Quick Definition
to despise
Strong's Definition
scorned
Derivation: from H959 (בָּזָה);
KJV Usage: despise.
TWOT Reference: 224b(?)
Outline of Biblical Usage
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
בָּזֹה (ba.zoh) — to despise. scorned, despised Another spelling of ba.zah (בָּזָה "to despise" H0959)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · בִּזָּיֹון
Unwilling | Despise | Revile | verb qal, verb nif | ≈ חָדֵל · חֶרְפָּה · לעב · לעג · פרר · צָעִיר · קָטֹן · קלל · שָׁפָל · שׁקץ · תעם | ≠ חשׁב · ירא · כבד · פנה · שׁמע
to despise, to disdain, to scorn, to consider (something) beneath (oneself) = state in which someone considers someone or something else unworthy of attention or respect, and shows that by his/her actions
GEN 25:34 · NUM 15:31 · 1SA 2:30 · 1SA 10:27 · 1SA 15:9 · 1SA 17:42 · 2SA 6:16 · 2SA 12:9 · 2SA 12:10 · 1CH 15:29 · 2CH 36:16 · NEH 2:19 · EST 3:6 · PSA 15:4 · PSA 22:7 · PSA 22:25 · PSA 51:19 · PSA 69:34 · PSA 73:20 · PSA 102:18 · PSA 119:141 · PRO 14:2 · PRO 15:20 · PRO 19:16 · ECC 9:16 · ISA 49:7 · ISA 53:3 · ISA 53:3 · JER 22:28 · JER 49:15 · EZK 16:59 · EZK 17:16 · EZK 17:18 · EZK 17:19 · EZK 22:8 · DAN 11:21 · OBA 1:2 · MAL 1:6 · MAL 1:6 · MAL 1:7 · MAL 1:12 · MAL 2:9
Unwilling | Despise | verb hif
to cause to despise = action by which someone causes other people to consider someone or something else unworthy of attention or respect, and shows that by his/her actions
1 ISA 49:7 HOTTP-C RSV NIV NJPS NJB NRSV REB GNT CEV | MT בְזֹה־נֶפֶשׁ | LXX "τὸν φαυλίζοντα τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ"
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
בָזָה vb. despise Qal despise, regard with contempt
Niph. despised
vile, worthless
despicable, contemptible
Hiph. so as to cause to despise their lords
base