Lexical Definition

‎בָּזָה‎ bâzâh (baw-zaw') to despise ^H:V
a primitive root

despise, disdain, contemn(-ptible), [phrase] think to scorn, vile person.

• to disesteem

1) to despise, hold in contempt, disdain
1a) (Qal) to despise, regard with contempt
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be despised
1b2) to be despicable
1b3) to be vile, worthless
1c) (Hiphil) to cause to despise

See Greek: ἄτιμος · ἀτιμόω · ἐξουδενόω · καταφρονέω · μυκτηρίζω

Extended Information

• Also means: ba.zoh (‎ב‎ָּ‎ז‎ֹ‎ה‎ "to despise" בָּזֹה)

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Also see: נְמִבְזֶה

‎בָּזָה‎ verb despise (Palestinian ᵑ7 ‎בְּזָא‎, compare raise the head loftily and disdainfully) —

Qal Perfect Num 15:31 +; ‎בָּזִיתָ‎ 2Sam 12:9 suffix ‎בְּזִתָ֑נִי‎ 2Sam 12:10, etc.; Imperfect ‎וַיִּ֫בֶז‎ Gen 25:34; Esth 3:6 suffix ‎וַיִּבְזֵהוּ‎ 1Sam 17:42 3 feminine singular ‎וַתִּכֶז‎ 2Sam 6:16; 1Chr 15:29 2 masculine singular ‎תִּבְזֶה‎ Ps 51:19*; Ps 73:20 ‎וַיִּבְזוּ‎ Neh 2:19 ‎וַיִּבְזֻהוּ‎ 1Sam 10:27 Infinitive construct ‎בְּזֹה‎ Isa 49:7 (Di Ew^{§ 150 b}); Participle active ‎בּוֺזֶה‎ Prov 15:20; Prov 19:16 ‎בּוֺזֵהוּ‎ Prov 14:2 ‎בּוֺזִים‎ 2Chr 36:16 ‎בּוֺזֵי‎ Mal 1:6 suffix ‎בֹּזַי‎ 1Sam 2:30 passive ‎בָּזוּי‎ Jer 49:15 +; feminine ‎בְּזוּיָה‎ Eccl 9:16 — despise, regard with contempt, followed by accusative of thing, birthright Gen 25:34 (J); words of ‎׳‎‎י‎ Num 15:31 (P; not elsewhere in Hexateuch); 2Sam 12:9 compare 2Chr 36:16 name of ‎׳‎‎י‎ Mal 1:6 (twice in verse) (compare below); oath (‎אָלָה‎) Ezek 16:59; Ezek 17:16; Ezek 17:18; Ezek 17:19 holy things Ezek 22:8 one's own ways Prov 19:16 (i.e. is careless of them, lives recklessly, opposed to ‎שֹׁמֵר נַפְשׁוֺ‎, compare ‎נֹצֵר דַּרְכּוֺ‎ Prov 16:17); distress of the distressed Ps 22:25* (|| ‎שִׁקֵּץ‎, subject ‎׳‎‎י‎); prayer, subject id. Ps 102:18* broken & contrite heart Ps 51:9* (with ‎לֹא‎), compare on other hand Ps 73:20 followed by accusative of person Saul 1Sam 10:27, David 1Sam 17:42 compare Prov 15:20, ‎׳‎‎י‎ 1Sam 2:30; 2Sam 12:10; Prov 14:2, his prisoners Ps 69:34* (subject ‎׳‎‎י‎); followed by ‎לְ‎, ‎וַתִּבֶז לוֺ בְּלִבָּהּ‎ 2Sam 6:16 = 1Chr 15:29; 2Kgs 19:21 = Isa 37:22 followed by ‎עַל‎ person Neh 2:19 followed by Infinitive ‎וַיִּבֶז בְּעֵינָיו לִשְׁלֹחַ יָד‎ Esth 3:6 note especially ‎בְּזֹה‎ ‎נֶפֶשׁ‎ Isa 49:7 a despising of soul, i.e. one despised from the soul, thoroughly despised; on otherviews see Che Di. Participle passive despised, of person construct ‎בְּזוּי עָם‎ despised of people (|| ‎חֶרְפַּת אָדָם‎) Ps 22:7*, compare ‎בָּזוּי בָאָדָם‎ Jer 49:15 also Obad 1:2 of wisdom Eccl 9:16. Niph`al Participle ‎נִבְזֶה‎ Ps 15:4 +; feminine ‎נִבְזָה‎ 1Sam 15:9 (so read for ‎נמבזָה‎ compare We Dr); plural ‎נִבְזִים‎ Mal 2:9 —

1. despised Ps 15:4; Ps 119:141; Isa 53:3 (twice in verse); Jer 22:28.

2. vile, worthless 1Sam 15:9.

3. despicable, contemptible Mal 1:7 said of table of ‎׳‎‎י‎, compare vMal 1:12; Mal 2:9; Dan 11:21 as substantive of Antiochus Epiph. Hiph`il Infinitive ‎לְהַבְזוֺת בַּעְלֵיהֶן‎ Esth 1:17 so as to cause to despise their lords (cause their lords to be despised).

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