Quick Definition
to spurn
Strong's Definition
to scorn;
Derivation: a primitive root; in Ecclesiastes 12:5, by interchange for H5132 (נוּץ), to bloom
KJV Usage: abhor, (give occasion to) blaspheme, contemn, despise, flourish, [idiom] great, provoke.
TWOT Reference: 1274
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) to spurn, contemn, despise, abhor
1a) (Qal) to spurn, contemn
1b) (Piel)
1b1) to spurn
1b2) to cause to contemn
1c) (Hiphil) to spurn
1d) (Hithpolel) to be contemned
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
1) to spurn, contemn, despise, abhor
1a) (Qal) to spurn, contemn
1b) (Piel)
1b1) to spurn
1b2) to cause to contemn
1c) (Hiphil) to spurn
1d) (Hithpolel) to be contemned
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
נָאַץ
nâats
BDB Definition:
1) to spurn, contemn, despise, abhor
1a) (Qal) to spurn, contemn
1b) (Piel)
1b1) to spurn
1b2) to cause to contemn
1c) (Hiphil) to spurn
1d) (Hithpolel) to be contemned
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: a primitive root
Same Word by TWOT Number: 1274
Total KJV Occurrences: 26