נָאַץ
na.ats
“to spurn”
Definition
to scorn;
a primitive root; in Ecclesiastes 12:5, by interchange for H5132 (נוּץ), to bloom
- 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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Grammar & Morphology
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Occurrences
נָאַץ appears 24 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Thus the sin of these young men was severe in the sight of the LORD, for they were treating the LORD’s offering with contempt.
when men fear the heights and dangers of the road,when the almond tree blossoms,the grasshopper loses its spring,and the caper berry shrivels—for then man goes to his eternal homeand mourners walk the streets.
The sons of your oppressorswill come and bow down to you;all who reviled youwill fall facedown at your feetand call you the City of the LORD,Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
He has laid waste His tabernacle like a garden booth;He has destroyed His place of meeting.The LORD has made Zion forgether appointed feasts and Sabbaths.In His fierce angerHe has despised both king and priest.
They accepted none of my counsel;they despised all my reproof.
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