בּוּס
Transliteration
bûs
Pronunciation
boos
Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 216

Strong’s Definitions

בּוּס bûwç, boos; a primitive root; to trample (literally or figuratively):—loath, tread (down, under (foot)), be polluted.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x

The KJV translates Strong's H947 in the following manner: tread... (9x), polluted (2x), loath (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x
The KJV translates Strong's H947 in the following manner: tread... (9x), polluted (2x), loath (1x).

  1. to tread down, reject, trample down

    1. (Qal)

      1. to tread down, trample (of warriors)

      2. of rejection (fig.)

    2. (Polel)

      1. to tread down (in bad sense)

      2. to desecrate

    3. (Hithpolel)

      1. to tread

      2. to kick out

        1. of infants' blind movements

        2. of Jerusalem (fig.)

    4. (Hophal) to be trodden down

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בּוּס bûwç, boos; a primitive root; to trample (literally or figuratively):—loath, tread (down, under (foot)), be polluted.
STRONGS H947: Abbreviations
† [בּוּס] verb tread down, trample —
Qal Imperfect יָבוּס Psalm 60:14 = Psalm 108:14; 3rd person feminine singular תָּבוּס Proverbs 27:7, אָבוּס Isaiah 63:6; suffix 3rd person singular אֲבוּסֶנּוּ Isaiah 14:25; 1plural נָבוּס Psalm 44:6; — tread down, trample (of warriors), no object expressed Zechariah 10:5; id., figurative with accusative (subject י׳, as warrior) Isaiah 14:25 compare Psalm 60:14 [Psalm 60:12] = Psalm 108:14 [Psalm 108:13]; Isaiah 63:6; (subject men, with God's help) Psalm 44:6; figurative = reject, loathe Proverbs 27:7.
Pol. Perfect בּוֺסְסוּ Isaiah 63:18; בֹּסְסוּ Jeremiah 12:10 — tread down in bad sense, subject enemies of י׳, object accusative Jeremiah 12:10 (in metaphor); = desecrate (object מקדשׁ) Isaiah 63:18.
Hithpol. Participle feminine מִתְבּוֺסֶסֶת Ezekiel 16:6, 22 — of the blind movements of infant's limbs, kick out (this way and that), figurative of Jerusalem.
Hoph. Participle מוּבָ֑ס Isaiah 14:19 — passive trodden down Isaiah 14:19, of corpse, simile of king of Babylon.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Psalms

Psalms 44:6; Psalms 44:6; Psalms 60:12; Psalms 108:13

Proverbs

Proverbs 27:7; Proverbs 27:7

Isaiah

1; Isaiah 14:19; Isaiah 14:19; Isaiah 14:25; Isaiah 14:25; Isaiah 63:6; Isaiah 63:6; Isaiah 63:18; Isaiah 63:18

Jeremiah

Jeremiah 12:10; Jeremiah 12:10

Ezekiel

Ezekiel 16:6; Ezekiel 16:22

Zechariah

Zechariah 10:5