נָאַץ (nāʾaṣ) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning contemn. It appears
25 times
in 10 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H5006).
Also rendered
to spurn
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1274)
Range of meaning (TWOT 1274)contemn, spurn; scorn, bloom; abhor, blaspheme, despise, flourish, provoke
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
נָאַץverb: contemn, spurn
Qalcontemn
Pielcontemn, spurn
Strong's H5006נָאַץ: to scorn; or (in Ecclesiastes 12:5), by interchange for H5132, to bloom KJV:abhor, (give occasion to) blaspheme, contemn, despise, flourish, × great, provoke.
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.