Know the Word.

Hebrew word

nâʼats

naw-ats'

נָאַץ

What it means

to scorn

to scorn;

Where it comes from

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

How the King James translates it

  • despised6
  • provoked3
  • provoke2
  • abhorred2
  • blaspheme2
  • given1
  • occasion1
  • contemn1

Every place it appears 25

Deuteronomy31:2032:19
1 Samuel2:17
2 Samuel12:14
Proverbs1:305:1215:5
Ecclesiastes12:5
Lamentations2:6