H936 · בּוּז
bûwz · booz · despise
H936 (bûwz, pronounced booz) is the Hebrew word בּוּז in Strong’s dictionary: to disrespect. It appears 12 times in 11 verses of the BSB (Yahweh).
Strong’s entry
- Original word
- בּוּז (Hebrew)
- Transliteration
- bûwz
- Pronunciation
- booz
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- Definition
- to disrespect
- Rendered in the KJV
- contemn, despise, [idiom] utterly.
In the Berean Standard Bible (Yahweh)
12 occurrences in 11 verses (11 with English words of their own, 1 in the original with no English word of their own).
How the BSB renders it
- “despise” ×3
- “He who despises” ×2
- “Whoever shows contempt” ×1
- “and scorns” ×1
- “has despised” ×1
- “he will despise” ×1
- “his offer would be utterly scorned” ×1
- “would despise me” ×1
By book
Proverbs 8 · Song of Solomon 2 · Zechariah 1
Verses
- Proverbs 1:7
- Proverbs 6:30
- Proverbs 11:12
- Proverbs 13:13
- Proverbs 14:21
- Proverbs 23:9
- Proverbs 23:22
- Proverbs 30:17
- Song of Solomon 8:1
- Song of Solomon 8:7
- Zechariah 4:10
Related words
Numbers that share a root with H936.