The meaning of “בָּזָה”
Understanding bâzâh reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
despise, disdain, contemn(-ptible), [phrase] think to scorn, vile person. - to disesteem 1) to despise, hold in contempt...
בָּזָה
despise, disdain, contemn(-ptible), [phrase] think to scorn, vile person. - to disesteem 1) to despise, hold in contempt, disdain 1a) (Qal) to despise, regard with contempt 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be despised 1b2) to be despicable 1b3) to be vile, worthless 1c) (Hiphil) to cause to despise
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Genesis 25:34 | “Then 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. ” Word: בָּזָה (bâzâh) | |
| 2 Samuel 12:9 | “Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the Lord, to do evil in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.” Word: בָּזָה (bâzâh) | |
| 2 Chronicles 36:16 | “But 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.” Word: בָּזָה (bâzâh) | |
| Psalms 69:33 | “For the Lord heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners.” Word: בָּזָה (bâzâh) | |
| Isaiah 53:3 | “He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.” Word: בָּזָה (bâzâh) |
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