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To look down upon with disfavor or contempt; to contemn; to scorn; to disdain; to have a low opinion or contemptuous dislike of. ... to despise, treat with contempt. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: exoutheneo. Phonetic Spelling: (ex-oo-then-eh'-o) Short Definition: I ignore, despise ... ... to despise, treat with contempt.
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DOMINION. do-min'-yun: In Ephesians 1:21 Colossians 1:16 the...
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DISCIPLINE. dis'-i-plin (mucar): In the King James Version...
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- Despised
As the Free Online Dictionary puts it, it also means "to regard (something or someone) as unworthy of interest or concern." This meaning comes into play as "despise" is used in the Bible; it indicates that a person in a particular spiritual state cannot understand or value things belonging to a higher spiritual state, and thus regards them as ...
Despise, Despiser: lit. denotes "to think round a thing, to turn over in the mind;" hence, "to have thoughts beyond, to despise," Tts 2:15. Notes: The following verbs, translated "to despise, etc." in the AV, are given suitable meanings in the RV:
DESPISE, .verb intransitive. 1. To contemn; to scorn; to disdain; to have the lowest opinion of. Fools despise wisdom and instruction. Proverbs 1:7. Else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Matthew 6:24. 2. To abhor.
Mâ'as (f מָאַס, Strong's #3988), “to reject, refuse, despise.” This verb is common in both biblical and modern Hebrew. It occurs about 75 times in the Hebrew Old Testament and is found for the first time in Lev. 26:15: “… If ye shall despise [RSV, “spurn”] my statutes.…”
The king of Israel answered Jehoshaphat, "There is still one man through whom we can seek the Lord's will. But I despise him because he does not prophesy prosperity for me, but disaster. His name is Micaiah son of Imlah. Jehoshaphat said, "The king should not say such things."
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despise 1. ἀθετεῖν .—(1) The primary signification of the word is to render or consider invalid ( ἄθετον ), to set aside something laid down ( θετόν τι ), to bear oneself toward a thing as if it were not, to ignore : Mark 7:9 ἀθ .
