מָאַס maas

Hebrew word for “to reject” · Strong’s H3988 · used 76 times in 69 verses

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Meaning

1) to reject, despise, refuse; 1a) (Qal); 1a1) to reject, refuse; 1a2) to despise; 1b) (Niphal) to be rejected

Senses in the lexicon

• to reject (74)
• to flow (2)

How it is translated

Glosses given for maas in context, with how often each is used:

• have rejected 20
• rejected 12
• reject 9
• will reject 8
• has rejected 8
• rejects 3
• rejecting 3
• had rejected 2
• rejected person 1
• which they rejected 1
• will reject ! 1
• someone has rejected 1

Where it is used

Also in 2 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Leviticus 26 (3), Ezekiel 20 (3), 1 Samuel 15 (2), 1 Samuel 16 (2), 2 Kings 17 (2), Job 7 (2), Psalms 78 (2), Isaiah 7 (2), Isaiah 33 (2), Jeremiah 6 (2)

Forms

• מאסו 12
• מאס 8
• מאסת 6
• אמאס 5
• וימאס 4
• תמאס 4
• מאסתם 3
• וימאסו 3
• מאסתי 3
• ימאס 3

Words used with it

Words that share verses with maas more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• יַעַן yaan “because” 7
• בָּחַר bachar “to choose” 7
• חֻקָּה chuqqah “statute” 6
• גָּעַל gaal “to abhor” 4
• הֶם hem “them” 10
• גַּם gam “also” 8
• מִשְׁפָּט mishpat “justice” 7
• הָלַךְ halakh “to go” 9
• אַתָּה attah “you(m.s.)” 8
• שַׁבָּת shabbat “Sabbath” 4
• רַע ra “bad” 6
• זֶה zeh “this” 7

Key verses

The verses using maas that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• 1 Samuel 15:23 — For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected…
• 1 Samuel 16:1 — And the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I…
• 1 Samuel 16:7 — But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the Lord seeth not as man seeth;…
• 2 Kings 17:15 — And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified against them; and they followed…
• Job 42:6 — Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
• Psalms 36:4 — He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not good; he abhorreth not evil.
• Isaiah 5:24 — 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:…
• Isaiah 33:15 — He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth…
• Jeremiah 33:24 — 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…
• Ezekiel 20:13 — But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they walked not in my statutes, and they despised my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even…
• Hosea 4:6 — My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou…
• Amos 2:4 — Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have despised the law of the…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.