Hebrew Lexicon Strong's Concordance Definition

Strong's H3988: מָאַס (mâʼaç) Definition

Strong's number
H3988
Lemma
מָאַס
Transliteration
mâʼaç
Pronunciation
maw-as'
Strong's definition
to spurn; also (intransitively) to disappear abhor, cast away (off), contemn, despise, disdain, (become) loathe(some), melt away, refuse, reject, reprobate, [idiom] utterly, vile person. a primitive root;

70 instances of the word מָאַס mâʼaç (H3988)


  • Proverbs 15:32 - He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul but he that heareth reproof getteth understanding

  • Psalms 15:4 - is contemned In whose eyes a vile person them that fear the LORD but he honoureth He that sweareth to his own hurt and changeth

  • Psalms 36:4 - mischief He deviseth upon his bed he setteth himself in a way that is not good not evil he abhorreth

  • Psalms 53:5 - fear There were they in great There were they in great because God hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth against thee thou hast put them to shame because God hath despised

  • Psalms 58:7 - Let them melt away as waters which run continually when he bendeth his bow to shoot his arrows let them be as cut in pieces

  • Psalms 78:59 - heard When God this he was wroth abhorred and greatly Israel

  • Psalms 78:67 - Moreover he refused the tabernacle of Joseph not the tribe of Ephraim and chose

  • Psalms 89:38 - But thou hast cast off and abhorred thou hast been wroth with thine anointed

  • Psalms 106:24 - Yea they despised land the pleasant they believed not his word

  • Psalms 118:22 - The stone refused which the builders is become the head stone of the corner