ezekiel 17:16, 18, 19; holy things Ezekiel 22:8; one's own ways Proverbs 19:16 (i.e. is careless of them, lives recklessly, opposed to שֹׁמֵר נַפְשׁוֺ, compare נֹצֵר דַּרְכּוֺ Proverbs 16:17); distress of the distressed Psalm 22:25 (|| שִׁקֵּץ, subject י׳); prayer, subject id. Psalm 102:18; broken & contrite heart Psalm 51:9 (with לֹא), compare on other hand Psalm 73:20; followed by accusative of person Saul 1 Samuel 10:27, David 1 Samuel 17:42 compare Proverbs 15:20, י׳ 1 Samuel 2:30; 2 Samuel 12:10; Proverbs 14:2, his prisoners Psalm 69:34 (subject י׳); followed by לְ, וַתִּבֶז לוֺ בְּלִבָּהּ 2 Samuel 6:16 = 1 Chronicles 15:29; 2 Kings 19:21 = Isaiah 37:22; followed by עַל person Nehemiah 2:19; followed by Infinitive וַיִּבֶז בְּעֵינָיו לִשְׁלֹחַ יָד Esther 3:6; note especially בְּזֹה נֶפֶשׁ [H960 Isaiah 49:7] a despising of soul, i.e. one despised from the soul, thoroughly despised; on otherviews see Che Di. Participle passive despised, of person construct בְּזוּי עָם despised of people (|| חֶרְמַּת אָדָם) Psalm 22:7, compare בָּזוּי בָאָדָם Jeremiah 49:15 also Obadiah 2; of wisdom Ecclesiastes 9:16.
Niph. Participle נִבְזֶה Psalm 15:4 +; feminine נִבְזָה [H5240 1 Samuel 15:9] (so read for נמבזָה compare We Dr); plural נִבְזִים Malachi 2:9; —
1. despised Psalm 15:4; Psalm 119:141; Isaiah 53:3 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 22:28.
2. vile, worthless 1 Samuel 15:9.
3. despicable, contemptible Malachi 1:7 said of table of י׳, compare Malachi 1:12; Malachi 2:9; Daniel 11:21 as substantive of Antiochus Epiph.
Hiph. Infinitive לְהַבְזוֺת בַּעְלֵיהֶן Esther 1:17 so as to cause to despise their lords (cause their lords to be despised).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

25:34; 25:34

Numbers

15:31; 15:31

1 Samuel

2:30; 2:30; 10:27; 10:27; 15:9; 17:42; 17:42

2 Samuel

6:16; 6:16; 12:9; 12:9; 12:10; 12:10

2 Kings

19:21

1 Chronicles

15:29; 15:29

2 Chronicles

36:16; 36:16

Nehemiah

2:19; 2:19

Esther

1:17; 3:6; 3:6

Psalms

15:4; 15:4; 22:7; 22:25; 51:9; 51:19; 69:34; 73:20; 73:20; 102:18; 119:141

Proverbs

14:2; 14:2; 15:20; 15:20; 16:17; 19:16; 19:16

Ecclesiastes

9:16; 9:16

Isaiah

37:22; 53:3

Jeremiah

22:28; 49:15; 49:15

Ezekiel

16:59; 17:16; 17:18; 17:19; 22:8

Daniel

11:21

Obadiah

1:2

Malachi

1:6; 1:6; 1:7; 1:12; 2:9; 2:9

H959

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H959 matches the Hebrew בָּזָה (bāzâ),
which occurs 43 times in 41 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:34 - Then Jacob H3290 gave H5414 Esau H6215 bread H3899 and lentil H5742 stew; H5138 and he ate H398 and drank, H8354 and rose H6965 and went H1980 on his way. H1980 Thus Esau H6215 despised H959 his birthright. H1062

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:31 - ‘Because H3588 he has despised H959 the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 and has broken H6565 His commandment, H4687 that person H5315 shall be completely H3772 cut H3772 off; H3772 his [fn]guilt H5771 will be on him.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:30 - “Therefore H3651 the LORD H3068 God H430 of Israel H3478 declares, H5002 ‘I did indeed H559 say H559 that your house H1004 and the house H1004 of your father H1 should walk H1980 before H6440 Me forever’; H5704 H5769 but now H6258 the LORD H3068 declares, H5002 ‘Far H2486 be it from Me—for those who honor H3513 Me I will honor, H3513 and those who despise H959 Me will be lightly H7043 esteemed. H7043

