H936 בּוּז
Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 12 KJV occurrences
בּוּז
bûwz · booz
Definition
to disrespect
KJV Renderings
contemn, despise, [idiom] utterly.
Derivation / Etymology
a primitive root;
Sample KJV Verses (8 of 12)
- Proverbs 1:7¶ The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
- Proverbs 6:30Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;
- Proverbs 13:13Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.
- Proverbs 14:21He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy is he.
- Proverbs 23:22Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
- Proverbs 30:17The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.
- Song of Solomon 8:7Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned.
- Song of Solomon 8:7Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned.