Lexicon :: Strong's H3988 - mā'as

מָאַס

Transliteration

mā'as

Pronunciation

maw-as'

Part of Speech

verb

Root Word (Etymology)

A primitive root

Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1139,1140

Strong's Info

Strong’s Definitions

מָאַס mâʼaç, maw-as'; a primitive root; to spurn; also (intransitively) to disappear:—abhor, cast away (off), contemn, despise, disdain, (become) loathe(some), melt away, refuse, reject, reprobate, × utterly, vile person.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 76x

The KJV translates Strong's H3988 in the following manner: despise (25x), refuse (9x), reject (19x), abhor (4x), become loathsome (1x), melt away (1x), miscellaneous (17x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 76x

The KJV translates Strong's H3988 in the following manner: despise (25x), refuse (9x), reject (19x), abhor (4x), become loathsome (1x), melt away (1x), miscellaneous (17x).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

to reject, despise, refuse
1. (Qal)
  1. to reject, refuse
  2. to despise
2. (Niphal) to be rejected
(Niphal) to flow, run

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

STRONGS H3988: Abbreviations

† I. [מָאַס] verb reject (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic מְאַס reject, despise; Ba^{ES 15} compare (dubious) Arabic lightly esteem (Kam.); Assyrian ma’âsu is perhaps destroy Meissn^{Suppl. 55}); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular מָאַס Isaiah 8:6 + 4 times; suffix מְאָסָם Psalm 53:6; 2nd person masculine singular מָאַסְתָּ Jeremiah 14:19 + 3 times; מָאַסְתָּה Judges 9:38; 1 Samuel 15:26 + 22 times Perfect; Imperfect יִמְאַס Job 8:20 + 3 times; יִמְאָ֑ס Psalm 36:5; Job 36:5; suffix וַיִּמְאָֽסְךָ 1 Samuel 15:23, 26; for וְאֶמְאָֽסְאךָ Hosea 4:6 (so Baer, compare De^{Complut. Var. 18 f.}; not וָא׳ van d. H.) read וְאֶמְֽֽֽאסְךָ; 3rd person masculine plural יִמְאֲסוּ Jeremiah 6:19 + 2 times; יִמְאָס֑וּן Isaiah 31:7; + 12 times Imperfect; Infinitive absolute מָאוֺס Isaiah 7:15, 16 מָאֹס Jeremiah 14:19; Lamentations 5:22; construct. מָֽאָסְכֶם Isaiah 30:12; מָאֳסָם Amos 2:4; Participle מוֺאֵס Proverbs 15:32; מֹאֵס Isaiah 33:15, feminine מֹאֶסֶת Ezekiel 21:15 (text dubious, Co מוֺאֲסֵי; Berthol וּמְאַסֵּף), Ezekiel 21:18 (also dubious, Co מִטֻּמְאָתָס; Berthol מְאַסֵּף); —

1. reject, refuse,

a. with accusative: God rejects men Hosea 4:6; Hosea 9:17; 1 Samuel 15:23, 26; 1 Samuel 16:1, 7; 2 Kings 23:27; Jeremiah 7:29; Jeremiah 14:19 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 33:24, 26; Leviticus 26:44 (H), Psalm 53:6; Job 8:20; Job 10:3; Lamentations 5:22 (twice in verse); זָנַחְתָּ וַתִּמְאָס Psalm 89:39; men reject God Numbers 11:20 (J), 1 Samuel 8:7; 1 Samuel 10:19; men 1 Samuel 8:7; Job 30:1; idols Isaiah 31:7, evil Psalm 36:5, knowledge Hosea 4:6, divine תורה Amos 2:4; Isaiah 5:24; דבר 1 Samuel 15:23, 26, חקות Exodus 20:24, חקים 2 Kings 17:15; מוסר Job 5:17; Proverbs 3:11; variant reading things Isaiah 8:6; Ezekiel 21:15; Psalm 118:22; Job 31:13.

b. with בְ God rejects men 2 Kings 17:20; Jeremiah 6:30; Jeremiah 31:37; Psalm 78:59; Psalm 78:67, that in which man confides Jeremiah 2:37; men reject evil Isaiah 7:15, 16, divine תורה Jeremiah 6:19, דבר Isaiah 30:12; Jeremiah 8:9 חקות Leviticus 26:15 (H); משׁפטים Leviticus 26:43 (H), Ezekiel 5:6; Ezekiel 20:13, 16; variant reading things, Numbers 14:31 (J) Isaiah 33:15; Jeremiah 4:30; Psalm 106:24.

