Strong’s H936 · Hebrew

בּוּז
bûwz
booz

Definition

to disrespect

Etymology

a primitive root;

How the KJV renders it

  • contemn
  • despise
  • utterly

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.