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Strong's H959 בָּזָה (bazah)

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

Same number, other testament: Strong's G959 — bernike (“Bernice”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H959
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 41
Books 18

Strong's H959 Quick Answer

Strong's H959 בָּזָה (bazah) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. bazah (baw-zaw') v. 1. to disesteem [a primitive root] It has 41 linked Bible usages across 18 books. Visible English usage signals include despise, scorn, despised, disdained, and contemned. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
bazah (baw-zaw') v. 1. to disesteem [a primitive root]
Usage
41 linked usages
Books
18 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
despise, scorn, despised, disdained, and contemned

Meaning and Definition

bazah (baw-zaw') v. 1. to disesteem [a primitive root] KJV: despise, disdain, contemn(-ptible), + think to scorn, vile person.

Original Word
בָּזָה
Transliteration
bazah
Derivation
Root: בזה
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H959. 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 despise

Usage: 1) to despise, hold in contempt, disdain 1a) (Qal) to despise, regard with contempt 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be despised 1b2) to be despicable 1b3) to be vile, worthless 1c) (Hiphil) to cause to despise Also means: ba.zoh (בָּזֹה "to despise" H0960)

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How Strong's H959 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render bazah, 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.

despise 1 Samuel 2:30 scorn 2 Kings 19:21 contemned Psalms 15:4 despised Genesis 25:34 disdained 1 Samuel 17:42 vile Daniel 11:21

How Strong's H959 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 41 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H959 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 H959 in the Old Testament

41 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 25:34 KJV

Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised his birthright.

Numbers 15:31 KJV

Because he hath despised the word of the LORD, and hath broken his commandment, that soul shall utterly be cut off; his iniquity shall be upon him.

1 Samuel 2:30 KJV

Wherefore the LORD God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.

Usage Excerpts

First 41 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H959.

Genesis 25:34 Old Testament, KJV
Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised his birthright.
Numbers 15:31 Old Testament, KJV
Because he hath despised the word of the LORD, and hath broken his commandment, that soul shall utterly be cut off; his iniquity shall be upon him.
1 Samuel 2:30 Old Testament, KJV
Wherefore the LORD God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.
1 Samuel 10:27 Old Testament, KJV
But the children of Belial said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him, and brought no presents. But he held his peace.
1 Samuel 17:42 Old Testament, KJV
And when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he disdained him: for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and of a fair countenance.
2 Samuel 6:16 Old Testament, KJV
And as the ark of the LORD came into the city of David, Michal Saul's daughter looked through a window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before the LORD; and she despised him in her heart.
2 Samuel 12:9 Old Testament, KJV
Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the LORD, to do evil in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.
2 Samuel 12:10 Old Testament, KJV
Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house; because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife.
2 Kings 19:21 Old Testament, KJV
This is the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning him; The virgin the daughter of Zion hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.
1 Chronicles 15:29 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass, as the ark of the covenant of the LORD came to the city of David, that Michal, the daughter of Saul looking out at a window saw king David dancing and playing: and she despised him in her heart.
2 Chronicles 36:16 Old Testament, KJV
But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, till there was no remedy.
Nehemiah 2:19 Old Testament, KJV
But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? will ye rebel against the king?
Esther 1:17 Old Testament, KJV
For this deed of the queen shall come abroad unto all women, so that they shall despise their husbands in their eyes, when it shall be reported, The king Ahasuerus commanded Vashti the queen to be brought in before him, but she came not.
Esther 3:6 Old Testament, KJV
And he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had shewed him the people of Mordecai: wherefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai.
Psalms 15:4 Old Testament, KJV
In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that fear the LORD. He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not.
Psalms 22:6 Old Testament, KJV
But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.
Psalms 22:24 Old Testament, KJV
For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard.
Psalms 51:17 Old Testament, KJV
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
Psalms 69:33 Old Testament, KJV
For the LORD heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners.
Psalms 73:20 Old Testament, KJV
As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.
Psalms 102:17 Old Testament, KJV
He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.
Psalms 119:141 Old Testament, KJV
I am small and despised: yet do not I forget thy precepts.
Proverbs 14:2 Old Testament, KJV
He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the LORD: but he that is perverse in his ways despiseth him.
Proverbs 15:20 Old Testament, KJV
A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.
Proverbs 19:16 Old Testament, KJV
He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul; but he that despiseth his ways shall die.
Ecclesiastes 9:16 Old Testament, KJV
Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.
Isaiah 37:22 Old Testament, KJV
This is the word which the LORD hath spoken concerning him; The virgin, the daughter of Zion, hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.
Isaiah 53:3 Old Testament, KJV
He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
Jeremiah 22:28 Old Testament, KJV
Is this man Coniah a despised broken idol? is he a vessel wherein is no pleasure? wherefore are they cast out, he and his seed, and are cast into a land which they know not?
Jeremiah 49:15 Old Testament, KJV
For, lo, I will make thee small among the heathen, and despised among men.
Ezekiel 16:59 Old Testament, KJV
For thus saith the Lord GOD; I will even deal with thee as thou hast done, which hast despised the oath in breaking the covenant.
Ezekiel 17:16 Old Testament, KJV
As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely in the place where the king dwelleth that made him king, whose oath he despised, and whose covenant he brake, even with him in the midst of Babylon he shall die.
Ezekiel 17:18 Old Testament, KJV
Seeing he despised the oath by breaking the covenant, when, lo, he had given his hand, and hath done all these things, he shall not escape.
Ezekiel 17:19 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; As I live, surely mine oath that he hath despised, and my covenant that he hath broken, even it will I recompense upon his own head.
Ezekiel 22:8 Old Testament, KJV
Thou hast despised mine holy things, and hast profaned my sabbaths.
Daniel 11:21 Old Testament, KJV
And in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to whom they shall not give the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries.
Obadiah 1:2 Old Testament, KJV
Behold, I have made thee small among the heathen: thou art greatly despised.
Malachi 1:6 Old Testament, KJV
A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the LORD of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name?
Malachi 1:7 Old Testament, KJV
Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar; and ye say, Wherein have we polluted thee? In that ye say, The table of the LORD is contemptible.
Malachi 1:12 Old Testament, KJV
But ye have profaned it, in that ye say, The table of the LORD is polluted; and the fruit thereof, even his meat, is contemptible.
Malachi 2:9 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as ye have not kept my ways, but have been partial in the law.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H959, grouped by book.

Genesis 1 usage, Old Testament
Numbers 1 usage, Old Testament
1 Samuel 3 usages, Old Testament
2 Samuel 3 usages, Old Testament
2 Kings 1 usage, Old Testament
1 Chronicles 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 1 usage, Old Testament
Nehemiah 1 usage, Old Testament
Esther 2 usages, Old Testament
Psalms 8 usages, Old Testament
Proverbs 3 usages, Old Testament
Ecclesiastes 1 usage, Old Testament
Isaiah 2 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 2 usages, Old Testament
Ezekiel 5 usages, Old Testament
Daniel 1 usage, Old Testament
Obadiah 1 usage, Old Testament
Malachi 4 usages, Old Testament

Strong's H959 FAQ

What does bazah (בָּזָה) mean?

Bazah (Strong's H959) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "disesteem". bazah (baw-zaw') v. 1. to disesteem [a primitive root]

How many times is bazah (בָּזָה) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 41 linked usages for Strong's H959 across 18 books.

Where can I study bazah (בָּזָה) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H959 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate bazah (בָּזָה)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as despise, scorn, despised, disdained, contemned, and vile. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.