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Lexicon :: Strong's G2706 - kataphroneō

Aa
καταφρονέω
Transliteration
kataphroneō (Key)
Pronunciation
kat-af-ron-eh'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 3:631,421

Strong’s Definitions

καταφρονέω kataphronéō, kat-af-ron-eh'-o; from G2596 and G5426; to think against, i.e. disesteem:—despise.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x

The KJV translates Strong's G2706 in the following manner: despise (9x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x
The KJV translates Strong's G2706 in the following manner: despise (9x).

  1. to contemn, despise, disdain, think little or nothing of

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
καταφρονέω kataphronéō, kat-af-ron-eh'-o; from G2596 and G5426; to think against, i.e. disesteem:—despise.
STRONGS G2706:
καταφρονέω, καταφρόνω; future καταφρονήσω; 1 aorist κατεφρόνησα; (from Herodotus down); to contemn, despise, disdain, think little or nothing of: with the genitive of the object (Buttmann, § 132, 15), Matthew 6:24; Matthew 18:10; Luke 16:13; Romans 2:4; 1 Corinthians 11:22; 1 Timothy 4:12; 1 Timothy 6:2; 2 Peter 2:10; Hebrews 12:2.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
6:24; 18:10
Luke
16:13
Romans
2:4
1 Corinthians
11:22
1 Timothy
4:12; 6:2
Hebrews
12:2
2 Peter
2:10

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2706 matches the Greek καταφρονέω (kataphroneō),
which occurs 12 times in 11 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:12 - Peradventure my father may feel me, and I shall be before him as one ill-intentioned, and I shall bring upon me a curse, and not a blessing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:13 - He that slights a matter shall be slighted of it: but he that fears the commandment has health of soul.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:15 - Sound discretion gives favour, and to know the law is the part of a sound understanding: but the ways of scorners tend to destruction.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:3 - When an ungodly man comes into a depth of evils, he despises them; but dishonour and reproach come upon him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:16 - He that keeps the commandment keeps his own soul; but he that despises his ways shall perish.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:22 - Hearken, my son, to thy father which begot thee, and despise not thy mother because she is grown old.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:9 - Whenever thy friend shall reproach thee, retreat backward, despise him not;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:36 - For thou hast been so exceedingly contemptuous as to repeat thy ways; but thou shalt be ashamed of Egypt, as thou wast ashamed of Assur.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 6:7

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 6:7 - But they are as a man transgressing a covenant:

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:13 - His eye is too pure to behold evil doings, and to look upon grievous afflictions: wherefore dost thou look upon despisers? wilt thou be silent when the ungodly swallows up the just?

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:12 - And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will search Jerusalem with a candle, and will take vengeance on the men that despise the things committed to them; but they say in their hearts, The Lord will not do any good, neither will he do any evil.
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