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:27 - But certain [fn]worthless H1100 men H1121 said, H559 “How H4100 can this H2088 one H2088 deliver H3467 us?” And they despised H959 him and did not bring H935 him any present. H4503 But he kept H2790 silent. H2790

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:42 - When the Philistine H6430 looked H5027 and saw H7200 David, H1732 he disdained H959 him; for he was but a youth, H5288 and ruddy, H132 with a handsome H3303 appearance. H4758

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:16 - Then it happened H1961 as the ark H727 of the LORD H3068 came H935 into the city H5892 of David H1732 that Michal H4324 the daughter H1323 of Saul H7586 looked H8259 out of the window H2474 and saw H7200 King H4428 David H1732 leaping H6339 and dancing H3769 before H6440 the LORD; H3068 and she despised H959 him in her heart. H3820

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:9 - ‘Why H4069 have you despised H959 the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 by doing H6213 evil H7451 in His sight? H5869 You have struck H5221 down H5221 Uriah H223 the Hittite H2850 with the sword, H2719 have taken H3947 his wife H802 to be your wife, H802 and have killed H2026 him with the sword H2719 of the sons H1121 of Ammon. H5983

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:10 - ‘Now H6258 therefore, the sword H2719 shall never H3808 H5704 H5769 depart H5493 from your house, H1004 because H6118 H3588 you have despised H959 Me and have taken H3947 the wife H802 of Uriah H223 the Hittite H2850 to be your wife.’ H802

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:21 - “This H2088 is the word H1697 that the LORD H3068 has spoken H1696 against H5921 him:
‘She has despised H959 you and mocked H3932 you,
The virgin H1330 daughter H1323 of Zion; H6726
She has shaken H5128 her head H7218 behind H310 you,
The daughter H1323 of Jerusalem! H3389

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:29 - It happened H1961 when the ark H727 of the covenant H1285 of the LORD H3068 came H935 to the city H5892 of David, H1732 that Michal H4324 the daughter H1323 of Saul H7586 looked H8259 out of the window H2474 and saw H7200 King H4428 David H1732 leaping H7540 and celebrating; H7832 and she despised H959 him in her heart. H3820

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:16 - but they continually mocked H3931 the messengers H4397 of God, H430 despised H959 His words H1697 and scoffed H8591 at His prophets, H5030 until H5704 the wrath H2534 of the LORD H3068 arose H5927 against His people, H5971 until H5704 there H369 was no H369 remedy. H4832

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:19 - But when Sanballat H5571 the Horonite H2772 and Tobiah H2900 the Ammonite H5984 [fn]official, H5650 and Geshem H1654 the Arab H6163 heard H8085 it, they mocked H3932 us and despised H959 us and said, H559 “What H4100 is this H2088 thing H1697 you are doing? H6213 Are you rebelling H4775 against H5921 the king?” H4428

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:17 - “For the queen’s H4436 conduct H1697 will [fn]become H3318 known H3318 to all H3605 the women H802 causing them [fn]to look H5869 with contempt H959 on their husbands H1167 by saying, H559 ‘King H4428 Ahasuerus H325 commanded H559 Queen H4436 Vashti H2060 to be brought H935 in to his presence, H6440 but she did not come.’ H935

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:6 - But he [fn]disdained H959 H5869 to [fn]lay H7971 hands H3027 on Mordecai H4782 alone, H905 for they had told H5046 him who the people H5971 of Mordecai H4782 were; therefore Haman H2001 sought H1245 to destroy H8045 all H3605 the Jews, H3064 the people H5971 of Mordecai, H4782 who H834 were throughout the whole H3605 kingdom H4438 of Ahasuerus. H325

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 15:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 15:4 - In [fn]whose eyes H5869 a reprobate H3988 is despised, H959
But [fn]who honors H3513 those who fear H3372 the LORD; H3068
He swears H7650 to his own hurt H7489 and does not change; H4171

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:6 - But I am a worm H8439 and not a man, H376
A reproach H2781 of men H120 and despised H959 by the people. H5971

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:24 - For He has not despised H959 nor H3808 abhorred H8262 the affliction H6039 of the afflicted; H6041
Nor H3808 has He hidden H5641 His face H6440 from him;
But when he cried H7768 to Him for help, H7768 He heard. H8085

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:17 - The sacrifices H2077 of God H430 are a broken H7665 spirit; H7307
A broken H7665 and a contrite H1794 heart, H3820 O God, H430 You will not despise. H959

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:33

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:33 - For the LORD H3068 hears H8085 the needy H34
And does not despise H959 His who are prisoners. H615

