H5006Hebrewniʾăṣû

נָאַץ

abhor, (give occasion to) blaspheme, contemn, despise, flourish, [idiom] great, provoke.

24
Total Occurrences
9
Books
24
Old Testament
0
New Testament

Detailed Definition

  • 1to spurn, contemn, despise, abhor
  • 2(qal) to spurn, contemn
  • 3(piel)
  • 4(hiphil) to spurn
  • 5(hithpolel) to be contemned

Etymology & Derivation

a primitive root; in Ecclesiastes 12:5, by interchange for H5132 (נוּץ), to bloom

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: nâʼats; Pronunciation: naw-ats'