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מָאַס H3988
H3988 is the Hebrew word מָאַס, transliterated mâʼaç and said maw-as'. The King James Version most often renders it rejected.
What it means
to spurn; also (intransitively) to disappear.
Where it comes from
a primitive root.
How the King James Version translates it
Across 38 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: abhor, cast away (off), contemn, despise, disdain, (become) loathe(some), melt away, refuse, reject, reprobate, [idiom] utterly, vile person.
Verses using מָאַס
The first 40 of 64 verses, quoted in full.
Leviticus 26:15 · KJV
And if ye shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my judgments, so that ye will not do all my commandments, but that ye break my covenant:
Leviticus 26:43 · KJV
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.
Leviticus 26:44 · KJV
And yet for all that, when they be in the land of their enemies, I will not cast them away, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly, and to break my covenant with them: for I am the LORD their God.
Numbers 11:20 · KJV
But even a whole month, until it come out at your nostrils, and it be loathsome unto you: because that ye have despised the LORD which is among you, and have wept before him, saying, Why came we forth out of Egypt?
Judges 9:38 · KJV
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.
1 Samuel 8:7 · KJV
And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.
1 Samuel 10:19 · KJV
And ye have this day rejected your God, who himself saved you out of all your adversities and your tribulations; and ye have said unto him, Nay, but set a king over us. Now therefore present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes, and by your thousands.
1 Samuel 15:23 · KJV
For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king.
1 Samuel 15:26 · KJV
And Samuel said unto Saul, I will not return with thee: for thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, and the LORD hath rejected thee from being king over Israel.
1 Samuel 16:1 · KJV
And the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons.
1 Samuel 16:7 · KJV
But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.
2 Kings 17:15 · KJV
And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified against them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and went after the heathen that were round about them, concerning whom the LORD had charged them, that they should not do like them.
2 Kings 17:20 · KJV
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.
2 Kings 23:27 · KJV
And the LORD said, I will remove Judah also out of my sight, as I have removed Israel, and will cast off this city Jerusalem which I have chosen, and the house of which I said, My name shall be there.
Job 5:17 · KJV
Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:
Job 7:16 · KJV
I loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days are vanity.
Job 8:20 · KJV
Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will he help the evil doers:
Job 9:21 · KJV
Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I would despise my life.
Job 10:3 · KJV
Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thine hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?
Job 19:18 · KJV
Yea, young children despised me; I arose, and they spake against me.
Job 30:1 · KJV
But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my flock.
Job 31:13 · KJV
If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;
Job 34:33 · KJV
Should it be according to thy mind? he will recompense it, whether thou refuse, or whether thou choose; and not I: therefore speak what thou knowest.
Job 36:5 · KJV
Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: he is mighty in strength and wisdom.
Job 42:6 · KJV
Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
Psalm 15:4 · KJV
In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that fear the LORD. He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not.
Psalm 36:4 · KJV
He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not good; he abhorreth not evil.
Psalm 58:7 · KJV
Let them melt away as waters which run continually: when he bendeth his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces.
Psalm 78:59 · KJV
When God heard this, he was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel:
Psalm 78:67 · KJV
Moreover he refused the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim:
Psalm 89:38 · KJV
But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with thine anointed.
Psalm 106:24 · KJV
Yea, they despised the pleasant land, they believed not his word:
Psalm 118:22 · KJV
The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner.
Proverbs 3:11 · KJV
My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction:
Proverbs 15:32 · KJV
He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul: but he that heareth reproof getteth understanding.
Isaiah 5:24 · KJV
Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the LORD of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
Isaiah 7:15 · KJV
Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good.
Isaiah 7:16 · KJV
For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of both her kings.
Isaiah 8:6 · KJV
Forasmuch as this people refuseth the waters of Shiloah that go softly, and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah’s son;
Isaiah 30:12 · KJV
Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Because ye despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and stay thereon:
Common questions
What does Strong's H3988 mean?
H3988 is the Hebrew word מָאַס (mâʼaç), meaning to spurn; also (intransitively) to disappear.
How is H3988 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it rejected (10 times), despised (6 times), despise (4 times), cast away (3 times), despiseth (3 times), among others.
How many times does H3988 appear in the Bible?
מָאַס (mâʼaç) is tagged in 64 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H3988 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: a primitive root.
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