מָאַס (mâʼaç) — Abhor
Hebrew word study: מָאַס (mâʼaç), Strong's H3988. to spurn; also (intransitively) to disappear
Approximate — computer-generated, not a recording of historical speech.
to spurn; also (intransitively) to disappear
KJV translation words: abhor, cast away (off), contemn, despise, disdain, (become) loathe(some), melt away, refuse, reject, reprobate, [idiom] utterly, vile person.
Strong's H3988 is tagged on 76 words in 69 verses across 14 books of the word-by-word Hebrew and Aramaic Old Testament text on this site. It first appears in Leviticus 26:15 and last appears in Amos 5:21.
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Books where it appears most
Verses (first 25 of 69)
- Leviticus 26:15 — תִּמְאָסוּ — you will reject
- Leviticus 26:43 — מָאָסוּ — they rejected
- Leviticus 26:44 — מְאַסְתִּים — I will reject them
- Numbers 11:20 — מְאַסְתֶּם — you have rejected
- Numbers 14:31 — מְאַסְתֶּם — you have rejected
- Judges 9:38 — מָאַסְתָּה — you rejected
- 1 Samuel 8:7 — מָאָסוּ — they have rejected
- 1 Samuel 10:19 — מְאַסְתֶּם — you have rejected
- 1 Samuel 15:23 — מָאַסְתָּ — you have rejected
- 1 Samuel 15:26 — מָאַסְתָּה — you have rejected
- 1 Samuel 16:1 — מְאַסְתִּיו — I have rejected him
- 1 Samuel 16:7 — מְאַסְתִּיהוּ — I have rejected him
- 2 Kings 17:15 — וַיִּמְאֲסוּ — and they rejected
- 2 Kings 17:20 — וַיִּמְאַס — and he rejected
- 2 Kings 23:27 — וּמָאַסְתִּי — and I will reject
- Job 5:17 — תִּמְאָס — you reject
- Job 7:5 — וַיִּמָּאֵס — and it has run
- Job 7:16 — מָאַסְתִּי — I reject
- Job 8:20 — יִמְאַס — he rejects
- Job 9:21 — אֶמְאַס — I reject
- Job 10:3 — תִמְאַס — you will reject
- Job 19:18 — מָאֲסוּ — they reject
- Job 30:1 — מָאַסְתִּי — I rejected
- Job 31:13 — אֶמְאַס — I rejected
- Job 34:33 — מָאַסְתָּ — you have rejected
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Related entries
Entries whose derivation names this word: H3973 מָאוֹס (mâʼôwç).
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What does mâʼaç (H3988) mean?
To spurn; also (intransitively) to disappear.
How is H3988 translated in the KJV?
The KJV translates H3988 as: abhor, cast away (off), contemn, despise, disdain, (become) loathe(some), melt away, refuse, reject, reprobate, [idiom] utterly, vile person..
How often does מָאַס (mâʼaç) appear?
Strong's H3988 is tagged on 76 words in 69 verses across 14 books of the word-by-word Hebrew and Aramaic Old Testament text on this site. It first appears in Leviticus 26:15 and last appears in Amos 5:21.
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