What does כֶּסֶף · מָאַס mean in the Bible?
כֶּסֶף · מָאַס is a Hebrew phrase meaning "rejected silver".
Hebrew · H3701, H3988
כֶּסֶף נִמְאָס
Silver (from its pale color); by implication, money · to spurn ; also (intransitively) to disappear
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כֶּסֶף H3701 silver (from its pale color); by implication, money
מָאַס H3988 to spurn ; also (intransitively) to disappear
Pronunciation ma'as
Active rejection of God's word or covenant; carries moral revulsion and often irreversible alienation or dissolution.
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What does כֶּסֶף נִמְאָס (kesef nim'as) mean in the Bible?
כֶּסֶף · מָאַס is a Hebrew phrase meaning "rejected silver".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H3701, H3988?
H3701, H3988 is connected to 479 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. rejected silver
Strong's H3701, H3988
Lexical occurrences 479 verses Source Gloss
rejected silver
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
כֶּסֶף נִמְאָס is built from this root:
כָּסַף H3700
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
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