מָאַס
ma.as
“to reject”
Definition
to spurn; also (intransitively) to disappear
a primitive root;
- to reject, despise, refuse 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to reject, refuse 1a2) to despise 1b) (Niphal) to be rejected
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Hebrew Verb
Occurrences
מָאַס appears 63 times in the Old Testament.
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Key Passages
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.”
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By the time He knows enough to reject evil and choose good, He will be eating curds and honey.
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.’
Behold, God does not reject the blameless,nor will He strengthen the hand of evildoers.
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