King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H3988
Transliteration: ma'ac
Phonetic Spelling: (maw-as')
Part of Speech: verb
Short Definition: to reject
Meaning: to spurn, to disappear
Word Summary
ma'ac: to reject
Original Word: מָאַסTransliteration: ma'ac
Phonetic Spelling: (maw-as')
Part of Speech: verb
Short Definition: to reject
Meaning: to spurn, to disappear
Strong's Concordance
abhor, cast away off, contemn, despise, disdain, become loathsome, refuse, A primitive root; to spurn; also (intransitively) to disappear -- abhor, cast away (off), contemn, despise, disdain, (become) loathe(some), melt away, refuse, reject, reprobate, X utterly, vile person.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H3988. ma
'ac I. [מָאַס] verb reject (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic מְאַס reject, despise; BaES 15 compare (dubious) Arabic lightly esteem (Kam.); Assyrian ma°âsu is perhaps destroy MeissnSuppl. 55); —
Qal Perfect3masculine singular מָאַס Isaiah 8:6 4t; suffix מְאָסָם Psalm 53:6; 2masculine singular מָאַסְתָּ Jeremiah 14:19 3t.; מָאַסְתָּה Judges 9:38; 1 Samuel 15:26 22t. Perfect; Imperfect יִמְאַס Job 8:20 3t; יִמְאָ֑ס Psalm 36:5; Job 36:5; suffix וַיִּמְאָֽסְךָ 1 Samuel 15:23, 26; for וְאֶמְאָֽסְאךָ Hosea 4:6 (so Baer, compare DeComplut. Var. 18 f.; not ׳וָא van d. H) read וְאֶמְאסְךָ; 3 masculine plural יִמְאֲסוּ Jeremiah 6:19 2t.; יִמְאָס֑וּן Isaiah 31:7; 12t. Imperfect; Infinitive absolute מָאוֺס 7:15-16, מָאֹס Jeremiah 14:19; Lamentations 5:22; cstr. מָֽאָסְכֶם Isaiah 30:12; מָאֳסָם Amos 2:4; Participle מוֺאֵס Proverbs 15:32; מֹאֵס Isaiah 33:15, feminine מֹאֶסֶת Ezekiel 21:15 (text dubious, Co מוֺאֲסֵי; Berthol וּמְאַסֵּף), 21:18 (also dubious, Co מִטֻּמְאָתָס; Berthol מְאַסֵּף); —
1 reject, refuse,
a. with accusative: God rejects men Hosea 4:6; 9:17; 1 Samuel 15:23, 26; 16:1, 7; 2 Kings 23:27; Jeremiah 7:29; 14:19 (twice in verse); 33:24, 26; Leviticus 26:44 (H), Psalm 53:6; Job 8:20; 10:3; Lamentations 5:22 (twice in verse); וַתִּמְאָס זָנַחְתָּ Psalm 89:39; men reject God Numbers 11:20 (J), 1 Samuel 8:7; 10:19; men 8:7; Job 30:1; idols Isaiah 31:7, evil Psalm 36:5, knowledge Hosea 4:6, divine תורה Amos 2:4; Isaiah 5:24; דבר 1 Samuel 15:23, 26, חקות Exodus 20:24, חקים2 Kings 17:15; מוסר Job 5:17; Proverbs 3:11; variant reading things Isaiah 8:6; Ezekiel 21:15; Psalm 118:22; Job 31:13.
b. with בְ God rejects men 2 Kings 17:20; Jeremiah 6:30; 31:37; Psalm 78:59; 78:67, that in which man confides Jeremiah 2:37; men reject evil Isaiah 7:15-16, divine תורה Jeremiah 6:19, דבר Isaiah 30:12; Jeremiah 8:9 חקות Leviticus 26:15 (H); משׁפטים 26:43 (H), Ezekiel 5:6; 20:13, 16; variant reading things, Numbers 14:31 (J) Isaiah 33:15; Jeremiah 4:30; Psalm 106:24.
2 despise, with accusative, God subject חגיכם מאסתי שׂנאתי Amos 5:21 I hate, I despise your feasts; elsewhere men subject מ עוילים ׳גם בי Job 19:18 even young children despise me; ׳אמ חיי 9:21 I despise my life, compare נפשׁוֺ מואס Proverbs 15:32; מ אשׁר העם זה ׳הלא בוֺ Judges 9:38 is not this the people that thou despisedst? עָרִים׳מ Isaiah 33:8; object omitted Job 7:16 (< join to preceding Me Siegf Du); 34:33; 36:5; 42:6 (ᵑ6 Siegf אֶשְׁתֹּק; ᵑ9 ᵐ5 Symm Bö אֶמָּאֵס) Ezekiel 21:18 (but see above). —
Niph`al be rejected: Imperfect תִּמָּאֵם Isaiah 54:6 (wife); Participle נִמְאָס Jeremiah 6:30 (silver), Psalm 15:4 ( = reprobate; opposed to י ׳יִרְאֵי); + feminine נִמְאֶסֶת נִמְאָסָה, 1 Samuel 15:9 rejected, i.e. worthless (for HCT נָמֵם) according to We Klo Dr Kit Bu HPS ("" נמבזה, read נִבְזָה; compareבזה מסס,
Niph`al )
II. [מָאַס] verb Niph`al flow, run (Aramaic id., but rare and dubious; — secondary form of מסס q. v.); — Imperfect3masculine singular וַיִּמָּאֵס Job 7:5 my skin hath hardened and run (i. e. again, afresh; > GHoffm Du read וַיִּמַּס, Bu וַיִּמָּאס, √ מסס); 3 masculine plural יִמָּֽאֲסוּ מַיִם כְּמוֺ Psalm 58:8 (figurative of annihilation of wicked).
[מַאֲפֶה] see אפה.
מַאְמֵּלְיָה מַאֲפֵל,, see אפל.
מאץ
(compare Arabic a kind of white camel, whence LagBN 29 proposes מָאֹץ for the difficult אָמֹץ (אֲמֻצִּים) Zechariah 6:3, 7).