בּוּז
bûwz · booz
to disrespect
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to disrespect
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: contemn, despise, [idiom] utterly.
Letters
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- זZayin7
Picture: a weapon, mattock or sword
- Concrete
- weapon · cutting tool · plough
- Extended
- to cut · to harvest · to sustain by cutting · food
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the house, what is within › to fasten and establish › to cut, to sustain
The house, what is within that works to fasten and establish that works to cut, to sustain.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of בּוּז 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
12 occurrences · 12 OT · 0 NT · 10 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- despise1 · 8%
- men do not despise1 · 8%
- despiseth1 · 8%
- whoso despiseth1 · 8%
- he that despiseth1 · 8%
- for he will despise1 · 8%
- thee, and despise1 · 8%
- and despiseth1 · 8%
- thee; yea, i should not be despised1 · 8%
- it would utterly1 · 8%
- be contemned1 · 8%
- for who hath despised1 · 8%
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.