The meaning of “מָאַס”
Understanding mâʼaç reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
abhor, cast away (off), contemn, despise, disdain, (become) loathe(some), melt away, refuse, reject, reprobate, [idiom] ...
מָאַס
abhor, cast away (off), contemn, despise, disdain, (become) loathe(some), melt away, refuse, reject, reprobate, [idiom] utterly, vile person. - to spurn - also (intransitively) to disappear 1) to reject, despise, refuse 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to reject, refuse 1a2) to despise 1b) (Niphal) to be rejected 2) (Niphal) to flow, run
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Leviticus 26:43 | “The land also shall be left of them, and shall enjoy her sabbaths, while she lieth desolate without them: and they shall accept of the punishment of their iniquity: because, even because they despised my judgments, and because their soul abhorred my statutes.” Word: מָאַס (mâʼaç) | |
| Judges 9:38 | “Then said Zebul unto him, Where is now thy mouth, wherewith thou saidst, Who is Abimelech, that we should serve him? is not this the people that thou hast despised? go out, I pray now, and fight with them.” Word: מָאַס (mâʼaç) | |
| 2 Kings 17:20 | “And the Lord rejected all the seed of Israel, and afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until he had cast them out of his sight.” Word: מָאַס (mâʼaç) | |
| Psalms 78:59 | “When God heard this, he was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel:” Word: מָאַס (mâʼaç) | |
| Isaiah 31:7 | “For in that day every man shall cast away his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which your own hands have made unto you for a sin.” Word: מָאַס (mâʼaç) |
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