Lexical Definition

‎בּוּז‎ bûwz (booz) contempt ^H:N-M
from ‎בּוּז‎

contempt(-uously), despised, shamed.

• disrespect

1) contempt
1a) springing from evil
1b) springing from prosperity
1c) springing from judgment

See Greek: ἀτιμία

Brown-Driver-Briggs

II. ‎בּוּז‎ noun masculine^{Prov 18:3} contempt — ‎׳‎‎בּ‎ absolute Gen 38:23 + 9 t.; construct Job 31:34 — (Wisdom Literature & poetry, except Gen 38:23 J).

1. contempt springing from pride and wickedness Job 31:34; Ps 123:3; Ps 123:4 (|| ‎לַעַג‎); joined in one adverb. phrase with ‎גאוה‎ Ps 31:19* ‎׳‎‎וָב‎ ‎׳‎‎בְּג‎; springing from prosperity and ease Job 12:5 = object of contempt Gen 38:23; Prov 12:8 || ‎חֶרְפָּה‎ Ps 119:22; Prov 18:3.

2. judicial, poured out (‎שׁפך‎) by God, in judgment Job 12:21 = Ps 107:40.

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