Strong’s H947 · Hebrew

בּוּס
bûwç
boos

Definition

to trample (literally or figuratively)

Etymology

a primitive root;

Where the KJV renders it

  • loath
  • tread (down
  • under (foot))
  • be polluted

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.

What the first audience heard

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