Word

בּוּז

bûwz · H936 · Hebrew · 14 occurrences

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Meanings

to despise, to scorn

State in which someone considers someone or something else unworthy of attention or respect, and shows that by his/her actions

Examples
2 Kings 19:21 “This is the word that the LORD has spoken against him: ‘She, the virgin daughter of Zion, has shown contempt for you and mocked you; She, the daughter of Jerusalem, has shaken her head behind you!
Proverbs 1:7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; Fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Proverbs 6:30 People do not despise a thief if he steals To satisfy himself when he is hungry;

How it’s used In 6 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

13 occurrences in 6 groups

Not stated: he, she or it 4
Not stated: they 3
Not stated (participle) 3
אֱוִילfoolish 1
מִיwho? 1
Not stated: you (one person) 1

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

1 occurrences in 2 groups

חׇכְמָהwisdom 1
מוּסָרdiscipline, instruction 1

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

11 occurrences in 9 groups

Other words · 9 groups that occur once or twice (11) 11

With adverbsAdverbs

3 occurrences in 2 groups

לֹאnot 2
אַלnot, do not 1

What it doesIt is the subject

2 occurrences in 2 groups

חָבַלto take as pledge 1
חָטָאto sin 1

What it is said to bePredicate

1 occurrences in 1 groups

חָסֵרlacking 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Near synonyms 7 words

קָלַס qâlaç · H7046 · to scorn, to disdain, to jeer: Both lexemes denote expressions of contempt or disdain, genuine overlapping acts of scorn/mockery/despising.
קָלַל qâlal · H7043 · light, fast, swift: Both lexemes denote contempt/despising as a core or attested sense (קָלַל (qâlal, H7043) has a broad polysemy including curse/despise/contempt; בּוּז (bûwz, H936) is focused on contemn/despise).
עִיט ʻîyṭ · H5860 · to rush upon, to insult, to rail: עִיט (ʻîyṭ, H5860) ("fly, rail") and בּוּז (bûwz, H936) ("contemn, despise"). Both denote expressions of scorn or contempt, making them near-synonyms in the sense of verbal disdain. עִיט (ʻîyṭ, H5860)'s gloss includes "fly" (possibly idiomatic or metaphorical) and has only 3 occurrences, making the relationship less robust.
מָאַס mâʼaç · H3988 · to reject, to refuse, to waste away: Both words express contempt and disdain toward something; both are rendered "despise" and "contemn".
נָאַץ nâʼats · H5006 · to reject, to have contempt for: Both words share the sense of despising and contemning, both rendered "contemn, despise".
בָּזָה bâzâh · H959 · to despise, to disdain, to scorn: Both words denote the act of despising or treating with contempt (despise, revile); they are distinct Hebrew roots expressing closely related concepts of contempt and scorn, appropriate for substitution in sense.
לוּץ lûwts · H3887 · insolent person, to behave arrogantly: Both words denote acts of contemptuous scorn or derision and could substitute in many contexts; both center on mocking and contemptuous attitudes.

Semantic domains 2 entries

Despise002001002005: The verb means to hold in contempt or scorn, as fools 'despise' wisdom and instruction in Proverbs 1:7, fitting this domain's core sense of despising.
Revile002004001009012: It can describe expressing that contempt through mockery, as the daughter of Zion shows contempt and shakes her head in mockery in 2 Kings 19:21, connecting it to this domain's sense of scornful speech.

Word family 3 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

בּוּזbûwz · H936בּוּז bûwz · H937 · contempt · 11×בּוּזָה bûwzâh · H939 · contempt · 1×

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H936. buz I. [בּוּז] verb despise (Late Hebrew id.) — Qal Perfect3masculine singular בַּז…

H936. buz
I. [בּוּז] verb despise (Late Hebrew id.) —
Qal Perfect3masculine singular בַּז Zec 4:10 (compare Köi. 439); 3 plural בָּ֑זוּ Pro 1:7; Imperfect יָבוּז Pro 23:9; Pro 23:3feminine singular וְתָבֻז Pro 30:17; Pro 30:2masculine singular תָּבוּז (Jussive) Pro 23:22; plural יָבוּזוּ Pro 6:30; Son 8:7; יָבֻזוּ Son 8:1; Infinitive absolute בּוֺז Son 8:7; Participle Pro 11:12 Pro 11:2t.; — despise, shew despite toward (Wisdom Literature & poetry) with accusative Pro 1:7; with Infinitive + ל Pro 30:17; elsewhere followed by ל + noun, Pro 6:30; Pro 11:12; Pro 13:13; Pro 14:21; Pro 23:9, Pro 23:22; Son 8:1, Son 8:7 (twice in verse); Zec 4:10.

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Despise13 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0