The meaning of “בּוּס”
Understanding bûwç reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
loath, tread (down, under (foot)), be polluted. - to trample (literally or figuratively) 1) to tread down, reject, tramp...
בּוּס
loath, tread (down, under (foot)), be polluted. - to trample (literally or figuratively) 1) to tread down, reject, trample down 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to tread down, trample (of warriors) 1a2) of rejection (fig.) 1b) (Polel) 1b1) to tread down (in bad sense) 1b2) to desecrate 1c) (Hithpolel) 1c1) to tread 1c2) to kick out 1c2a) of infants' blind movements 1c2b) of Jerusalem (fig.) 1d) (Hophal) to be trodden down
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Psalms 60:12 | “Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread down our enemies. ” Word: בּוּס (bûwç) | |
| Proverbs 27:7 | “The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.” Word: בּוּס (bûwç) | |
| Isaiah 63:6 | “And I will tread down the people in mine anger, and make them drunk in my fury, and I will bring down their strength to the earth.” Word: בּוּס (bûwç) | |
| Jeremiah 12:10 | “Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.” Word: בּוּס (bûwç) | |
| Ezekiel 16:22 | “And in all thine abominations and thy whoredoms thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, when thou wast naked and bare, and wast polluted in thy blood.” Word: בּוּס (bûwç) |
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