What does בּוּז mean in the Bible?
בּוּז is a Hebrew word meaning "disrespect".
Hebrew · H937
בּוּז
Disrespect
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בּוּז H937
What does בּוּז mean in the Bible?
בּוּז is a Hebrew word meaning "disrespect".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H937?
The BSB source-word alignment has 11 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include contempt (4), and contempt (2), a laughingstock (1), and the contempt (1), despised (1).
Where does בּוּז appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Genesis 38:23. Its strongest book concentrations include Psalms (5), Job (3), Proverbs (2), Genesis (1).
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 contempt 4× Job 12:21, Psalms 107:40, Psalms 123:3, Proverbs 18:3
and contempt 2× Psalms 31:18, Psalms 119:22
a laughingstock 1× Genesis 38:23
and the contempt 1× Job 31:34
despised 1× Proverbs 12:8
much contempt 1× Psalms 123:4
scorns 1× Job 12:5
Show sample aligned rows
Genesis 38:23 לָב֑וּז to a laughingstock Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular Job 12:5 בּ֭וּז to scorns Noun - masculine singular Job 12:21 בּ֭וּז to contempt Noun - masculine singular Job 31:34 וּבוּז־ to and the contempt Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct Psalms 31:18 וָבֽוּז׃ to and contempt Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Psalms 107:40 בּ֭וּז to contempt Noun - masculine singular Psalms 119:22 וָב֑וּז to and contempt Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Psalms 123:3 בֽוּז׃ to contempt Noun - masculine singular Psalms 123:4 הַ֝בּ֗וּז to much contempt Article | Noun - masculine singular Proverbs 12:8 לָבֽוּז׃ to despised Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Genesis 38:23
Aligned rows 11
Books represented 4
Genesis 1 Job 3 Psalms 5 Proverbs 2
Source forms
בּ֭וּז 3x būz Job 12:5, Job 12:21, Psalms 107:40
בּ֑וּז 1x būz Proverbs 18:3
בֽוּז׃ 1x ḇūz Psalms 123:3
הַ֝בּ֗וּז 1x hab·būz Psalms 123:4
וָב֑וּז 1x wā·ḇūz Psalms 119:22
וּבוּז־ 1x ū·ḇūz- Job 31:34
וָבֽוּז׃ 1x wā·ḇūz Psalms 31:18
לָב֑וּז 1x lā·ḇūz Genesis 38:23
Parsing patterns
Noun - masculine singular 5x Job 12:5, Job 12:21, Psalms 107:40, Psalms 123:3
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular 2x Psalms 31:18, Psalms 119:22
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular 2x Genesis 38:23, Proverbs 12:8
Article | Noun - masculine singular 1x Psalms 123:4
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct 1x Job 31:34
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. disrespect
Source Gloss
disrespect
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
disrespect BDB: contempt Usage: contempt(-uously), despised, shamed.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
בּוּז is built from this root:
Part of These Phrases
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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
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain