buz denotes scorn or public disgrace, whether feared, endured, or brought upon people.

The term consistently denotes scorn or disgrace in situations where it is poured upon rulers, feared from families, endured in abundance, or associated with reproach and dishonor. Its attested contexts include both the experience of being held in contempt and the prospect that a person or group may become an object of it.

1. Scorn or public disgrace · dominant

   The noun names the scorn that may fall on people or be borne by them. In Job 12:21 the APB renders a clause in which it is poured on princes; in Job 31:34 it is the contempt of families that causes fear, while Psalm 123:3 and Psalm 123:4 portray people as filled with such contempt or the derision of the secure. Genesis 38:23 presents the concern that Judah and another person might become an object of contempt, and Proverbs 12:8 places it opposite praise for understanding.

   Job 12:21Job 31:34Psalm 123:3Psalm 123:4Genesis 38:23Proverbs 12:8

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the relevant clauses with “contempt,” including language of contempt being poured out, feared, or endured; Psalm 123:4 also includes “derision.” Psalm 31:19 does not make this noun's specific English contribution evident.