Bûwç — H947

Definition

verb

to trample (literally or figuratively)

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

Usually translated as

tread, be polluted, loath

Origin

a primitive root

Greek equivalents

• empaízō (G1702)
• exoudenóō (G1847)
• katapatéō (G2662)
• molýnō (G3435)
• patéō (G3961)

Occurrences

Bûwç occurs 12 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Psalms (3), Proverbs (1), Isaiah (4), Jeremiah (1), Ezekiel (2), Zechariah (1)

• Psalms 44:5 — Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name will we tread them under (נָב֥וּס) that rise up against us.
• Psalms 60:12 — Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread down (יָב֥וּס) our enemies.
• Psalms 108:13 — Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread down (יָב֥וּס) our enemies.
• Proverbs 27:7 — The full soul loatheth (תָּב֣וּס) an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
• Isaiah 14:19 — But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, and as the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a carcase trodden under feet (מוּבָֽס).
• Isaiah 14:25 — That I will break the Assyrian in my land, and upon my mountains tread him under foot (אֲבוּסֶ֑נּוּ): then shall his yoke depart from off them, and his burden depart from off their shoulders.
• Isaiah 63:6 — And I will tread down (וְאָב֤וּס) the people in mine anger, and make them drunk in my fury, and I will bring down their strength to the earth.
• Isaiah 63:18 — The people of thy holiness have possessed it but a little while: our adversaries have trodden down (בּוֹסְס֖וּ) thy sanctuary.
• Jeremiah 12:10 — Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot (בֹּסְס֖וּ), they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.
• Ezekiel 16:6 — And when I passed by thee, and saw thee polluted (מִתְבּוֹסֶ֖סֶת) in thine own blood, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live; yea, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live.
• Ezekiel 16:22 — And in all thine abominations and thy whoredoms thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, when thou wast naked and bare, and wast polluted (מִתְבּוֹסֶ֥סֶת) in thy blood.
• Zechariah 10:5 — And they shall be as mighty men, which tread down (בּוֹסִ֨ים) their enemies in the mire of the streets in the battle: and they shall fight, because the LORD is with them, and the riders on horses shall be confounded.