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H3988 · מָאַס

mâʼaç · maw-as' · despise, refuse, reject

H3988 (mâʼaç, pronounced maw-as') is the Hebrew word מָאַס in Strong’s dictionary: to spurn. It appears 76 times in 69 verses of the BSB (Yahweh).

Strong’s entry

Original word
מָאַס (Hebrew)
Transliteration
mâʼaç
Pronunciation
maw-as'
Derivation
a primitive root;
Definition
to spurn; also (intransitively) to disappear
Rendered in the KJV
abhor, cast away (off), contemn, despise, disdain, (become) loathe(some), melt away, refuse, reject, reprobate, [idiom] utterly, vile person.

In the Berean Standard Bible (Yahweh)

76 occurrences in 69 verses (75 with English words of their own, 1 in the original with no English word of their own).

How the BSB renders it

By book

Leviticus 3 · Numbers 2 · Judges 1 · 1 Samuel 6 · 2 Kings 3 · Job 12 · Psalms 9 · Proverbs 2 · Isaiah 10 · Jeremiah 10 · Lamentations 1 · Ezekiel 6 · Hosea 2 · Amos 2

First 30 of 69 verses

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