Words the Bible translates as despise
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 13 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- qalalקָלַלto be light in weight, and so to be swift, to die down, or to count for little
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- to make something lighter: to ease a burden, or to lower a person's standing
- to declare someone worthless: to revile, or to curse
- to shake something to and fro, and so to work an edge onto a blade
- atheteōἀθετέωto set aside what has been established, treating as void something that was meant to stand: to nullify it, reject it, or break faith with it
- ma'asמָאַסto reject: to refuse someone or something as worthless and push it away
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- to flow away or run: to dissolve and drain off like water or a sore
- bazahבָּזָהto despise: to treat someone or something as worthless and beneath respect.
- atimazōἀτιμάζωto dishonor someone: to publicly deny a person the honor they are owed, treating them as worth nothing
- kataphroneōκαταφρονέωto look down on: to judge that someone or something counts for little, and to act on that judgment
- na'atsנָאַץto spurn: to reject a person or thing with open contempt, treating as worthless what deserves honor
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- to blossom: (of the almond tree) to break into bloom
- exoutheneōἐξουθενέωto count someone or something as worth nothing; to despise as of no account
- buzבּוּזto treat as worthless: to weigh a person, idea, or thing and count it as of no value, looking down on it as beneath notice
- periphroneōπεριφρονέωto despisenot studied yet
- shatשׁוּטto despisenot studied yet
- oligōreōὀλιγωρέωto despisenot studied yet
- zulזוּלto lavish/despisenot studied yet
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