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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).
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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

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:34 - And Jacob gave bread to Esau, and pottage of lentiles; and he ate and drank, and he arose and departed; so Esau slighted his birthright.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:31 - for he has set at nought the word of the Lord and broken his commands: that soul shall be utterly destroyed, his sin is upon him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:30 - Therefore thus says the Lord God of Israel, I said, Thy house and the house of thy father shall pass before me for ever: but now the Lord says, That be far from me; for I will only honour them that honour me, and he that sets me at nought shall be despised.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:27 - But evil men said, Who is this man that shall save us? and they despised him, and brought him no gifts.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:42

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:42 - And Goliath saw David, and despised him; for he was a lad, and ruddy, [fn]with a fair countenance.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:16 - And it came to pass as the ark arrived at the city of David, that Melchol the daughter of Saul looked through the window, and saw king David dancing and playing before the Lord; and she despised him in her heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:9 - Why hast thou set at nought the word of the Lord, to do that which is evil in his eyes? thou hast slain Urias the Chettite with the sword, and thou hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and thou hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:10 - Now therefore the sword shall not depart from thy house for ever, because thou hast set me at nought, and thou hast taken the wife of Urias the Chettite, to be thy wife.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:21 - This is the word which the Lord has spoken against him; The virgin daughter of Sion has made light of thee, and mocked thee; the daughter of Jerusalem has shaken her head at thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:29 - And the ark of the covenant of the Lord arrived, and came to the city of David; and Melchol the daughter of Saul looked down through the window, and saw king David dancing and playing: and she despised him in her heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:16 - Nevertheless they sneered at his messengers, and set at nought his words, and mocked his prophets, until the wrath of the Lord rose up against his people, till there was no remedy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:19 - And Sanaballat the Aronite, and Tobia the servant, the Ammonite, and Gesam the Arabian, heard it, and they laughed us to scorn, and came to us, and said, What is this thing that ye are doing? are ye revolting against the king?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:17 - for he has told them the words of the queen, and how she disobeyed the king. As then, said he, she refused to obey king Artaxerxes,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:6 - and took counsel to destroy utterly all the Jews who were under the rule of Artaxerxes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 15:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 15:4 - (LXX 14:4) In his sight an evil-worker is set at nought, but he honours them that fear the Lord. He swears to his neighbour, and disappoints him not.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:6 - (LXX 21:7) But I am a worm, and not a man; a reproach of men, and scorn of the people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:24 - (LXX 21:25) For he has not despised nor been angry at the supplication of the poor; nor turned away his face from me; but when I cried to him, he heard me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:17 - (LXX 50:19) Sacrifice to God is a broken spirit: a broken and humbled heart God will not despise.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:33

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:33 - (LXX 68:34) For the Lord hears the poor, and does not set at nought his fettered ones.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:20 - (LXX 72:20) As the dream of one awakening, O Lord, in thy city thou wilt despise their image.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:17 - (LXX 101:18) He has had regard to the prayer of the lowly, and has not despised their petition.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:141

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:141 - (LXX 118:141) I am young and despised: yet I have not forgotten thine ordinances.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:2 - He that walks uprightly fears the Lord; but he that is perverse in his ways shall be dishonoured.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:20 - A wise son gladdens his father; but a foolish son sneers at his mother.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:16 - He that keeps the commandment keeps his own soul; but he that despises his ways shall perish.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:16 - And I said, Wisdom is better than power: yet the wisdom of the poor man is set at nought, and his words not listened to.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:22 - This is the word which God has spoken concerning him; The virgin daughter of Sion has despised thee, and mocked thee; the daughter of Jerusalem has shaken her head at thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:3 - But his form was ignoble, and inferior to that of the children of men; he was a man in suffering, and acquainted with the bearing of sickness, for his face is turned from us: he was dishonoured, and not esteemed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:28 - Jechonias is dishonoured as a good-for-nothing vessel; for he is thrown out and cast forth into a land which he knew not.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:15 - (LXX 30:9) I have made thee small among the nations, utterly contemptible among men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:59

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:59 - Thus saith the Lord; I will even do to thee as thou hast done, as thou hast dealt shamefully in these things to transgress my covenant.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:16 - As I live, saith the Lord, verily in the same place where the king is that made him king, who dishonoured my oath, and who broke my covenant, shall he die with him in the midst of Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:18 - Whereas he has profaned the oath so as to break the covenant, when, behold, I engaged his hand, and he has done all these things to him, he shall not escape.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:19 - Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord; As I live, surely mine oath which he has profaned, and my covenant which he has transgressed, I will even recompense it upon his head.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:8 - And they have set at nought my holy things, and in thee they have profaned my sabbaths.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:21 - One shall stand on his place, who has been set at nought, and they have not put upon him the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come in prosperously, and obtain the kingdom by deceitful ways.

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Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:2 - Arise ye, and let us rise up against her to war.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:6 - A son honours his father, and a servant his master: if then I am a father, where is mine honour? and if I am a master, where is my fear? saith the Lord Almighty. Ye the priests are they that despise my name: yet ye said, Wherein have we despised thy name?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:7 - In that ye bring to mine altar polluted bread; and ye said, Wherein have ye polluted it? In that ye say, The table of the Lord is polluted, and that which was set thereon ye have despised.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:12 - But ye profane it, in that ye say, The table of the Lord is polluted, and his meats set thereon are despised.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 2:9 - And I have made you despised and cast out among all the people, because ye have not kept my ways, but have [fn]been partial in the law.
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