HebrewH3988Verb

מָאַס

ma.as

63Occurrences
H3988Strong's #
VerbPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

to spurn; also (intransitively) to disappear

a primitive root;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
  1. to reject, despise, refuse 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to reject, refuse 1a2) to despise 1b) (Niphal) to be rejected

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Verb

Morphology Code

H:V

Full Description

Hebrew Verb

Occurrences

מָאַס appears 63 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Job
12
Isaiah
10
Jeremiah
10
1 Samuel
6
Psalms
5
Ezk
4
2 Kings
3
Leviticus
3

Key Passages

1 Samuel 10:19BSB

But today you have rejected your God, who saves you from all your troubles and afflictions, and you have said to Him, ‘No, set a king over us.’ Now therefore present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes and clans.”

Ezk 20:16BSB

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Isaiah 7:15BSB

By the time He knows enough to reject evil and choose good, He will be eating curds and honey.

Jeremiah 7:29BSB

Cut off your hair and throw it away. Raise up a lamentation on the barren heights, for the LORD has rejected and forsaken the generation of His wrath.’

Job 8:20BSB

Behold, God does not reject the blameless,nor will He strengthen the hand of evildoers.

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