- Original: בּוּז - Transliteration: Buwz - Phonetic: booz - Definition: 1. contempt a. springing from evil b. springing from prosperity c. springing from judgment - Origin: from H936 - TWOT entry: 213a - Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine - Strong's: From H936 ; disrespect: - contempt (-uously) despised shamed. Total KJV Occurrences: 11 • contempt, 7 Job 12:21; Job 31:34; Psalm 107:40; Psalm 119:22; Psalm 123:3; Psalm 123:4; Proverbs 18:3 • contemptuously, 1 Psalm 31:18 • despised, 2 Job 12:5; Proverbs 12:8 • shamed, 1 Genesis 38:23