Help QuickNav Adv. Options
YLT

YLT

Click to Change

Return to Top

Return to Top

Printer Icon

Print

Copy
Copy Options
Strong's
Red Letter
Copy Options
Cite Print
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 1 / 2 (Lev 26:15–Jer 4:30)

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:15 - and if at My statutes ye kick, and if My judgments your soul loathe, so as not to do all My commands -- to your breaking My covenant --

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:43

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:43 - 'And -- the land is left of them, and doth enjoy its sabbaths, in the desolation without them, and they accept the punishment of their iniquity, because, even because, against My judgments they have kicked, and My statutes hath their soul loathed,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:44

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:44 - and also even this, in their being in the land of their enemies, I have not rejected them, nor have I loathed them, to consume them, to break My covenant with them; for I am Jehovah their God; --

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Num 11:20

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:20 - unto a month of days, till that it come out from your nostrils, and it hath become to you an abomination; because that ye have loathed Jehovah, who is in your midst, and weep before Him, saying, Why is this? -- we have come out of Egypt!'

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Num 14:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:31 - 'As to your infants -- of whom ye have said, A spoil they are become -- I have even brought them in, and they have known the land which ye have kicked against;

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:38 - And Zebul saith unto him, 'Where is now thy mouth, in that thou sayest, Who is Abimelech that we serve him? is not this the people against which thou hast kicked? go out, I pray thee now, and fight against it.'

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 8:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:7 - And Jehovah saith unto Samuel, 'Hearken to the voice of the people, to all that they say unto thee, for thee they have not rejected, but Me they have rejected, from reigning over them.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 10:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:19 - and ye to-day have rejected your God, who is Himself your saviour out of all your evils and your distresses, and ye say, 'Nay, but -- a king thou dost set over us; and now, station yourselves before Jehovah, by your tribes, and by your thousands.'

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:23 - for a sin of divination is rebellion, and iniquity and teraphim is stubbornness; because thou hast rejected the word of Jehovah, He also doth reject thee from being king.'

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:26 - And Samuel saith unto Saul, 'I do not turn back with thee; for thou hast rejected the word of Jehovah, and Jehovah doth reject thee from being king over Israel.'

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 16:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:1 - And Jehovah saith unto Samuel, 'Till when art thou mourning for Saul, and I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thy horn with oil, and go, I send thee unto Jesse the Beth-Lehemite, for I have seen among his sons for Myself a king.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 16:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:7 - And Jehovah saith unto Samuel, 'Look not unto his appearance, and unto the height of his stature, for I have rejected him; for it is not as man seeth -- for man looketh at the eyes, and Jehovah looketh at the heart.'

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 17:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:15 - and reject His statutes and His covenant that He made with their fathers, and His testimonies that He testified against them, and go after the vain thing, and become vain, and after the nations that are round about them, of whom Jehovah commanded them not to do like them;

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 17:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:20 - And Jehovah kicketh against all the seed of Israel, and afflicteth them, and giveth them into the hand of spoilers, till that He hath cast them out of His presence,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:27 - and Jehovah saith, 'Also Judah I turn aside from my presence, as I turned Israel aside, and I have rejected this city that I have chosen -- Jerusalem, and the house of which I said, My name is there.'

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:17 - Lo, the happiness of mortal man, God doth reprove him: And the chastisement of the Mighty despise not,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Job 7:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:5 - Clothed hath been my flesh with worms, And a clod of dust, My skin hath been shrivelled and is loathsome,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Job 7:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:16 - I have wasted away -- not to the age do I live. Cease from me, for my days are vanity.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Job 8:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:20 - Lo, God doth not reject the perfect, Nor taketh hold on the hand of evil doers.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Job 9:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:21 - Perfect I am! -- I know not my soul, I despise my life.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Job 10:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:3 - Is it good for Thee that Thou dost oppress? That Thou despisest the labour of Thy hands, And on the counsel of the wicked hast shone?

