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Lexicon :: Strong's H947 - bûs

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בּוּס
Transliteration
bûs
Pronunciation
boos
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 216

Strong’s Definitions

בּוּס bûwç, boos; a primitive root; to trample (literally or figuratively):—loath, tread (down, under (foot)), be polluted.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x

The KJV translates Strong's H947 in the following manner: tread... (9x), polluted (2x), loath (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x
The KJV translates Strong's H947 in the following manner: tread... (9x), polluted (2x), loath (1x).
  1. to tread down, reject, trample down

    1. (Qal)

      1. to tread down, trample (of warriors)

      2. of rejection (fig.)

    2. (Polel)

      1. to tread down (in bad sense)

      2. to desecrate

    3. (Hithpolel)

      1. to tread

      2. to kick out

        1. of infants' blind movements

        2. of Jerusalem (fig.)

    4. (Hophal) to be trodden down

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בּוּס bûwç, boos; a primitive root; to trample (literally or figuratively):—loath, tread (down, under (foot)), be polluted.
STRONGS H947: Abbreviations
† [בּוּס] verb tread down, trample
Qal Imperfect יָבוּס Psalm 60:14 = Psalm 108:14; 3rd person feminine singular תָּבוּס Proverbs 27:7, אָבוּס Isaiah 63:6; suffix 3rd person singular אֲבוּסֶנּוּ Isaiah 14:25; 1plural נָבוּס Psalm 44:6; — tread down, trample (of warriors), no object expressed Zechariah 10:5; id., figurative with accusative (subject י׳, as warrior) Isaiah 14:25 compare Psalm 60:14 [Psalm 60:12] = Psalm 108:14 [Psalm 108:13]; Isaiah 63:6; (subject men, with God's help) Psalm 44:6; figurative = reject, loathe Proverbs 27:7.
Pol. Perfect בּוֺסְסוּ Isaiah 63:18; בֹּסְסוּ Jeremiah 12:10tread down in bad sense, subject enemies of י׳, object accusative Jeremiah 12:10 (in metaphor); = desecrate (object מקדשׁ) Isaiah 63:18.
Hithpol. Participle feminine מִתְבּוֺסֶסֶת Ezekiel 16:6, 22 — of the blind movements of infant's limbs, kick out (this way and that), figurative of Jerusalem.
Hoph. Participle מוּבָ֑ס Isaiah 14:19 — passive trodden down Isaiah 14:19, of corpse, simile of king of Babylon.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Psalms

44:6; 44:6; 60:12; 108:13

Proverbs

27:7; 27:7

Isaiah

1; 14:19; 14:19; 14:25; 14:25; 63:6; 63:6; 63:18; 63:18

Jeremiah

12:10; 12:10

Ezekiel

16:6; 16:22

Zechariah

10:5

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H947 matches the Hebrew בּוּס (bûs),
which occurs 4 times in 4 verses in 'Isa' in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:19 - but you are cast out, away from your grave,
like a loathed branch,
clothed with the slain, those pierced by the sword,
who go down to the stones of the pit,
like a dead body trampled underfoot.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:25 - that I will break the Assyrian in my land,
and on my mountains trample him underfoot;
and his yoke shall depart from them,
and his burden from their shoulder.”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:6 - I trampled down the peoples in my anger;
I made them drunk in my wrath,
and I poured out their lifeblood on the earth.”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:18 - Your holy people held possession for a little while;[fn]
our adversaries have trampled down your sanctuary.
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