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נָאַץ H5006

H5006 is the Hebrew word נָאַץ, transliterated nâʼats and said naw-ats'. The King James Version most often renders it despised.

Word: נָאַץTransliteration: nâʼatsSaid: naw-ats'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 22 verses

What it means

to scorn;.

Where it comes from

a primitive root; in Ecclesiastes 12:5, by interchange for H5132 (נוּץ), to bloom.

How the King James Version translates it

Across 21 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

despised 5×provoked 3×provoke 2×abhorred 2×blaspheme 2×hast given 1×great occasion 1×contemn 1×blasphemed 1×contemned 1×despiseth 1×flourish 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: abhor, (give occasion to) blaspheme, contemn, despise, flourish, [idiom] great, provoke.

Verses using נָאַץ

All 22 verses, quoted in full.

Numbers 14:11 · KJV

And the LORD said unto Moses, How long will this people provoke me? and how long will it be ere they believe me, for all the signs which I have shewed among them?

Numbers 14:23 · KJV

Surely they shall not see the land which I sware unto their fathers, neither shall any of them that provoked me see it:

Numbers 16:30 · KJV

But if the LORD make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down quick into the pit; then ye shall understand that these men have provoked the LORD.

Deuteronomy 31:20 · KJV

For when I shall have brought them into the land which I sware unto their fathers, that floweth with milk and honey; and they shall have eaten and filled themselves, and waxen fat; then will they turn unto other gods, and serve them, and provoke me, and break my covenant.

Deuteronomy 32:19 · KJV

And when the LORD saw it, he abhorred them, because of the provoking of his sons, and of his daughters.

1 Samuel 2:17 · KJV

Wherefore the sin of the young men was very great before the LORD: for men abhorred the offering of the LORD.

2 Samuel 12:14 · KJV

Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast given great occasion to the enemies of the LORD to blaspheme, the child also that is born unto thee shall surely die.

Psalm 10:13 · KJV

Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it.

Psalm 74:10 · KJV

O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?

Psalm 74:18 · KJV

Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name.

Psalm 107:11 · KJV

Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the most High:

Proverbs 1:30 · KJV

They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.

Proverbs 5:12 · KJV

And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;

Proverbs 15:5 · KJV

A fool despiseth his father’s instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.

Ecclesiastes 12:5 · KJV

Also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail: because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets:

Isaiah 1:4 · KJV

Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward.

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 60:14 · KJV

The sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee; and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves down at the soles of thy feet; and they shall call thee, The city of the LORD, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.

Jeremiah 14:21 · KJV

Do not abhor us, for thy name’s sake, do not disgrace the throne of thy glory: remember, break not thy covenant with us.

Jeremiah 23:17 · KJV

They say still unto them that despise me, The LORD hath said, Ye shall have peace; and they say unto every one that walketh after the imagination of his own heart, No evil shall come upon you.

Jeremiah 33:24 · KJV

Considerest thou not what this people have spoken, saying, The two families which the LORD hath chosen, he hath even cast them off? thus they have despised my people, that they should be no more a nation before them.

Lamentations 2:6 · KJV

And he hath violently taken away his tabernacle, as if it were of a garden: he hath destroyed his places of the assembly: the LORD hath caused the solemn feasts and sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion, and hath despised in the indignation of his anger the king and the priest.

Common questions

What does Strong's H5006 mean?

H5006 is the Hebrew word נָאַץ (nâʼats), meaning to scorn;.

How is H5006 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it despised (5 times), provoked (3 times), provoke (2 times), abhorred (2 times), blaspheme (2 times), among others.

How many times does H5006 appear in the Bible?

נָאַץ (nâʼats) is tagged in 22 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H5006 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: a primitive root; in Ecclesiastes 12:5, by interchange for H5132 (נוּץ), to bloom.

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