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Strong's H5006 נָאַץ (naats)

Naats means “scorn” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G5006 — talantiaios (“weight of a talent”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H5006
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 24
Books 10

Strong's H5006 Quick Answer

Strong's H5006 נָאַץ (na'ats) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. na'ats (naw-ats') v. 1. to scorn 2. or (Ecclesiastes 12 It has 24 linked Bible usages across 10 books. Visible English usage signals include great, occasion, contemn, blaspheme, and contemned. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
na'ats (naw-ats') v. 1. to scorn 2. or (Ecclesiastes 12
Usage
24 linked usages
Books
10 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
great, occasion, contemn, blaspheme, and contemned

Meaning and Definition

na'ats (naw-ats') v. 1. to scorn 2. or (Ecclesiastes 12 [a primitive root] KJV: abhor, (give occasion to) blaspheme, contemn, despise, flourish, X great, provoke. See also: H5132

Original Word
נָאַץ
Transliteration
na'ats
Derivation
Root: נאץ
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H5006. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

to spurn

Usage: 1) to spurn, contemn, despise, abhor 1a) (Qal) to spurn, contemn 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to spurn 1b2) to cause to contemn 1c) (Hiphil) to spurn 1d) (Hithpolel) to be contemned

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How Strong's H5006 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render na'ats, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

abhor Jeremiah 14:21 blaspheme Psalms 74:10 contemn Psalms 10:13 contemned Psalms 107:11 despise Jeremiah 23:17 flourish Ecclesiastes 12:5 great 1 Samuel 2:17 occasion 2 Samuel 12:14

How Strong's H5006 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 24 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H5006 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H5006 in the Old Testament

24 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Numbers 14:11 KJV

And the LORD said unto Moses, How long will this people provoke me? and how long will it be ere they believe me, for all the signs which I have shewed among them?

Numbers 14:23 KJV

Surely they shall not see the land which I sware unto their fathers, neither shall any of them that provoked me see it:

Numbers 16:30 KJV

But if the LORD make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down quick into the pit; then ye shall understand that these men have provoked the LORD.

Usage Excerpts

First 24 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H5006.

Numbers 14:11 Old Testament, KJV
And the LORD said unto Moses, How long will this people provoke me? and how long will it be ere they believe me, for all the signs which I have shewed among them?
Numbers 14:23 Old Testament, KJV
Surely they shall not see the land which I sware unto their fathers, neither shall any of them that provoked me see it:
Numbers 16:30 Old Testament, KJV
But if the LORD make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down quick into the pit; then ye shall understand that these men have provoked the LORD.
Deuteronomy 31:20 Old Testament, KJV
For when I shall have brought them into the land which I sware unto their fathers, that floweth with milk and honey; and they shall have eaten and filled themselves, and waxen fat; then will they turn unto other gods, and serve them, and provoke me, and break my covenant.
Deuteronomy 32:19 Old Testament, KJV
And when the LORD saw it, he abhorred them, because of the provoking of his sons, and of his daughters.
1 Samuel 2:17 Old Testament, KJV
Wherefore the sin of the young men was very great before the LORD: for men abhorred the offering of the LORD.
2 Samuel 12:14 Old Testament, KJV
Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast given great occasion to the enemies of the LORD to blaspheme, the child also that is born unto thee shall surely die.
Psalms 10:3 Old Testament, KJV
For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.
Psalms 10:13 Old Testament, KJV
Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it.
Psalms 74:10 Old Testament, KJV
O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?
Psalms 74:18 Old Testament, KJV
Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name.
Psalms 107:11 Old Testament, KJV
Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the most High:
Proverbs 1:30 Old Testament, KJV
They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.
Proverbs 5:12 Old Testament, KJV
And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
Proverbs 15:5 Old Testament, KJV
A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.
Ecclesiastes 12:5 Old Testament, KJV
Also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail: because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets:
Isaiah 1:4 Old Testament, KJV
Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward.
Isaiah 5:24 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the LORD of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
Isaiah 52:5 Old Testament, KJV
Now therefore, what have I here, saith the LORD, that my people is taken away for nought? they that rule over them make them to howl, saith the LORD; and my name continually every day is blasphemed.
Isaiah 60:14 Old Testament, KJV
The sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee; and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves down at the soles of thy feet; and they shall call thee; The city of the LORD, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
Jeremiah 14:21 Old Testament, KJV
Do not abhor us, for thy name's sake, do not disgrace the throne of thy glory: remember, break not thy covenant with us.
Jeremiah 23:17 Old Testament, KJV
They say still unto them that despise me, The LORD hath said, Ye shall have peace; and they say unto every one that walketh after the imagination of his own heart, No evil shall come upon you.
Jeremiah 33:24 Old Testament, KJV
Considerest thou not what this people have spoken, saying, The two families which the LORD hath chosen, he hath even cast them off? thus they have despised my people, that they should be no more a nation before them.
Lamentations 2:6 Old Testament, KJV
And he hath violently taken away his tabernacle, as if it were of a garden: he hath destroyed his places of the assembly: the LORD hath caused the solemn feasts and sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion, and hath despised in the indignation of his anger the king and the priest.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H5006, grouped by book.

Numbers 3 usages, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 2 usages, Old Testament
1 Samuel 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Samuel 1 usage, Old Testament
Psalms 5 usages, Old Testament
Proverbs 3 usages, Old Testament
Ecclesiastes 1 usage, Old Testament
Isaiah 4 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 3 usages, Old Testament
Lamentations 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H5006 FAQ

What does naats (נָאַץ) mean?

Naats (Strong's H5006) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "scorn". na'ats (naw-ats') v. 1. to scorn 2. or (Ecclesiastes 12

How many times is naats (נָאַץ) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 24 linked usages for Strong's H5006 across 10 books.

Where can I study naats (נָאַץ) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H5006 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate naats (נָאַץ)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as great, occasion, contemn, blaspheme, contemned, and flourish. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.