בָּזָה

Genesis 25:34 וַיִּ֥בֶז and he despised

Then Jacob gave some bread and lentil stew to Esau, who ate and drank and then got up and went away. Thus Esau despised his birthright.

Numbers 15:31 בָּזָ֔ה he has despised

He shall certainly be cut off, because he has despised the word of the LORD and broken His commandment; his guilt remains on him.”

Here: He treated it as worthless and not worth taking seriously. The verb describes how someone values a thing, not a burst of hatred. The perfect tense presents this as a settled, completed attitude.

1 Samuel 2:30 וּבֹזַ֥י and [those who] despise me

Therefore, the LORD, the God of Israel, declares: ‘I did indeed say that your house and the house of your father would walk before Me forever. But now the LORD declares: Far be it from Me! For I will honor those who honor Me, but those who despise Me will be disdained.

Here: 'My despisers': those who treat me as worthless and of no account. In context this is shown by conduct, by grabbing the offerings and treating God's portion as cheap (2:17, 'they treated the LORD's offering with contempt').

1 Samuel 10:27 וַיִּבְזֻ֕הוּ and they despised him

But some worthless men said, “How can this man save us?” So they despised him and brought him no gifts; but Saul remained silent about it.

Here: To treat someone as of no account, to hold them in contempt. In a society built on honour and shame this is a public refusal to give someone the status they claim.

1 Samuel 17:42 וַיִּבְזֵ֑הוּ and he despised him

When the Philistine looked and saw David, he despised him because he was just a boy, ruddy and handsome.

Here: He judged David worthless and beneath him, not worth honoring as an opponent. This is a verdict about someone's worth, not just a feeling of dislike, and it comes straight out in the insult of the next verse.

2 Samuel 6:16 וַתִּ֥בֶז and she despised

As the ark of the LORD was entering the City of David, Saul’s daughter Michal looked down from a window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the LORD, and she despised him in her heart.

Here: She rates him low and treats him as beneath respect. In an honor-shame world, this is the reverse of giving honor.

2 Samuel 12:9 בָּזִ֣יתָ׀ have you despised

Why then have you despised the command of the LORD by doing evil in His sight? You put Uriah the Hittite to the sword and took his wife as your own. You have slain him with the sword of the Ammonites.

Here: 'You have treated with contempt, counted as worthless.' The weight is on disregard, not on a feeling of hatred: David acted as if Yahweh's word did not count. Verse 10 makes the object personal: 'you despised me.'

2 Samuel 12:10 בְזִתָ֔נִי you despised me

Now, therefore, the sword will never depart from your house, because you have despised Me and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your own.’

2 Kings 19:21 בָּזָ֨ה she has despised

This is the word that the LORD has spoken against him: ‘The Virgin Daughter of Zion despises you and mocks you; the Daughter of Jerusalem shakes her head behind you.

Here: "She has despised you." She treats the great king as a nobody, someone not worth taking seriously. The verb is put first for emphasis.

1 Chronicles 15:29 וַתִּ֥בֶז and she despised

As the ark of the covenant of the LORD was entering the City of David, Saul’s daughter Michal looked down from a window and saw King David dancing and celebrating, and she despised him in her heart.

2 Chronicles 36:16 וּבוֹזִ֣ים and despising

But they mocked the messengers of God, despising His words and scoffing at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD against His people was stirred up beyond remedy.

Here: Treating something as worthless and of no account. It is the verb used of Esau when he 'despised' his birthright (Gen 25:34).

Nehemiah 2:19 וַיִּבְז֖וּ and they despised

But when Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite official, and Geshem the Arab heard about this, they mocked us and ridiculed us, saying, “What is this you are doing? Are you rebelling against the king?”

Here: To treat as worthless or of no account. In an honour-and-shame culture this means publicly denying the Judeans any standing. It is less 'hated us' than 'treated us as nothing.'

Esther 1:17 לְהַבְז֥וֹת to make despicable

For the conduct of the queen will become known to all women, causing them to despise their husbands and say, ‘King Xerxes ordered Queen Vashti to be brought before him, but she did not come.’

Esther 3:6 וַיִּ֣בֶז and he despised

And when he learned the identity of Mordecai’s people, he scorned the notion of laying hands on Mordecai alone. Instead, he sought to destroy all of Mordecai’s people, the Jews, throughout the kingdom of Xerxes.

Psalm 15:4 נִבְזֶ֤ה׀ [is] despised

who despises the vile but honors those who fear the LORD, who does not revise a costly oath,

Here: A passive form: 'is held cheap, counted as worthless'. It opens the verse with the judgment the faithful person makes, not with a feeling of hatred. The same form describes the servant in Isaiah 53:3, 'he was despised'.

Psalm 22:6 וּבְז֥וּי and despised of

But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by men and despised by the people.

Here: A passive form, 'one despised', literally 'the despised-one of the people'. Bazah means to hold in contempt, to treat as worthless or not worth noticing.

Psalm 22:24 בָזָ֨ה he has despised

For He has not despised or detested the torment of the afflicted. He has not hidden His face from him, but has attended to his cry for help.

Here: To look down on something as worthless and not worth attention. It picks up v.6, where the sufferer was "despised by the people" (the same root). People despised him; God did not.

Psalm 51:17 תִבְזֶֽה׃ you despise

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.

Here: 'You will not despise' or 'You do not despise'. This is understatement: it means God will certainly receive it. The verb echoes Nathan's charge to David in 2 Samuel 12:9–10, 'Why have you despised the word of the LORD?… you have despised Me.'

Psalm 69:33 בָזָֽה׃ he despises

For the LORD listens to the needy and does not despise His captive people.

Here: To treat someone as worthless and beneath notice. The verb is in the Hebrew perfect, a form used here for what holds true generally ('he has never despised / does not despise'). It answers the contempt the psalmist has suffered from people (vv. 7–12, 19–20).

Psalm 73:20 תִּבְזֶֽה׃ you will despise

Like one waking from a dream, so You, O Lord, awaken and despise their form.

Psalm 102:17 בָ֝זָ֗ה he has despised

He will turn toward the prayer of the destitute; He will not despise their prayer.

Here: To treat something as worthless, look down on it, brush it aside. A great one might do this to a petition from someone of no standing. God refuses to do it.

Psalm 119:141 וְנִבְזֶ֑ה and [am] despised

I am lowly and despised, but I do not forget Your precepts.

Proverbs 14:2 בּוֹזֵֽהוּ׃ [is] despising him

He who walks in uprightness fears the LORD, but the one who is devious in his ways despises Him.

Proverbs 15:20 בּוֹזֶ֥ה [is] despising

A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish man despises his mother.

Here: An ongoing attitude ('is despising'): treating her as worthless and not worth listening to or caring for. It is the reverse of the 'honor' the commandment requires.

Proverbs 19:16 בּוֹזֵ֖ה [the] [one who] despises

He who keeps a commandment preserves his soul, but he who is careless in his ways will die.

Here: Looking down on something as not worth bothering about. This is contempt shown through neglect, as when Esau 'despised' his birthright and traded it for stew. It is less about hot hatred, which is why the BSB says 'careless'.

Ecclesiastes 9:16 בְּזוּיָ֔ה [is] despised

And I said, “Wisdom is better than strength, but the wisdom of the poor man is despised, and his words are not heeded.”

Here: A passive participle, describing an ongoing state: his wisdom is held cheap, treated as worthless, looked down on. The point is dismissal, not hatred.

Isaiah 37:22 בָּזָ֨ה she has despised

this is the word that the LORD has spoken against him: ‘The Virgin Daughter of Zion despises you and mocks you; the Daughter of Jerusalem shakes her head behind you.

Here: 'She has despised.' She treats him as worthless and refuses him any honor. It is a public put-down, not a private feeling of dislike.

Isaiah 49:7 לִבְזֹה־ to despise

Thus says the LORD, the Redeemer and Holy One of Israel, to Him who was despised and abhorred by the nation, to the Servant of rulers: “Kings will see You and rise, and princes will bow down, because of the LORD, who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen You.”

Here: 'To (the) despising / the despised'. The word is about treating someone as worthless and beneath notice, the same verb used of the servant in 53:3 ('despised, and we esteemed him not').

Isaiah 53:3 נִבְזֶה֙ נִבְזֶ֖ה [he was] despised

He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief. Like one from whom men hide their faces, He was despised, and we esteemed Him not.

Here: A passive participle: 'one held in contempt, treated as worthless'. It describes a lasting condition, not one event. It opens the verse, and the same word comes back near the end, so the whole line is framed by contempt.

Jeremiah 22:28 נִבְזֶ֜ה despised

Is this man Coniah a despised and shattered pot, a jar that no one wants? Why are he and his descendants hurled out and cast into a land they do not know?

Here: 'Held in contempt, treated as worthless.' In an honor-shame world this is the opposite of what a king is owed. The form is passive: he is despised by others.

Jeremiah 49:15 בָּז֖וּי despised

“For behold, I will make you small among nations, despised among men.

Ezekiel 16:59 בָּזִ֥ית you despised

For this is what the Lord GOD says: I will deal with you according to your deeds, since you have despised the oath by breaking the covenant.

Ezekiel 17:16 בָּזָה֙ he despised

‘As surely as I live,’ declares the Lord GOD, ‘he will die in Babylon, in the land of the king who enthroned him, whose oath he despised and whose covenant he broke.

Ezekiel 17:18 וּבָזָ֥ה and he despised

He despised the oath by breaking the covenant. Seeing that he gave his hand in pledge yet did all these things, he will not escape!’

Ezekiel 17:19 בָּזָ֔ה he despised

Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘As surely as I live, I will bring down upon his head My oath that he despised and My covenant that he broke.

Ezekiel 22:8 בָּזִ֑ית you have despised

You have despised My holy things and profaned My Sabbaths.

Daniel 11:21 נִבְזֶ֔ה a despicable [person]

In his place a despicable person will arise; royal honors will not be given to him, but he will come in a time of peace and seize the kingdom by intrigue.

Obadiah 1:2 בָּז֥וּי [will be] despised

“Behold, I will make you small among the nations; you will be deeply despised.

Malachi 1:6 בּוֹזֵ֣י בָזִ֖ינוּ [who] despise, have we despised

“A son honors his father, and a servant his master. But if I am a father, where is My honor? And if I am a master, where is your fear of Me?” says the LORD of Hosts to you priests who despise My name. “But you ask, ‘How have we despised Your name?’

Here: 'Despisers of,' a participle describing an ongoing habit. It means treating something as trivial or worthless, the exact opposite of 'giving weight'.

Malachi 1:7 נִבְזֶ֥ה [is] despicable

By presenting defiled food on My altar. But you ask, ‘How have we defiled You?’ By saying that the table of the LORD is contemptible.

Here: A passive participle: 'despised, to be treated lightly, not worth bothering about.' It picks up v.6, where the priests are called 'despisers of my name.' The same root closes both the charge and the answer.

Malachi 1:12 נִבְזֶ֥ה [is] despicable

“But you profane it when you say, ‘The table of the Lord is defiled, and as for its fruit, its food is contemptible.’

Here: A passive participle with the force “to be despised,” “not worth respect.” It is Malachi's key accusation (1:6 “despise my name,” 1:7 “the table is despicable,” 2:9). It is the language of honor and shame: treating something weighty as if it weighed nothing.

Malachi 2:9 נִבְזִ֥ים despised

“So I in turn have made you despised and humiliated before all the people, because you have not kept My ways, but have shown partiality in matters of the law.”

Here: "Despised ones". The priests used this exact verb form about God's altar: "the table of the LORD is despised" (nivzeh, 1:7, 12). Now the word turns back on them.