מָאַס

Strong’s Definition

to spurn; also (intransitively) to disappear

Etymology & Derivation

a primitive root;

KJV Usage

abhor, cast away (off), contemn, despise, disdain, (become) loathe(some), melt away, refuse, reject, reprobate, [idiom] utterly, vile person.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.to reject, despise, refuse
• 2.(qal)
• 3.(niphal) to be rejected
• 4.(niphal) to flow, run

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: mâʼaç; Pronunciation: maw-as'