2. despise, with accusative, God subject שׂנאתי מאסתי חגיכם Amos 5:21 I hate, I despise your feasts; elsewhere men subject בי גם עוילים מ׳ Job 19:18 even young children despise me; חיי אמ׳ Job 9:21 I despise my life, compare מואס נפשׁוֺ Proverbs 15:32; בוֺ הלא זה העם אשׁר מ׳ Judges 9:38 is not this the people that thou despisedst? עָרִים מ׳ Isaiah 33:8; object omitted Job 7:16 (< join to preceding Me Siegf Du); Job 34:33; Job 36:5; Job 42:6 ( Siegf אֶשְׁתֹּק; Symm Bö אֶמָּאֵס) Ezekiel 21:18 (but see above). —

Niph. be rejected: Imperfect תִּמָּאֵם Isaiah 54:6 (wife); Participle נִמְאָס Jeremiah 6:30 (silver), Psalm 15:4)= reprobate; opposed to יִרְאֵי י׳); + feminine נִמְאָסָה, נִמְאֶסֶת 1 Samuel 15:9 rejected, i.e. worthless (for HCT נָמֵם) according to We Klo Dr Kit Bu HPS (|| נמבזה, read נִבְזָה; compareמסס, בזה Niph.).

† II. [מָאַס] verb
Niph. flow, run (Aramaic id., but rare and dubious; — secondary form of מסס which see); — Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular וַיִּמָּאֵס Job 7:5 my skin hath hardened and run (i. e. again, afresh; > GHoffm Du read וַיִּמַּס, Bu וַיִּמָּאס, √ מסס); 3rd person masculine plural כְּמוֺ מַיִם יִמָּֽאֲסוּ Psalm 58:8 (figurative of annihilation of wicked).

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Exodus

20:24

Leviticus

26:15; 26:43; 26:44

Numbers

11:20; 14:31

Judges

9:38; 9:38

1 Samuel

8:7; 8:7; 10:19; 15:9; 15:23; 15:23; 15:23; 15:26; 15:26; 15:26; 15:26; 16:1; 16:7

2 Kings

17:15; 17:20; 23:27

Job

5:17; 7:5; 7:16; 8:20; 8:20; 9:21; 10:3; 19:18; 30:1; 31:13; 34:33; 36:5; 36:5; 42:6

Psalms

15:4; 36:5; 36:5; 53:6; 53:6; 58:8; 78:59; 78:67; 89:39; 106:24; 118:22

Proverbs

3:11; 15:32; 15:32

Isaiah

5:24; 7:15; 7:15; 7:16; 7:16; 8:6; 8:6; 30:12; 30:12; 31:7; 31:7; 33:8; 33:15; 33:15; 54:6

Jeremiah

2:37; 4:30; 6:19; 6:19; 6:30; 6:30; 7:29; 8:9; 14:19; 14:19; 14:19; 31:37; 33:24; 33:26

Lamentations

5:22; 5:22

Ezekiel

5:6; 20:13; 20:16; 21:15; 21:15; 21:18; 21:18

Hosea

4:6; 4:6; 4:6; 9:17

Amos

2:4; 2:4; 5:21

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Strong's Number H3988 matches the Hebrew מָאַס (mā'as),
which occurs 76 times in 69 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Lev 26:15–Jer 4:30)

Lev 26:15

Lev 26:15 - And if ye shall despise^H3988 my statutes,^H2708 or if your soul^H5315 abhor^H1602 my judgments,^H4941 so that ye will not do^H6213 all my commandments,^H4687 but that ye break^H6565 my covenant:^H1285

Lev 26:43

Lev 26:43 - The land^H776 also shall be left^H5800 of them, and shall enjoy^H7521 her sabbaths,^H7676 while she lieth desolate^H8074 without them: and they shall accept^H7521 of the punishment of their iniquity:^H5771 because,^H3282 even because^H3282 they despised^H3988 my judgments,^H4941 and because their soul^H5315 abhorred^H1602 my statutes.^H2708

Lev 26:44

Lev 26:44 - And yet^H637 for all that,^H2063 when they be^H1571 in the land^H776 of their enemies,^H341 I will not cast them away,^H3988 neither will I abhor^H1602 them, to destroy them utterly,^H3615 and to break^H6565 my covenant^H1285 with them: for I am the LORD^H3068 their God.^H430

