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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

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. Job 12:21He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of the mighty.
  4. 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?
  5. Psalms 31:18Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.
  6. Psalms 107:40He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way.
  7. Psalms 119:22Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept thy testimonies.
  8. Psalms 123:3Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.
  9. Psalms 123:4Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud.
  10. Proverbs 12:8A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.
  11. 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.

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