Hebrew · H3988, G96 · unreviewed

מָאַס

To spurn ; also (intransitively) to disappear · failing

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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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ἀδόκιμος G96 failing

Pronunciation adókimos

Rejected after failing a test of genuineness or worthiness; morally or spiritually disqualified.

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What does מָאַס (ma'as) mean in the Bible?

מָאַס · ἀδόκιμος is a Hebrew word meaning "to reject or refuse".

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Meaning

to reject or refuse

Grammatical Forms

How the stem changes the meaning of this verb across the biblical text.

Qal basic active stem — the word in its most common, direct sense 48×

Perfect 1Sam 8:7 · Ezek 5:6 · Ezek 20:13 · Ezek 20:16 · Ezek 20:24 · Isa 5:24 · Jer 4:30 · Jer 8:9 · Job 19:18 · Lev 26:43 · Ps 118:22 · 1Sam 15:23 · 1Sam 15:26 · Hos 4:6 · Jer 14:19 · Job 34:33 29×

Imperfect Jer 31:37 · Jer 33:26 · Job 9:21 · Job 31:13 · Job 42:6 · Job 8:20 · Job 36:5 · Ps 36:5 · Job 10:3 · Lev 26:15 10×

Participle active Ezek 21:15 · Ezek 21:18 · Isa 33:15 · Prov 15:32 4×

Infinitive absolute Isa 7:15 · Isa 7:16 · Lam 5:22 3×

Jussive Job 5:17 · Prov 3:11 2×

Niphal passive or reflexive — the subject receives or experiences the action 4×

Participle active Jer 6:30 · Ps 15:4 2×

Imperfect Isa 54:6 · Ps 58:8 2×

Hebrew Verb Forms

How this verb appears across 52 occurrences in the Hebrew OT (OSHB Leningrad Codex).

Aspect / Form

Perfect 29 Imperfect 14 Participle 6 Infinitive absolute 3

Stem

Qal 48 Niphal 4

Mood

Indicative 29 Indicative/jussive 7 Indicative/cohortative 5 Jussive 2

OT Occurrences

Aspect in Hebrew reflects grammatical form, not tense. "Perfect" (Perfective) typically denotes completed action; "Imperfect" (Imperfective) denotes incomplete or ongoing action. Stem modifies the action type (Qal=simple, Niphal=passive, Piel=intensive, etc.).

Morphology: OSHB WLC (Open Scriptures, CC BY 4.0) · STEPBible TEHMC (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0)

Word Pictures (Robertson)

A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.

1 Corinthians 9 — Rights Surrendered, the Gospel Advanced, and Discipline for the Prize

A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain

Sources

MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0

Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

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