# H937 בּוּז

בּוּז (bûwz), Strong’s H937: disrespect KJV: contempt(-uously), despised, shamed.. Occurs 11 times.

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*bûwz* — disrespect

KJV: contempt(-uously), despised, shamed.

Derived from [בּוּז bûwz](https://besorah.bible/word/H936) (to disrespect)

Occurs 11 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- בּוּז n.m. contempt
- 1 contempt
- 2 judicial, poured out by God, in judgment

## Where it occurs
- [Genesis 38:23](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/38?v=23) — Judah said, “Let her keep it, lest we be shamed. Behold, I sent this young goat, and you haven’t found her.”
- [Psalms 31:19](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/31?v=19) — Let the lying lips be mute, which speak against the righteous insolently, with pride and contempt.
- [Psalms 107:40](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/107?v=40) — He pours contempt on princes, and causes them to wander in a trackless waste.
- [Psalms 119:22](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/119?v=22) — Take reproach and contempt away from me, for I have kept your statutes.
- [Psalms 123:3](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/123?v=3) — Have mercy on us, LORD, have mercy on us, for we have endured much contempt.
- [Psalms 123:4](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/123?v=4) — Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scoffing of those who are at ease, with the contempt of the proud.
- [Proverbs 12:8](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/12?v=8) — A man shall be commended according to his wisdom, but he who has a warped mind shall be despised.
- [Proverbs 18:3](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/18?v=3) — When wickedness comes, contempt also comes, and with shame comes disgrace.
- [Job 12:5](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/job/12?v=5) — In the thought of him who is at ease there is contempt for misfortune. It is ready for them whose foot slips.
- [Job 12:21](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/job/12?v=21) — He pours contempt on princes, and loosens the belt of the strong.