Strong's Hebrew · H939
H939 bûwzâh
בּוּזָה
boo-zaw'
contempt
Looking for Greek G939 básis? It has the same number in Strong's Greek lexicon but is a different word, not a translation of H939. Strong's numbering starts again for each language.
bûwzâh appears once in Scripture, in Nehemiah 4:4. In the Doxa app, open that verse, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
something scorned; an object of contempt
In the King James Version
despised.
Derivation
feminine passive participle of H936 (בּוּז);
Appears 1 time in Scripture
“Hear us, O God, for we are despised. Turn their scorn back upon their own heads, and let them be taken as plunder to a land of captivity.”
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