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:20 - Like a dream H2472 when H4480 one awakes, H6974
O Lord, H136 when aroused, H5782 You will despise H959 their [fn]form. H6754

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:17 - He has regarded H6437 the prayer H8605 of the [fn]destitute H6199
And has not despised H959 their prayer. H8605

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:141

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:141 - I am small H6810 and despised, H959
Yet I do not forget H7911 Your precepts. H6490

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:2 - He who walks H1980 in his uprightness H3476 fears H3372 the LORD, H3068
But he who is devious H3868 in his ways H1870 despises H959 Him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:20 - A wise H2450 son H1121 makes H8055 a father H1 glad, H8055
But a foolish H3684 man H120 despises H959 his mother. H517

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:16 - He who keeps H8104 the commandment H4687 keeps H8104 his soul, H5315
But he who [fn]is careless H959 of [fn]conduct H1870 will die. H4191

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:16 - So I said, H559 “Wisdom H2451 is better H2896 than H4480 strength.” H1369 But the wisdom H2451 of the poor H4542 man H4542 is despised H959 and his words H1697 are not heeded. H8085

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:22 - this H2088 is the word H1697 that the LORD H3068 has spoken H1696 against H5921 him:
“She has despised H959 you and mocked H3932 you,
The virgin H1330 daughter H1323 of Zion; H6726
She has shaken H5128 her head H7218 behind H310 you,
The daughter H1323 of Jerusalem! H3389

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:3 - He was despised H959 and forsaken H2310 of men, H376
A man H376 of [fn]sorrows H4341 and acquainted H3045 with [fn]grief; H2483
And like one from whom men hide H4564 their face H6440
He was despised, H959 and we did not esteem H2803 Him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:28 - “Is this H2088 man H376 Coniah H3078 a despised, H959 shattered H5310 jar? H6089
Or H518 is he an undesirable H369 H2656 vessel? H3627
Why H4069 have he and his descendants H2233 been hurled H2904 out
And cast H7993 into a land H776 that they had not known? H3045

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:15 - “For behold, H2009 I have made H5414 you small H6996 among the nations, H1471
Despised H959 among men. H120

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:59 - For thus H3541 says H559 the Lord H136 GOD, H3068 “I will also do H6213 with you as you have done, H6213 you who H834 have despised H959 the oath H423 by breaking H6565 the covenant. H1285

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:16 - ‘As I live,’ H2416 declares H5002 the Lord H136 GOD, H3068 ‘Surely H518 H3808 in the [fn]country H4725 of the king H4428 who [fn]put H4427 him on the throne, H4427 whose H834 oath H423 he despised H959 and whose H834 covenant H1285 he broke, H6565 [fn]in Babylon H894 he shall die. H4191

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:18 - ‘Now he despised H959 the oath H423 by breaking H6565 the covenant, H1285 and behold, H2009 he [fn]pledged H5414 his allegiance, H3027 yet did H6213 all H3605 these H428 things; H428 he shall not escape.’” H4422

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:19 - Therefore, H3651 thus H3541 says H559 the Lord H136 GOD, H3068 “As I live, H2416 surely H518 H3808 My oath H423 which H834 he despised H959 and My covenant H1285 which H834 he broke, H6565 I will [fn]inflict H5414 on his head. H7218

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:8 - “You have despised H959 My holy H6944 things H6944 and profaned H2490 My sabbaths. H7676

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:21 - “In his place H3653 a despicable H959 person will arise, H5975 on whom the honor H1935 of kingship H4438 has not been conferred, H5414 but he will come H935 in a time H7962 of tranquility H7962 and seize H2388 the kingdom H4438 by intrigue. H2519

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Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:2 - “Behold, H2009 I will make H5414 you small H6996 among the nations; H1471
You are greatly H3966 despised. H959

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:6 - “ ‘A son H1121 honors H3513 his father, H1 and a servant H5650 his master. H113 Then if H518 I am a father, H1 where H346 is My honor? H3519 And if H518 I am a master, H113 where H346 is My [fn]respect?’ H4172 says H559 the LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 to you, O priests H3548 who despise H959 My name. H8034 But you say, H559 ‘How H4100 have we despised H959 Your name?’ H8034

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:7 - “You are presenting H5066 defiled H1351 [fn]food H3899 upon My altar. H4196 But you say, H559 ‘How H4100 have we defiled H1351 You?’ In that you say, H559 ‘The table H7979 of the LORD H3068 is to be despised.’ H959

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