Hebrew · H3988

מָאַס

To spurn ; also (intransitively) to disappear

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מָאַס H3988

Pronunciation ma'as

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

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

מָאַס (ma'as): Active rejection of God's word or covenant; carries moral revulsion and often irreversible alienation or dissolution.

How does the BSB render H3988?

The BSB source-word alignment has 76 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include has rejected (5), reject (5), you have rejected (5), they have rejected (4), to reject (4).

Where does מָאַס (ma'as) appear in Scripture?

The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Leviticus 26:15. Its strongest book concentrations include Jeremiah (12), Job (12), Isaiah (10), 1 Samuel (9).

Source Word Evidence

BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.

How English Renders It

has rejected 5× Isaiah 8:6, Jeremiah 2:37, Jeremiah 6:30, Jeremiah 7:29

reject 5× Leviticus 26:44, Job 8:20, Proverbs 3:11, Jeremiah 31:37

you have rejected 5× Numbers 11:20, Numbers 14:31, 1 Samuel 15:23, 1 Samuel 15:26

they have rejected 4× 1 Samuel 8:7, Isaiah 5:24, Jeremiah 8:9

to reject 4× Job 10:3, Psalms 36:4, Isaiah 7:15, Isaiah 7:16

rejected 3× 2 Kings 17:20, Psalms 118:22, Jeremiah 6:30

despise 2× Job 5:17, Jeremiah 4:30

have rejected 2× 1 Samuel 10:19, Hosea 4:6

I despise 2× Job 9:21, Amos 5:21

they rejected 2× Leviticus 26:43, 2 Kings 17:15

. . . 1× Lamentations 5:22

[her people] have rejected 1× Ezekiel 5:6

[which the] [sword] despises 1× Ezekiel 21:13

and festering 1× Job 7:5

and have rejected 1× Jeremiah 6:19

and rejected 1× Psalms 78:59

and rejected him 1× Psalms 89:38

and they rejected 1× Ezekiel 20:13

are despised 1× Isaiah 33:8

but He despises 1× Job 36:5

but they rejected 1× Ezekiel 20:24

completely 1× Jeremiah 14:19

despises 1× Proverbs 15:32

has despised them 1× Psalms 53:5

has rejected you 1× 1 Samuel 15:26

have rejected him 1× 1 Samuel 16:1

Have You rejected 1× Jeremiah 14:19

He has rejected you 1× 1 Samuel 15:23

He rejected 1× Psalms 78:67

I despise [myself] 1× Job 42:6

I have rejected 1× Job 31:13

I have rejected him 1× 1 Samuel 16:7

I loathe [my life] 1× Job 7:16

I will also reject you 1× Hosea 4:6

I will reject 1× 2 Kings 23:27

I would have refused 1× Job 30:1

May they vanish 1× Psalms 58:7

of you will reject 1× Isaiah 31:7

rejected you 1× Isaiah 41:9

scorn 1× Job 19:18

the rejected 1× Isaiah 54:6

The sword despises 1× Ezekiel 21:10

the vile 1× Psalms 15:4

They despised 1× Psalms 106:24

they kept rejecting 1× Ezekiel 20:16

they reject 1× Amos 2:4

who refuses 1× Isaiah 33:15

will reject them 1× Hosea 9:17

you have disavowed Him 1× Job 34:33

You have utterly rejected us 1× Lamentations 5:22

you reject 1× Leviticus 26:15

you ridiculed 1× Judges 9:38

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First aligned row Leviticus 26:15

Aligned rows 76

Books represented 14

Leviticus 3 Numbers 2 Judges 1 1 Samuel 9 2 Kings 3 Job 12 Psalms 9 Proverbs 2 Isaiah 10 Jeremiah 12 Lamentations 2 Ezekiel 6 Hosea 3 Amos 2

Source forms

מָאָ֔סוּ 5x mā·’ā·sū Leviticus 26:43, 1 Samuel 8:7, Jeremiah 8:9, Ezekiel 5:6

אֶמְאַ֗ס 2x ’em·’as Job 31:13, Jeremiah 33:26

מָאַ֣ס 2x mā·’as Isaiah 33:8, Jeremiah 7:29

מָאָ֗סוּ 2x mā·’ā·sū Ezekiel 20:13, Ezekiel 20:16

מָאַ֗סְתָּ 2x mā·’as·tā Job 34:33, Hosea 4:6

אֶמְאַ֥ס 1x ’em·’as Job 9:21

אֶמְאַ֣ס 1x ’em·’as Job 42:6

אֶמְאַ֨ס 1x ’em·’as Jeremiah 31:37

Parsing patterns

Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural 12x Leviticus 26:43, 1 Samuel 8:7, Job 19:18, Psalms 118:22

Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular 6x Judges 9:38, 1 Samuel 15:23, 1 Samuel 15:26, Job 34:33

Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular 5x Job 9:21, Job 31:13, Job 42:6, Jeremiah 31:37

Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular 5x Isaiah 8:6, Isaiah 33:8, Jeremiah 2:37, Jeremiah 6:30

Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute 4x Isaiah 7:15, Isaiah 7:16, Jeremiah 14:19, Lamentations 5:22

Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural 3x 2 Kings 17:15, Psalms 106:24, Jeremiah 6:19

Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular 3x 2 Kings 17:20, Psalms 78:59, Psalms 78:67

Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular 3x Job 5:17, Job 10:3, Proverbs 3:11

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

Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain

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מָאַס

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

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

How does the BSB render H3988?

Where does מָאַס (ma'as) appear in Scripture?

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