בָּזָה (bâzâh) — Despise

Strong's H959 is tagged on 43 words in 41 verses across 18 books of the word-by-word Hebrew and Aramaic Old Testament text on this site. It first appears in Genesis 25:34 and last appears in Malachi 2:9.

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Books where it appears most

Verses (first 25 of 41)

• Genesis 25:34 — וַיִּבֶז — and he despised
• Numbers 15:31 — בָּזָה — he has despised
• 1 Samuel 2:30 — וּבֹזַי — and those who despise me
• 1 Samuel 10:27 — וַיִּבְזֻהוּ — and they despised him
• 1 Samuel 17:42 — וַיִּבְזֵהוּ — and he despised him
• 2 Samuel 6:16 — וַתִּבֶז — and she despised
• 2 Samuel 12:9 — בָּזִיתָ — have you despised
• 2 Samuel 12:10 — בְזִתָנִי — you despised me
• 2 Kings 19:21 — בָּזָה — she has despised
• 1 Chronicles 15:29 — וַתִּבֶז — and she despised
• 2 Chronicles 36:16 — וּבוֹזִים — and despising
• Nehemiah 2:19 — וַיִּבְזוּ — and they despised
• Esther 1:17 — לְהַבְזוֹת — to make despicable
• Esther 3:6 — וַיִּבֶז — and he despised
• Psalms 15:4 — נִבְזֶה — is despised
• Psalms 22:6 — וּבְזוּי — and despised of
• Psalms 22:24 — בָזָה — he has despised
• Psalms 51:17 — תִבְזֶה — you despise
• Psalms 69:33 — בָזָה — he despises
• Psalms 73:20 — תִּבְזֶה — you will despise
• Psalms 119:141 — וְנִבְזֶה — and am despised
• Proverbs 14:2 — בּוֹזֵהוּ — is despising him
• Proverbs 15:20 — בּוֹזֶה — is despising
• Proverbs 19:16 — בּוֹזֵה — the one who despises
• Ecclesiastes 9:16 — בְּזוּיָה — is despised

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Related entries

Entries whose derivation names this word: H960 בָּזֹה (bâzôh), H963 בִּזָּיוֹן (bizzâyôwn), H964 בִּזְיוֹתְיָה (bizyôwthᵉyâh), H5240 נְמִבְזֶה (nᵉmibzeh).

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