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Job 19:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:18 - Also sucklings have despised me, I rise, and they speak against me.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Job 30:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:1 - And now, laughed at me, Have the younger in days than I, Whose fathers I have loathed to set With the dogs of my flock.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:13 - If I despise the cause of my man-servant, And of my handmaid, In their contending with me,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Job 34:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:33 - By thee doth He recompense, That thou hast refused -- That thou dost choose, and not I? And what thou hast known, speak.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Job 36:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:5 - Lo, God is mighty, and despiseth not, Mighty in power and heart.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Job 42:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:6 - Therefore do I loathe it, And I have repented on dust and ashes.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 15:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 15:4 - Despised in his eyes is a rejected one, And those fearing Jehovah he doth honour. He hath sworn to suffer evil, and changeth not;

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 36:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:4 - Iniquity he deviseth on his bed, He stationeth himself on a way not good, Evil he doth not refuse.'

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 53:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 53:5 - There they feared a fear -- there was no fear, For God hath scattered the bones of him Who is encamping against thee, Thou hast put to shame, For God hath despised them.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 58:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:7 - They are melted as waters, They go up and down for themselves, His arrow proceedeth as they cut themselves off.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:59

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:59 - God hath heard, and sheweth Himself wroth. And kicketh exceedingly against Israel.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:67

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:67 - And He kicketh against the tent of Joseph, And on the tribe of Ephraim hath not fixed.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 89:38

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:38 - And Thou, Thou hast cast off, and dost reject, Thou hast shown Thyself wroth With Thine anointed,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 106:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:24 - And they kick against the desirable land, They have not given credence to His word.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 118:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:22 - A stone the builders refused Hath become head of a corner.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Pro 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:11 - Chastisement of Jehovah, my son, despise not, And be not vexed with His reproof,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Pro 15:32

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:32 - Whoso is refusing instruction is despising his soul, And whoso is hearing reproof Is getting understanding.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:24

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:24 - Therefore, as a tongue of fire devoureth stubble, And flaming hay falleth, Their root is as muck, And their flower as dust goeth up. Because they have rejected the law of Jehovah of Hosts, And the saying of the Holy One of Israel despised.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Isa 7:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:15 - Butter and honey he doth eat, When he knoweth to refuse evil, and to fix on good.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Isa 7:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:16 - For before the youth doth know To refuse evil, and to fix on good, Forsaken is the land thou art vexed with, because of her two kings.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Isa 8:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:6 - 'Because that this people hath refused The waters of Shiloah that go softly, And is rejoicing with Rezin and the son of Remaliah,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:12 - Therefore, thus said the Holy One of Israel, Because of your kicking against this word, And ye trust in oppression, And perverseness, and rely on it,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Isa 31:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:7 - For in that day despise doth each His idols of silver, and his idols of gold, That your hands made to you -- a sin.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Isa 33:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:8 - Desolated have been highways, Ceased hath he who passeth along the path, He hath broken covenant, He hath despised enemies, He hath not esteemed a man.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Isa 33:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:15 - Whoso is walking righteously, And is speaking uprightly, Kicking against gain of oppressions, Shaking his hands from taking hold on a bribe, Stopping his ear from hearing of blood, And shutting his eyes from looking on evil,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Isa 41:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:9 - Whom I have taken hold of, from the ends of the earth, And from its near places I have called thee, And I say to thee, My servant Thou art, I have chosen thee, and not rejected thee.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Isa 54:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:6 - For, as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, Called thee hath Jehovah, Even a youthful wife when she is refused, said thy God.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 2:37

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:37 - Also from this thou goest out, And thy hands on thy head, For Jehovah hath kicked at thy confidences, And thou dost not give prosperity to them!

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 4:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:30 - And thou, O spoiled one, what dost thou? For thou puttest on scarlet, For thou adornest thyself with ornaments of gold. For thou rendest with pain thine eyes, In vain thou dost make thyself fair, Kicked against thee have doting ones, Thy life they do seek.

Search Results Continued...

1. Currently on page 1/2 (Lev 26:15–Jer 4:30) Lev 26:15–Jer 4:30

2. LOAD PAGE 2 Jer 6:19–Amo 5:21

BLB Searches
Search the Bible
YLT
  [?]

Advanced Options

Other Searches

Multi-Verse Retrieval
x
YLT
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