Num 11:20

Num 11:20 - But even a whole month,^H2320^H3117 until it come out^H3318 at your nostrils,^H639 and it be loathsome^H2214 unto you: because^H3282 that ye have despised^H3988 the LORD^H3068 which is among^H7130 you, and have wept^H1058 before^H6440 him, saying,^H559 Why came we forth^H3318 out of Egypt?^H4714

Num 14:31

Num 14:31 - But your little ones,^H2945 which ye said^H559 should be a prey,^H957 them will I bring in,^H935 and they shall know^H3045 the land^H776 which ye have despised.^H3988

Jdg 9:38

Jdg 9:38 - Then said^H559 Zebul^H2083 unto him, Where is now^H645 thy mouth,^H6310 wherewith thou saidst,^H559 Who is Abimelech,^H40 that we should serve^H5647 him? is not this the people^H5971 that thou hast despised?^H3988 go out,^H3318 I pray now,^H4994 and fight^H3898 with them.

1Sa 8:7

1Sa 8:7 - And the LORD^H3068 said^H559 unto Samuel,^H8050 Hearken^H8085 unto the voice^H6963 of the people^H5971 in all that they say^H559 unto thee: for they have not rejected^H3988 thee, but they have rejected^H3988 me, that I should not reign^H4427 over them.

1Sa 10:19

1Sa 10:19 - And ye have this day^H3117 rejected^H3988 your God,^H430 who himself saved^H3467 you out of all your adversities^H7451 and your tribulations;^H6869 and ye have said^H559 unto him, Nay, but set^H7760 a king^H4428 over us. Now therefore present^H3320 yourselves before^H6440 the LORD^H3068 by your tribes,^H7626 and by your thousands.^H505

1Sa 15:23

1Sa 15:23 - For rebellion^H4805 is as the sin^H2403 of witchcraft,^H7081 and stubbornness^H6484 is as iniquity^H205 and idolatry.^H8655 Because thou hast rejected^H3988 the word^H1697 of the LORD,^H3068 he hath also rejected^H3988 thee from being king.^H4428

1Sa 15:26

1Sa 15:26 - And Samuel^H8050 said^H559 unto Saul,^H7586 I will not return^H7725 with thee: for thou hast rejected^H3988 the word^H1697 of the LORD,^H3068 and the LORD^H3068 hath rejected^H3988 thee from being king^H4428 over Israel.^H3478

1Sa 16:1

1Sa 16:1 - And the LORD^H3068 said^H559 unto Samuel,^H8050 How long wilt thou mourn^H56 for Saul,^H7586 seeing I have rejected^H3988 him from reigning^H4427 over Israel?^H3478 fill^H4390 thine horn^H7161 with oil,^H8081 and go,^H3212 I will send^H7971 thee to Jesse^H3448 the Bethlehemite:^H1022 for I have provided^H7200 me a king^H4428 among his sons.^H1121

1Sa 16:7

1Sa 16:7 - But the LORD^H3068 said^H559 unto Samuel,^H8050 Look^H5027 not on his countenance,^H4758 or on the height^H1364 of his stature;^H6967 because I have refused^H3988 him: for the LORD seeth not as man^H120 seeth;^H7200 for man^H120 looketh^H7200 on the outward appearance,^H5869 but the LORD^H3068 looketh^H7200 on the heart.^H3824

2Ki 17:15

2Ki 17:15 - And they rejected^H3988 his statutes,^H2706 and his covenant^H1285 that he made^H3772 with their fathers,^H1 and his testimonies^H5715 which he testified^H5749 against them; and they followed^H3212^H310 vanity,^H1892 and became vain,^H1891 and went after^H310 the heathen^H1471 that were round about^H5439 them, concerning whom the LORD^H3068 had charged^H6680 them, that they should not do^H6213 like them.

2Ki 17:20

2Ki 17:20 - And the LORD^H3068 rejected^H3988 all the seed^H2233 of Israel,^H3478 and afflicted^H6031 them, and delivered^H5414 them into the hand^H3027 of spoilers,^H8154 until he had cast^H7993 them out of his sight.^H6440

2Ki 23:27

2Ki 23:27 - And the LORD^H3068 said,^H559 I will remove^H5493 Judah^H3063 also out of my sight,^H6440 as I have removed^H5493 Israel,^H3478 and will cast off^H3988 this city^H5892 Jerusalem^H3389 which I have chosen,^H977 and the house^H1004 of which I said,^H559 My name^H8034 shall be there.

