מָאַס
mâʼaç · maw-as'
to spurn; also (intransitively) to disappear
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to spurn; also (intransitively) to disappear
- to spurn
- also, (intransitively) to disappear
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: abhor, cast away (off), contemn, despise, disdain, (become) loathe(some), melt away, refuse, reject, reprobate, [idiom] utterly, vile person.
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- סSamekh60
Picture: a prop or pillar
- Concrete
- pillar · prop · thorn
- Extended
- to support · to uphold · to turn around · to be trusted
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › strength, the leader › to support and uphold
Water, chaos, the mighty deep of strength, the leader that works to support and uphold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מָאַס above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
76 occurrences · 76 OT · 0 NT · 68 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- hath rejected4 · 12%
- rejected4 · 12%
- to refuse2 · 6%
- because thou hast rejected2 · 6%
- thee, but they have rejected1 · 3%
- i will not cast them away1 · 3%
- they despised1 · 3%
- and become loathsome1 · 3%
- that thou hast despised1 · 3%
- unto thee: for they have not rejected1 · 3%
- that thou shouldest despise1 · 3%
- he hath also rejected1 · 3%
- with thee: for thou hast rejected1 · 3%
- seeing i have rejected1 · 3%
- and will cast off1 · 3%
- and they rejected1 · 3%
- because i have refused1 · 3%
- therefore despise1 · 3%
- which ye have despised1 · 3%
- i loathe1 · 3%
- will not cast away1 · 3%
- i would despise1 · 3%
- that ye have despised1 · 3%
- despised1 · 3%
- and if ye shall despise1 · 3%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.