Strong’s H937 · Hebrew
בּוּז
bûwz · booz
Origin from בּוּז (H936);
Meaning disrespect
In the King James Version contempt(-uously), despised, shamed.
In 11 verses of the King James Version
- Genesis 38:23And Judah said, Let her take it to her, lest we be shamed: behold, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her.
- Job 12:5He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.
- Job 12:21He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of the mighty.
- Job 31:34Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, and went not out of the door?
- Psalms 31:18Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.
- Psalms 107:40He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way.
- Psalms 119:22Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept thy testimonies.
- Psalms 123:3Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.
- Psalms 123:4Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud.
- Proverbs 12:8A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.
- Proverbs 18:3When the wicked cometh, then cometh also contempt, and with ignominy reproach.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.