Job 5:17

Job 5:17 - Behold, happy^H835 is the man^H582 whom God^H433 correcteth:^H3198 therefore despise^H3988 not thou the chastening^H4148 of the Almighty:^H7706

Job 7:5

Job 7:5 - My flesh^H1320 is clothed^H3847 with worms^H7415 and clods^H1487 of dust;^H6083 my skin^H5785 is broken,^H7280 and become loathsome.^H3988

Job 7:16

Job 7:16 - I loathe^H3988 it; I would not live^H2421 alway:^H5769 let me alone;^H2308 for my days^H3117 are vanity.^H1892

Job 8:20

Job 8:20 - Behold, God^H410 will not cast away^H3988 a perfect^H8535 man, neither will he help^H2388^H3027 the evil doers:^H7489

Job 9:21

Job 9:21 - Though I were perfect,^H8535 yet would I not know^H3045 my soul:^H5315 I would despise^H3988 my life.^H2416

Job 10:3

Job 10:3 - Is it good^H2895 unto thee that thou shouldest oppress,^H6231 that thou shouldest despise^H3988 the work^H3018 of thine hands,^H3709 and shine^H3313 upon the counsel^H6098 of the wicked?^H7563

Job 19:18

Job 19:18 - Yea, young children^H5759 despised^H3988 me; I arose,^H6965 and they spake^H1696 against me.

Job 30:1

Job 30:1 - But now they that are younger^H6810^H3117 than I have me in derision,^H7832 whose fathers^H1 I would have disdained^H3988 to have set^H7896 with the dogs^H3611 of my flock.^H6629

Job 31:13

Job 31:13 - If I did despise^H3988 the cause^H4941 of my manservant^H5650 or of my maidservant,^H519 when they contended^H7379 with me;

Job 34:33

Job 34:33 - Should it be according to thy mind? he will recompense^H7999 it, whether thou refuse,^H3588^H3988 or whether thou choose;^H977 and not I: therefore speak^H1696 what thou knowest.^H3045

Job 36:5

Job 36:5 - Behold, God^H410 is mighty,^H3524 and despiseth^H3988 not any: he is mighty^H3524 in strength^H3581 and wisdom.^H3820

Job 42:6

Job 42:6 - Wherefore I abhor^H3988 myself, and repent^H5162 in dust^H6083 and ashes.^H665

Psa 15:4

Psa 15:4 - In whose eyes^H5869 a vile person^H3988 is contemned;^H959 but he honoureth^H3513 them that fear^H3373 the LORD.^H3068 He that sweareth^H7650 to his own hurt,^H7489 and changeth^H4171 not.

Psa 36:4

Psa 36:4 - He deviseth^H2803 mischief^H205 upon his bed;^H4904 he setteth^H3320 himself in a way^H1870 that is not good;^H2896 he abhorreth^H3988 not evil.^H7451

Psa 53:5

Psa 53:5 - There were they in great^H6343 fear,^H6342 where no fear^H6343 was: for God^H430 hath scattered^H6340 the bones^H6106 of him that encampeth^H2583 against thee: thou hast put them to shame,^H954 because God^H430 hath despised^H3988 them.

Psa 58:7

Psa 58:7 - Let them melt away^H3988 as waters^H4325 which run continually:^H1980 when he bendeth^H1869 his bow to shoot his arrows,^H2671 let them be as cut in pieces.^H4135

Psa 78:59

Psa 78:59 - When God^H430 heard^H8085 this, he was wroth,^H5674 and greatly^H3966 abhorred^H3988 Israel:^H3478

Psa 78:67

Psa 78:67 - Moreover he refused^H3988 the tabernacle^H168 of Joseph,^H3130 and chose^H977 not the tribe^H7626 of Ephraim:^H669

Psa 89:38

Psa 89:38 - But thou hast cast off^H2186 and abhorred,^H3988 thou hast been wroth^H5674 with thine anointed.^H4899

Psa 106:24

Psa 106:24 - Yea, they despised^H3988 the pleasant^H2532 land,^H776 they believed^H539 not his word:^H1697

Psa 118:22

Psa 118:22 - The stone^H68 which the builders^H1129 refused^H3988 is become the head^H7218 stone of the corner.^H6438

