H3988 מָאַס
Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 75 KJV occurrences
מָאַס
mâʼaç · maw-as'
Definition
to spurn; also (intransitively) to disappear
KJV Renderings
abhor, cast away (off), contemn, despise, disdain, (become) loathe(some), melt away, refuse, reject, reprobate, [idiom] utterly, vile person.
Derivation / Etymology
a primitive root;
Sample KJV Verses (8 of 75)
- Leviticus 26:15And if ye shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my judgments, so that ye will not do all my commandments, but that ye break my covenant:
- 1 Samuel 15:23For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king.
- Job 5:17Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:
- Job 42:6Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
- Psalms 118:22The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner.
- Isaiah 33:8The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath broken the covenant, he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man.
- Jeremiah 8:9The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the LORD; and what wisdom is in them?
- Ezekiel 20:13But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they walked not in my statutes, and they despised my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; and my sabbaths they greatly polluted: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them in the wilderness, to consume them.