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Lexicon :: Strong's H3988 - mā'as

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מָאַס
Transliteration
mā'as
Pronunciation
maw-as'
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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).
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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

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

Page 1 / 2 (Lev 26:15–Jer 4:30)

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:15 - if you reject my statutes and abhor my regulations so that you do not keep all my commandments and you break my covenant -

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:43

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:43 - The land will be abandoned by them in order that it may make up for its Sabbaths while it is made desolate without them, and they will make up for their iniquity because they have rejected my regulations and have abhorred my statutes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:44

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:44 - In spite of this, however, when they are in the land of their enemies I will not reject them and abhor them to make a complete end of them, to break my covenant with them, for I am the LORD their God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:20 - but a whole month, until it comes out your nostrils and makes you sick, because you have despised the LORD who is among you and have wept before him, saying, "Why did we ever come out of Egypt?"'"

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 14:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:31 - But I will bring in your little ones, whom you said would become victims of war, and they will enjoy the land that you have despised.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:38 - Zebul said to him, "Where now are your bragging words, 'Who is Abimelech that we should serve him?' Are these not the men you insulted? Go out now and fight them!"

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 8:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:7 - The LORD said to Samuel, "Do everything the people request of you. For it is not you that they have rejected, but it is me that they have rejected as their king.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 10:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:19 - But today you have rejected your God who saves you from all your trouble and distress. You have said, "No! Appoint a king over us." Now take your positions before the LORD by your tribes and by your clans.'"

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:23 - For rebellion is like the sin of divination, and presumption is like the evil of idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the LORD, he has rejected you as king."

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:26 - Samuel said to Saul, "I will not go back with you, for you have rejected the word of the LORD, and the LORD has rejected you from being king over Israel!"

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 16:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:1 - The LORD said to Samuel, "How long do you intend to mourn for Saul? I have rejected him as king over Israel. Fill your horn with olive oil and go! I am sending you to Jesse in Bethlehem, for I have selected a king for myself from among his sons."

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 16:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:7 - But the LORD said to Samuel, "Don't be impressed by his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. God does not view things the way men do. People look on the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart."

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 17:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:15 - They rejected his rules, the covenant he had made with their ancestors, and the laws he had commanded them to obey. They paid allegiance to worthless idols, and so became worthless to the LORD. They copied the practices of the surrounding nations in blatant disregard of the LORD's command.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 17:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:20 - So the LORD rejected all of Israel's descendants; he humiliated them and handed them over to robbers, until he had thrown them from his presence.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:27 - The LORD announced, "I will also spurn Judah, just as I spurned Israel. I will reject this city that I chose - both Jerusalem and the temple, about which I said, "I will live there."

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:17 - "Therefore, blessed is the man whom God corrects, so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 7:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:5 - My body is clothed with worms and dirty scabs; my skin is broken and festering.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 7:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:16 - I loathe it; I do not want to live forever; leave me alone, for my days are a vapor!

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 8:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:20 - "Surely, God does not reject a blameless man, nor does he grasp the hand of the evildoers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 9:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:21 - I am blameless. I do not know myself. I despise my life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 10:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:3 - Is it good for you to oppress, to despise the work of your hands, while you smile on the schemes of the wicked?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 19:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:18 - Even youngsters have scorned me; when I get up, they scoff at me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 30:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:1 - "But now they mock me, those who are younger than I, whose fathers I disdained too much to put with my sheep dogs.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:13 - "If I have disregarded the right of my male servants or my female servants when they disputed with me,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 34:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:33 - Is it your opinion that God should recompense it, because you reject this? But you must choose, and not I, so tell us what you know.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:5 - Indeed, God is mighty; and he does not despise people, he is mighty, and firm in his intent.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 42:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:6 - Therefore I despise myself, and I repent in dust and ashes! VII. The Epilogue (42:7-17)

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 15:4 - He despises a reprobate, but honors the LORD's loyal followers. He makes firm commitments and does not renege on his promise.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:4 - He plans ways to sin while he lies in bed; he is committed to a sinful lifestyle; he does not reject what is evil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 53:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 53:5 - They are absolutely terrified, even by things that do not normally cause fear. For God annihilates those who attack you. You are able to humiliate them because God has rejected them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 58:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:7 - Let them disappear like water that flows away! Let them wither like grass!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:59

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:59 - God heard and was angry; he completely rejected Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:67

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:67 - He rejected the tent of Joseph; he did not choose the tribe of Ephraim.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 89:38

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:38 - But you have spurned and rejected him; you are angry with your chosen king.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 106:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:24 - They rejected the fruitful land; they did not believe his promise.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 118:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:22 - The stone which the builders discarded has become the cornerstone.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:11 - My child, do not despise discipline from the LORD, and do not loathe his rebuke.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 15:32

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:32 - The one who refuses correction despises himself, but whoever hears reproof acquires understanding.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:24

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:24 - Therefore, as flaming fire devours straw, and dry grass disintegrates in the flames, so their root will rot, and their flower will blow away like dust. For they have rejected the law of the LORD who commands armies, they have spurned the commands of the Holy One of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 7:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:15 - He will eat sour milk and honey, which will help him know how to reject evil and choose what is right.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 7:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:16 - Here is why this will be so: Before the child knows how to reject evil and choose what is right, the land whose two kings you fear will be desolate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 8:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:6 - "These people have rejected the gently flowing waters of Shiloah and melt in fear over Rezin and the son of Remaliah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:12 - For this reason this is what the Holy One of Israel says: "You have rejected this message; you trust instead in your ability to oppress and trick, and rely on that kind of behavior.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 31:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:7 - For at that time everyone will get rid of the silver and gold idols your hands sinfully made.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:8 - Highways are empty, there are no travelers. Treaties are broken, witnesses are despised, human life is treated with disrespect.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:15 - The one who lives uprightly and speaks honestly; the one who refuses to profit from oppressive measures and rejects a bribe; the one who does not plot violent crimes and does not seek to harm others -

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 41:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:9 - you whom I am bringing back from the earth's extremities, and have summoned from the remote regions - I told you, "You are my servant." I have chosen you and not rejected you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 54:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:6 - "Indeed, the LORD will call you back like a wife who has been abandoned and suffers from depression, like a young wife when she has been rejected," says your God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:37 - Moreover, you will come away from Egypt with your hands covering your faces in sorrow and shame because the LORD will not allow your reliance on them to be successful and you will not gain any help from them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:30 - And you, Zion, city doomed to destruction, you accomplish nothing by wearing a beautiful dress, decking yourself out in jewels of gold, and putting on eye shadow! You are making yourself beautiful for nothing. Your lovers spurn you. They want to kill you.

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