בָּזָה
bāzâ
despise
Strong's H959VerbHebrewTWOT 224

בָּזָה (bāzâ) is a Hebrew verb meaning despise. It appears 43 times in 18 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H959).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 224)

Range of meaning (TWOT 224)despise; regard with contempt; despised, vile, worthless, despicable, contemptible; disesteem, scorned; disdain, contemn, think to scorn, vile person
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

בָזָה verb: despise

Strong's H959 בָּזָה: to disesteem
KJV:despise, disdain, contemn(-ptible), think to scorn, vile person.

Strong's H960 בָּזֹה: scorned
KJV:despise.

Strong's H5240 נְמִבְזֶה: despised
KJV:vile.

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.

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Genesis 25:34Numbers 15:311 Samuel 2:30

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