נָאַץ
na.ats
to spurn
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Hebrew word "נָאַץ" (na.ats) is defined as "to spurn." This verb conveys a sense of rejection or contempt, where one person or group deliberately disregards or insults another. The 25 occurrences of this word in the Bible demonstrate its significance in various contexts, including interpersonal relationships, social hierarchies, and spiritual interactions. The range of usage for "נָאַץ" spans from verbal insults to deliberate disregard. In some instances, it implies a rejection of authority or tradition, while in others, it describes a personal affront or insult. This word highlights the importance of respect and dignity in relationships, as well as the consequences of disregarding or disrespecting others. The frequency and variety of occurrences for "נָאַץ" suggest its relevance to understanding human behavior, social dynamics, and the complexities of relationships in the Bible. By examining this word, we can gain insight into the values and norms of ancient cultures and the ways in which people interacted with one another.
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Occurrences in Scripture
25 total occurrences across the text
For the wicked boasts of his heart’s cravings. He blesses the greedy and condemns Yahweh.
Psalms 10:13Why does the wicked person condemn God, and say in his heart, “God won’t call me into account?”
Psalms 74:10How long, God, shall the adversary reproach? Shall the enemy blaspheme your name forever?
Psalms 74:18Remember this, that the enemy has mocked you, Yahweh. Foolish people have blasphemed your name.
Psalms 107:11because they rebelled against the words of God, and condemned the counsel of the Most High.
Proverbs 1:30They wanted none of my counsel. They despised all my reproof.
Proverbs 5:12and say, “How I have hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
Proverbs 15:5A fool despises his father’s correction, but he who heeds reproof shows prudence.
Ecclesiastes 12:5yes, they shall be afraid of heights, and terrors will be on the way; and the almond tree shall blossom, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail; because man goes to his everlasting home, and the mourners go about the streets:
Isaiah 1:4Ah sinful nation, a people loaded with iniquity, offspring of evildoers, children who deal corruptly! They have forsaken Yahweh. They have despised the Holy One of Israel. They are estranged and backward.
Isaiah 5:24Therefore as the tongue of fire devours the stubble, and as the dry grass sinks down in the flame, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust, because they have rejected the law of Yahweh of Armies, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
Isaiah 52:5“Now therefore, what do I do here,” says Yahweh, “seeing that my people are taken away for nothing? Those who rule over them mock,” says Yahweh, “and my name is blasphemed continually all day long.
Isaiah 60:14The sons of those who afflicted you will come bowing to you; and all those who despised you will bow themselves down at the soles of your feet. They will call you Yahweh’s City, the Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
Jeremiah 14:21Do not abhor us, for your name’s sake. Do not disgrace the throne of your glory. Remember, and don’t break your covenant with us.
Jeremiah 23:17They say continually to those who despise me, ‘Yahweh has said, “You will have peace;” ’ and to everyone who walks in the stubbornness of his own heart they say, ‘No evil will come on you.’
Jeremiah 33:24“Don’t consider what this people has spoken, saying, ‘Has Yahweh cast off the two families which he chose?’ Thus they despise my people, that they should be no more a nation before them.”
Lamentations 2:6He has violently taken away his tabernacle, as if it were of a garden. He has destroyed his place of assembly. Yahweh has caused solemn assembly and Sabbath to be forgotten in Zion. In the indignation of his anger, he has despised the king and the priest.
Numbers 14:11Yahweh said to Moses, “How long will this people despise me? and how long will they not believe in me, for all the signs which I have worked among them?
Numbers 14:23surely they shall not see the land which I swore to their fathers, neither shall any of those who despised me see it.
Numbers 16:30But if Yahweh makes a new thing, and the ground opens its mouth, and swallows them up with all that belong to them, and they go down alive into Sheol, then you shall understand that these men have despised Yahweh.”
Deuteronomy 31:20For when I have brought them into the land which I swore to their fathers, flowing with milk and honey, and they have eaten and filled themselves, and grown fat, then they will turn to other gods, and serve them, and despise me, and break my covenant.
Deuteronomy 32:19Yahweh saw and abhorred, because of the provocation of his sons and his daughters.
1 Samuel 2:17The sin of the young men was very great before Yahweh; for the men despised Yahweh’s offering.
2 Samuel 12:14However, because by this deed you have given great occasion to Yahweh’s enemies to blaspheme, the child also who is born to you will surely die.”
2 Samuel 12:14However, because by this deed you have given great occasion to Yahweh’s enemies to blaspheme, the child also who is born to you will surely die.”