Strong’s H3988 · Hebrew

מָאַס
mâʼaç
maw-as'

Definition

to spurn; also (intransitively) to disappear

Etymology

a primitive root;

How the KJV renders it

  • abhor
  • cast away (off)
  • contemn
  • despise
  • disdain
  • (become) loathe(some)
  • melt away
  • refuse
  • reject
  • reprobate
  • utterly
  • vile person

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.