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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 Box Gen 38:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:23 - “Then let her keep the things I gave her,” Judah said. “I sent the young goat as we agreed, but you couldn’t find her. We’d be the laughingstock of the village if we went back again to look for her.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 12:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:5 - People who are at ease mock those in trouble.
They give a push to people who are stumbling.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 12:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:21 - He pours disgrace upon princes
and disarms the strong.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:34 - Have I feared the crowd
or the contempt of the masses,
so that I kept quiet and stayed indoors?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 31:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:18 - Silence their lying lips—
those proud and arrogant lips that accuse the godly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:40

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:40 - the LORD pours contempt on their princes,
causing them to wander in trackless wastelands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:22 - Don’t let them scorn and insult me,
for I have obeyed your laws.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 123:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 123:3 - Have mercy on us, LORD, have mercy,
for we have had our fill of contempt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 123:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 123:4 - We have had more than our fill of the scoffing of the proud
and the contempt of the arrogant.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 12:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:8 - A sensible person wins admiration,
but a warped mind is despised.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 18:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:3 - Doing wrong leads to disgrace,
and scandalous behavior brings contempt.
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