בּוּז buz
Hebrew word for “contempt” · Strong’s H937 · used 11 times in 11 verses
Meaning
1) contempt; 1a) springing from evil; 1b) springing from prosperity; 1c) springing from judgment
How it is translated
Glosses given for buz in context, with how often each is used:
- contempt 11
Where it is used
Chapters where it is used most
Job 12 (2), Psalms 123 (2), Genesis 38 (1), Job 31 (1), Psalms 31 (1), Psalms 107 (1), Psalms 119 (1), Proverbs 12 (1), Proverbs 18 (1)
Forms
- בוז 5
- ובוז 3
- לבוז 2
- הבוז 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with buz more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- שַׁאֲנָן shaanan “secure” 2
- נָדִיב nadiv “noble” 2
- רַב rav “many” 3
- חֶרְפָּה cherpah “reproach” 2
- שָׂבֵעַ sava “to satisfy” 2
- שָׁפַךְ shaphakh “to pour” 2
- הָ ha “her” 2
Key verses
The verses using buz that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Genesis 38:23 — And Judah said, Let her take it to her, lest we be shamed: behold, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her.
- Job 12:5 — He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.
- Job 12:21 — He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of the mighty.
- Job 31:34 — Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, and went not out of the door?
- Psalms 31:18 — Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.
- Psalms 107:40 — He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way.
- Psalms 119:22 — Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept thy testimonies.
- Psalms 123:3 — Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.
- Psalms 123:4 — Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud.
- Proverbs 12:8 — A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.
- Proverbs 18:3 — When the wicked cometh, then cometh also contempt, and with ignominy reproach.
See all 11 verses in the Word Atlas
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.