Strong’s
H937Noun, masculine11 times in the Hebrew BibleWhere it occurs
Translated as
In the text
- Genesis 38:23לָבוּז
“Let her keep the items,” Judah replied. “Otherwise we will become a laughingstock. After all, I did send her this young goat, but you could not find her.”
- Job 12:5בּוּז
The one at ease scorns misfortune as the fate of those whose feet are slipping.
- Psalm 31:18וָבוּז
May lying lips be silenced—lips that speak with arrogance against the righteous, full of pride and contempt.
- Proverbs 12:8לָבוּז
A man is praised according to his wisdom, but a twisted mind is despised.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
בּוּז n.m. contempt
1. contempt
2. judicial, poured out by God, in judgment
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.