Quick Definition
contempt
Strong's Definition
disrespect
Derivation: from H936 (בּוּז);
KJV Usage: contempt(-uously), despised, shamed.
TWOT Reference: 213a
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
בּוּז (buz) — contempt. 1) contempt 1a) springing from evil 1b) springing from prosperity 1c) springing from judgment
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun m · בוז
Despise | ≈ חֶרְפָּה · לַעַג | ≠ הלל
contempt = state in which someone considers someone or something else unworthy of attention or respect, and shows that by his/her actions
GEN 38:23 · JOB 12:5 · JOB 12:21 · JOB 31:34 · PSA 31:19 · PSA 107:40 · PSA 119:22 · PSA 123:3 · PSA 123:4 · PRO 12:8 · PRO 18:3
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
בּוּז n.m. contempt contempt
judicial, poured out by God, in judgment
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