{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H959",
  "lemma": "בָּזָה",
  "transliteration": "bâzâh",
  "definition": "to disesteem",
  "kjv": "despise, disdain, contemn(-ptible), [phrase] think to scorn, vile person.",
  "occurrences": 43,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "בָזָה vb. despise",
    "Qal despise, regard with contempt",
    "Niph.",
    "1. despised",
    "2. vile, worthless",
    "3. despicable, contemptible",
    "Hiph. so as to cause to despise their lords"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 25:34",
      "text": "Jacob gave Esau bread and lentil stew. He ate and drank, rose up, and went his way. So Esau despised his birthright.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/25?v=34"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Numbers 15:31",
      "text": "Because he has despised the LORD’s word, and has broken his commandment, that soul shall be utterly cut off. His…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/15?v=31"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Samuel 2:30",
      "text": "“Therefore the LORD, the God of Israel, says, ‘I said indeed that your house and the house of your father should walk…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/2?v=30"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Samuel 10:27",
      "text": "But certain worthless fellows said, “How could this man save us?” They despised him, and brought him no tribute. But he…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/10?v=27"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Samuel 17:42",
      "text": "When the Philistine looked around and saw David, he disdained him; for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and had a good…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/17?v=42"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Samuel 6:16",
      "text": "As the LORD’s ark came into David’s city, Michal the daughter of Saul looked out through the window and saw King David…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/6?v=16"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Samuel 12:9",
      "text": "Why have you despised the LORD’s word, to do that which is evil in his sight? You have struck Uriah the Hittite with…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/12?v=9"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Samuel 12:10",
      "text": "Now therefore the sword will never depart from your house, because you have despised me and have taken Uriah the…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/12?v=10"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Kings 19:21",
      "text": "This is the word that the LORD has spoken concerning him: ‘The virgin daughter of Zion has despised you and ridiculed…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/19?v=21"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 37:22",
      "text": "this is the word which the LORD has spoken concerning him: The virgin daughter of Zion has despised you and ridiculed…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/37?v=22"
    }
  ],
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