To despise
בָּזָהStrong’s H0959bazah (ba-zah)
Appears in 42 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Bazah is the Hebrew word usually translated “despised”, “has despised” and “despicable”. It appears in 42 verses of the Old Testament.
“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.”
Meaning
- To despise, hold in contempt, disdain(Qal) to despise, regard with contempt · (Niphal) · (Hiphil) to cause to despise
How it's translated
- despised 8
- and he despised 3
- he has despised 3
- and she despised 2
- she has despised 2
- he despised 2
- despicable 2
- and despise me 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 8
- Ezekiel 5
- Malachi 4
- 1 Samuel 3
- 2 Samuel 3
- Proverbs 3
18 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 25:34Then 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 15:31Because 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 2:30Wherefore 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 10:27But 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 17:42And 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 6:16And 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.
All 42 verses, by book
Hebrew dictionary
בָּזָה bazah · to despise
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 Also means: ba.zoh (בָּזֹה "to despise" H0960)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “despised” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
DESPISED, participle passive
Contemned; disdained; abhorred.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.