Bâʻaṭ — H1163

Definition

verb

to trample down, i.e. (figuratively) despise

1. to kick, kick at
1. (Qal)
1. to kick
2. to kick at
3. to desire (fig.)

Usually translated as

kick

Origin

a primitive root

Occurrences

Bâʻaṭ occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Deuteronomy (1), 1 Samuel (1)

• Deuteronomy 32:15 — But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked (וַיִּבְעָ֔ט): thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
• 1 Samuel 2:29 — Wherefore kick (תִבְעֲט֗וּ) ye at my sacrifice and at mine offering, which I have commanded in my habitation; and honourest thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings of Israel my people?