בּוּז
buz · contempt
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H937 · appears 11 times in the Bible
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buz (בּוּז) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “contempt”.
Scorn.
How to say it
buz
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- The scorn or mockery with which others look at someone.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- contempt ×10
- laughingstock ×1
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Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Genesis 38:23
Judah said, “Let her take the things for herself, lest we become a laughingstock. Look, I sent this young goat, but you did not find her.”
- Job 12:5
A torch of contempt in the thought of the untroubled, ready for those who slip with the foot.
- Job 12:21
He pours contempt on nobles, and loosens the belt of the strong.
- Job 31:34
because I dreaded the great multitude, and the contempt of families terrified me, so that I kept silent and did not go out of the door…
- Psalms 31:18
Let the lips of lies be mute that speak against the righteous with insolence, with pride and contempt.
- Psalms 107:40
He pours contempt on nobles, and makes them wander in a void without a way.
- Psalms 119:22
Roll away from me reproach and contempt, for your testimonies I have guarded.
- Psalms 123:3
Show us favor, YHWH, show us favor, for we are greatly sated with contempt.
- Psalms 123:4
Our soul is greatly sated with the mockery of those who are at ease, with the contempt of the proud.
- Proverbs 12:8
According to his prudence a man is praised, but one twisted of heart will be an object of contempt.
- Proverbs 18:3
When the wicked comes, contempt also comes, and with disgrace, reproach.