נָאַץnâʼats

Meanings

Same root

• נוּץnûwts · H5132properly, to flash; hence, to blossom (from the brilliancy of color); also, to fly away (from the quickness of motion)
• נְאָצָהnᵉʼâtsâh · H5007scorn

Where it appears

Appears 25 times in the Bible.

• Numbers 14:11 And the Lord said to Moses, “How long will these people treat me with contempt? Will they never believe me, even after all the miraculous signs I have done among them?
• Numbers 14:23 They will never even see the land I swore to give their ancestors. None of those who have treated me with contempt will ever see it.
• Numbers 16:30 But if the Lord does something entirely new and the ground opens its mouth and swallows them and all their belongings, and they go down alive into the grave, then you will know that these men have shown contempt for the Lord.”
• Deuteronomy 31:20 For I will bring them into the land I swore to give their ancestors—a land flowing with milk and honey. There they will become prosperous, eat all the food they want, and become fat. But they will begin to worship other gods; they will despise me and break my covenant.
• Deuteronomy 32:19 “The Lord saw this and drew back, provoked to anger by his own sons and daughters.
• 1 Samuel 2:17 So the sin of these young men was very serious in the Lord’s sight, for they treated the Lord’s offerings with contempt.