Strong’s
H936Verb12 times in the Hebrew BibleWhere it occurs
Translated as
In the text
- Proverbs 1:7בָּזוּ פ
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.
- Song of Songs 8:1יָבוּזוּ
O that you were to me like a brother who nursed at my mother’s breasts! If I found you outdoors, I would kiss you, and no one would despise me.
- Zechariah 4:10בַז
For who has despised the day of small things? But these seven eyes of the LORD, which scan the whole earth, will rejoice when they see the plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel.”
Brown-Driver-Briggs
[בּוּז] vb. despise
Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.