Hebrew word study

מָאַסmâʼaç — to spurn

Pronounced “maw-as'”

to spurn; also (intransitively) to disappear

Translated in the King James as: abhor, cast away (off), contemn, despise, disdain, (become) loathe(some), melt away, refuse, reject, reprobate, utterly, vile person.

Appears 76 times in Scripture

Origin: a primitive root;

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Where it appears

Leviticus — 3×

Leviticus 26:15 Leviticus 26:43 Leviticus 26:44

Numbers — 2×

Numbers 11:20 Numbers 14:31

Judges — 1×

Judges 9:38

1 Samuel — 9×

1 Sam 8:7 1 Sam 10:19 1 Sam 15:23 1 Sam 15:26 1 Sam 16:1 1 Sam 16:7+ 3 more in 1 Samuel

2 Kings — 3×

2 Ki 17:15 2 Ki 17:20 2 Ki 23:27

Job — 12×

Job 5:17 Job 7:5 Job 7:16 Job 8:20 Job 9:21 Job 10:3 Job 19:18 Job 30:1 Job 31:13 Job 34:33 Job 36:5 Job 42:6

Psalms — 9×

Psalms 15:4 Psalms 36:4 Psalms 53:5 Psalms 58:7 Psalms 78:59 Psalms 78:67 Psalms 89:38 Psalms 106:24 Psalms 118:22

Proverbs — 2×

Proverbs 3:11 Proverbs 15:32

Isaiah — 10×

Isaiah 5:24 Isaiah 7:15 Isaiah 7:16 Isaiah 8:6 Isaiah 30:12 Isaiah 31:7 Isaiah 33:8 Isaiah 33:15 Isaiah 41:9 Isaiah 54:6

Jeremiah — 12×

Jeremiah 2:37 Jeremiah 4:30 Jeremiah 6:19 Jeremiah 6:30 Jeremiah 7:29 Jeremiah 8:9 Jeremiah 14:19 Jeremiah 31:37 Jeremiah 33:24 Jeremiah 33:26+ 2 more in Jeremiah

Lamentations — 2×

Lam 5:22+ 1 more in Lamentations

Ezekiel — 6×

Ezekiel 5:6 Ezekiel 20:13 Ezekiel 20:16 Ezekiel 20:24 Ezekiel 21:10 Ezekiel 21:13

Hosea — 3×

Hosea 4:6 Hosea 9:17+ 1 more in Hosea

Amos — 2×

Amos 2:4 Amos 5:21

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