Pro 3:11

Pro 3:11 - My son,^H1121 despise^H3988 not the chastening^H4148 of the LORD;^H3068 neither be weary^H6973 of his correction:^H8433

Pro 15:32

Pro 15:32 - He that refuseth^H6544 instruction^H4148 despiseth^H3988 his own soul:^H5315 but he that heareth^H8085 reproof^H8433 getteth^H7069 understanding.^H3820

Isa 5:24

Isa 5:24 - Therefore as the fire^H784 devoureth^H398 the stubble,^H7179 and the flame^H3956^H3852 consumeth^H7503 the chaff,^H2842 so their root^H8328 shall be as rottenness,^H4716 and their blossom^H6525 shall go up^H5927 as dust:^H80 because they have cast away^H3988 the law^H8451 of the LORD^H3068 of hosts,^H6635 and despised^H5006 the word^H565 of the Holy One^H6918 of Israel.^H3478

Isa 7:15

Isa 7:15 - Butter^H2529 and honey^H1706 shall he eat,^H398 that he may know^H3045 to refuse^H3988 the evil,^H7451 and choose^H977 the good.^H2896

Isa 7:16

Isa 7:16 - For before the child^H5288 shall know^H3045 to refuse^H3988 the evil,^H7451 and choose^H977 the good,^H2896 the land^H127 that thou abhorrest^H6973 shall be^H6440 forsaken^H5800 of both^H8147 her kings.^H4428

Isa 8:6

Isa 8:6 - Forasmuch^H3282 as this people^H5971 refuseth^H3988 the waters^H4325 of Shiloah^H7975 that go^H1980 softly,^H328 and rejoice^H4885 in Rezin^H7526 and Remaliah's^H7425 son;^H1121

Isa 30:12

Isa 30:12 - Wherefore thus saith^H559 the Holy One^H6918 of Israel,^H3478 Because ye despise^H3988 this word,^H1697 and trust^H982 in oppression^H6233 and perverseness,^H3868 and stay^H8172 thereon:

Isa 31:7

Isa 31:7 - For in that day^H3117 every man^H376 shall cast away^H3988 his idols^H457 of silver,^H3701 and his idols^H457 of gold,^H2091 which your own hands^H3027 have made^H6213 unto you for a sin.^H2399

Isa 33:8

Isa 33:8 - The highways^H4546 lie waste,^H8074 the wayfaring man^H5674^H734 ceaseth:^H7673 he hath broken^H6565 the covenant,^H1285 he hath despised^H3988 the cities,^H5892 he regardeth^H2803 no man.^H582

Isa 33:15

Isa 33:15 - He that walketh^H1980 righteously,^H6666 and speaketh^H1696 uprightly;^H4339 he that despiseth^H3988 the gain^H1215 of oppressions,^H4642 that shaketh^H5287 his hands^H3709 from holding^H8551 of bribes,^H7810 that stoppeth^H331 his ears^H241 from hearing^H8085 of blood,^H1818 and shutteth^H6105 his eyes^H5869 from seeing^H7200 evil;^H7451

Isa 41:9

Isa 41:9 - Thou whom I have taken^H2388 from the ends^H7098 of the earth,^H776 and called^H7121 thee from the chief men^H678 thereof, and said^H559 unto thee, Thou art my servant;^H5650 I have chosen^H977 thee, and not cast thee away.^H3988

Isa 54:6

Isa 54:6 - For the LORD^H3068 hath called^H7121 thee as a woman^H802 forsaken^H5800 and grieved^H6087 in spirit,^H7307 and a wife^H802 of youth,^H5271 when thou wast refused,^H3988 saith^H559 thy God.^H430

Jer 2:37

Jer 2:37 - Yea, thou shalt go forth^H3318 from him, and thine hands^H3027 upon thine head:^H7218 for the LORD^H3068 hath rejected^H3988 thy confidences,^H4009 and thou shalt not prosper^H6743 in them.

Jer 4:30

Jer 4:30 - And when thou art spoiled,^H7703 what wilt thou do?^H6213 Though thou clothest^H3847 thyself with crimson,^H8144 though thou deckest^H5710 thee with ornaments^H5716 of gold,^H2091 though thou rentest^H7167 thy face^H5869 with painting,^H6320 in vain^H7723 shalt thou make thyself fair;^H3302 thy lovers^H5689 will despise^H3988 thee, they will seek^H1245 thy life.^H5315

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