贬
biǎn
advancedTraditional 貶Radical 贝Strokes 8
How is 贬 read in the Chinese Bible?
贬 is read biǎn in the Chinese Union Version. It occurs 2 times in 2 verses across 2 books, first in 1 Kings 15:13.
- Occurrences
- 2
- Verses
- 2
- Books
- 2
- First in
- 1 Kings 15:13
Words it forms in the Bible
- 贬biǎn× 2to diminish
Meaning: to devalue, to demote; to criticize, to censure
In the text
- 1 Kings 15:13
并且贬了他祖母玛迦太后的位，因她造了可憎的偶像亚舍拉。亚撒砍下她的偶像，烧在汲沦溪边，
- 2 Chronicles 15:16
亚撒王贬了他祖母玛迦太后的位，因她造了可憎的偶像亚舍拉。亚撒砍下她的偶像，捣得粉碎，烧在汲沦溪边。
Reading checked against CC-CEDICT, for the character or the word it sits in.
Rare: outside the 3,500 level-1 characters of the 通用规范汉字表 (2013), China’s official list of common characters. For learners: common by that list, but in no HSK 3.0 word of levels 1–6.