בּוּז
bûwz · booz
disrespect
Lexicon
Derivation: from H936 (בּוּז);
disrespect
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: contempt(-uously), despised, shamed.
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
11 occurrences · 11 OT · 0 NT · 9 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- contempt2 · 18%
- it to her, lest we be shamed1 · 9%
- despised1 · 9%
- or did the contempt1 · 9%
- and contemptuously1 · 9%
- and contempt1 · 9%
- with contempt1 · 9%
- and with the contempt1 · 9%
- shall be despised1 · 9%
- also contempt1 · 9%
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.