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בָּזָה H959

H959 is the Hebrew word בָּזָה, transliterated bâzâh and said baw-zaw'. The King James Version most often renders it despised.

Word: בָּזָהTransliteration: bâzâhSaid: baw-zaw'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 36 verses

What it means

to disesteem.

Where it comes from

a primitive root.

How the King James Version translates it

Across 37 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

despised 18×despise 5×hast despised 3×despiseth 3×because he hath despised 1×disdained 1×wherefore hast thou despised 1×scorn 1×contemned 1×seeing he despised 1×vile person 1×wherein have we despised 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: despise, disdain, contemn(-ptible), [phrase] think to scorn, vile person.

Verses using בָּזָה

All 36 verses, quoted in full.

Genesis 25:34 · KJV

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.

Numbers 15:31 · KJV

Because he hath despised the word of the LORD, and hath broken his commandment, that soul shall utterly be cut off; his iniquity shall be upon him.

1 Samuel 2:30 · KJV

Wherefore the LORD God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.

1 Samuel 10:27 · KJV

But the children of Belial said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him, and brought him no presents. But he held his peace.

1 Samuel 17:42 · KJV

And when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he disdained him: for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and of a fair countenance.

2 Samuel 6:16 · KJV

And as the ark of the LORD came into the city of David, Michal Saul’s daughter looked through a window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before the LORD; and she despised him in her heart.

2 Samuel 12:9 · KJV

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.

2 Samuel 12:10 · KJV

Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house; because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife.

2 Kings 19:21 · KJV

This is the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning him; The virgin the daughter of Zion hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.

1 Chronicles 15:29 · KJV

And it came to pass, as the ark of the covenant of the LORD came to the city of David, that Michal, the daughter of Saul looking out at a window saw king David dancing and playing: and she despised him in her heart.

2 Chronicles 36:16 · KJV

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.

Nehemiah 2:19 · KJV

But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? will ye rebel against the king?

Esther 1:17 · KJV

For this deed of the queen shall come abroad unto all women, so that they shall despise their husbands in their eyes, when it shall be reported, The king Ahasuerus commanded Vashti the queen to be brought in before him, but she came not.

Esther 3:6 · KJV

And he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had shewed him the people of Mordecai: wherefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai.

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 22:6 · KJV

But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.

Psalm 22:24 · KJV

For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard.

Psalm 69:33 · KJV

For the LORD heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners.

Psalm 73:20 · KJV

As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.

Psalm 102:17 · KJV

He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.

Psalm 119:141 · KJV

I am small and despised: yet do not I forget thy precepts.

Proverbs 15:20 · KJV

A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.

Proverbs 19:16 · KJV

He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul; but he that despiseth his ways shall die.

Ecclesiastes 9:16 · KJV

Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man’s wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.

Isaiah 37:22 · KJV

This is the word which the LORD hath spoken concerning him; The virgin, the daughter of Zion, hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.

Isaiah 53:3 · KJV

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.

Jeremiah 22:28 · KJV

Is this man Coniah a despised broken idol? is he a vessel wherein is no pleasure? wherefore are they cast out, he and his seed, and are cast into a land which they know not?

Jeremiah 49:15 · KJV

For, lo, I will make thee small among the heathen, and despised among men.

Ezekiel 16:59 · KJV

For thus saith the Lord GOD; I will even deal with thee as thou hast done, which hast despised the oath in breaking the covenant.

Ezekiel 17:16 · KJV

As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely in the place where the king dwelleth that made him king, whose oath he despised, and whose covenant he brake, even with him in the midst of Babylon he shall die.

Ezekiel 17:18 · KJV

Seeing he despised the oath by breaking the covenant, when, lo, he had given his hand, and hath done all these things, he shall not escape.

Ezekiel 17:19 · KJV

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; As I live, surely mine oath that he hath despised, and my covenant that he hath broken, even it will I recompense upon his own head.

Ezekiel 22:8 · KJV

Thou hast despised mine holy things, and hast profaned my sabbaths.

Daniel 11:21 · KJV

And in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to whom they shall not give the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries.

Malachi 1:6 · KJV

A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the LORD of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name?

Malachi 2:9 · KJV

Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as ye have not kept my ways, but have been partial in the law.

Common questions

What does Strong's H959 mean?

H959 is the Hebrew word בָּזָה (bâzâh), meaning to disesteem.

How is H959 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it despised (18 times), despise (5 times), hast despised (3 times), despiseth (3 times), because he hath despised (1 time), among others.

How many times does H959 appear in the Bible?

בָּזָה (bâzâh) is tagged in 36 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H959 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: a primitive root.

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