H959 בָּזָה
Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 43 KJV occurrences
בָּזָה
bâzâh · baw-zaw'
Definition
to disesteem
KJV Renderings
despise, disdain, contemn(-ptible), [phrase] think to scorn, vile person.
Derivation / Etymology
a primitive root;
Sample KJV Verses (8 of 43)
- Genesis 25:34Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised his birthright.
- 2 Samuel 6:16And as the ark of the LORD came into the city of David, Michal Saul’s daughter looked through a window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before the LORD; and she despised him in her heart.
- 2 Chronicles 36:16But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, till there was no remedy.
- Psalms 22:24For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard.
- Psalms 119:141I am small and despised: yet do not I forget thy precepts.
- Isaiah 37:22This is the word which the LORD hath spoken concerning him; The virgin, the daughter of Zion, hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.
- Ezekiel 17:16As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely in the place where the king dwelleth that made him king, whose oath he despised, and whose covenant he brake, even with him in the midst of Babylon he shall die.
- Obadiah 1:2Behold, I have made thee small among the heathen: thou art greatly despised.