Hebrew verb · H936
בּוּז
buzbooz
to despise
12 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: bûwz
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H936is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 3 of 39Old Testament books
- 10spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H936
to disrespect
The King James renders it: contemn, despise, [idiom] utterly.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
buz is rendered "to despise". It stands 12 times in the Hebrew text, across three books.
- Eight of the uses stand in Proverbs, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Proverbs 1:7The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.
- The Greek text spells it ten different ways.
The first use
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.
Proverbs 1:7בָּֽזוּ׃ פ
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Eight of the word's twelve uses are in Proverbs.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- despises3
- people will despise2
- certainly to despise1
- has he despised1
- he will despise1
- people despise1
- so it may despise1
- they despise1
- you despise1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| בּוּשׁ | bush | be ashamed | Uses127 |
| בּוּס | bus | to trample | Uses12 |
| בּוּז | buz | contempt | Uses11 |
| בּוּץ | buts | fine linen | Uses8 |
| בּוּשָׁה | bushah | shame | Uses4 |
| בּוּךְ | buk | to perplex | Uses3 |
| בּוּל | bul | produce | Uses2 |
| בּוּזִי | Buzi | Buzite | Uses2 |
| בּוּל | Bul | Bul | Uses1 |
| בּוּר | bur | to explain | Uses1 |
| בּוּת | buth | to lodge | Uses1 |
| בּוּזָה | buzah | contempt | Uses1 |
and 1 more on the stem.
Other numbers on this spelling
Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.
All 12, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
10 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- בָּז־2
- יָב֥וּזוּ2
- בּ֖וֹז1
- בַז֮1
- בָּ֣ז1
- בָּֽזוּ׃ פ1
- וְתָב֪וּז1
- יָ֝ב֗וּז1
- יָב֣וּזוּ1
- תָּ֝ב֗וּז1
The grammar of each form
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural3HVqi3mp
- verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular3HVqrmsa
- HC/Vqu3fs1HC/Vqu3fs
- verb · simple (qal), infinitive absolute1HVqaa
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular1HVqi3ms
- verb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine singular1HVqj2ms
- verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common plural1HVqp3cp
- verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular1HVqp3ms
Proverbs
eight uses
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.
- בָּֽזוּ׃ פbazuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they despise
Men do not despise the thief if he steals to satisfy his hunger.
- יָב֣וּזוּyavuzuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: people despise
Whoever shows contempt for his neighbor lacks judgment, but a man of understanding remains silent.
- בָּז־boz-verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: despises
He who despises instruction will pay the penalty, but the one who respects a command will be rewarded.
- בָּ֣זbazverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: despises
He who despises his neighbor sins, but blessed is he who shows kindness to the poor.
- בָּז־boz-verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: despises
Do not speak to a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.
- יָ֝ב֗וּזyavuzverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will despise
Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.
- תָּ֝ב֗וּזtavuzverb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you despise
As for the eye that mocks a father and scorns obedience to a mother, may the ravens of the valley pluck it out and young vultures devour it.
- וְתָב֪וּזvetavuzHC/Vqu3fstagged: so it may despise
Song of Solomon
three uses
O that you were to me like a brother who nursed at my mother’s breasts! If I found you outdoors, I would kiss you, and no one would despise me.
- יָב֥וּזוּyavuzuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: people will despise
Mighty waters cannot quench love; rivers cannot sweep it away. If a man were to give all the wealth of his house for love, his offer would be utterly scorned.
- בּ֖וֹזbozverb · simple (qal), infinitive absolutetagged: certainly to despise
- יָב֥וּזוּyavuzuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: people will despise
Zechariah
one use
For who has despised the day of small things? But these seven eyes of the LORD, which scan the whole earth, will rejoice when they see the plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel.”
- בַז֮vazverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: has he despised
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.