Word

ἐξουθενέω

exouthenéō · G1848 · Greek · 11 occurrences

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Meanings

to despise

To despise someone or something on the basis that it is worthless or of no value

Examples
Luke 18:9 Now He also told this parable to some people who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and viewed others with contempt:
Luke 23:11 And Herod, together with his soldiers, treated Him with contempt and mocked Him, dressing Him in a brightly shining robe, and sent Him back to Pilate.
Acts 4:11 “He is the STONE WHICH WAS REJECTED by you, THE BUILDERS, but WHICH BECAME THE CHIEF CORNERSTONE.

How it’s used In 8 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

11 occurrences in 6 groups

Not stated (participle) 5
Not stated: you (more than one) 2
ἐσθίωto eat 1
λόγοςword, saying, message 1
σύyou 1
τὶςsomeone 1

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

7 occurrences in 6 groups

αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 2
ἐσθίωto eat 1
λοιποίthe rest, other 1
πειρασμόςtemptation, testing 1
προφητείαprophecy 1
ἀδελφόςbrother 1

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

3 occurrences in 3 groups

ἐνin+ ἐκκλησίαcongregation, church 1
σύνwith, together with+ στράτευμαarmy 1
ὑπόby, under+ σύyou 1

With adverbsAdverbs

3 occurrences in 1 groups

μήnot 3

Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles

1 occurrences in 1 groups

τὶςsomeone 1

Named alongside itApposition

2 occurrences in 2 groups

εἰμίto be 1
λίθοςstone 1

What is done to itIt is the object

3 occurrences in 3 groups

εἴδωto know 1
ἐκλέγομαιto choose 1
φημίto say 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

1 occurrences in 1 groups

πρόςto, toward, with 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Near synonyms 1 word

καταφρονέω kataphronéō · G2706 · to despise, to scorn, to look down on: The target term and καταφρονέω (“to think against, to disesteem”) both denote contempt or disdain — the target through despising, καταφρονέω through disparaging or thinking little of — closely related expressions within the same narrow field of scorn.

Semantic domains 1 entry

To despise88.195: This verb describes regarding someone or something with scorn, used of the self-righteous in Jesus' parable who viewed others with contempt — "trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and viewed others with contempt" (Luke 18:9), of Herod and his soldiers treating Jesus with contempt before His crucifixion — "treated Him with contempt and mocked Him" (Luke 23:11), and of Peter's citation of the psalm concerning the stone rejected by the builders that became the cornerstone — "He is the STONE WHICH WAS REJECTED by you, THE BUILDERS" (Acts 4:11).

Word family 7 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

οὐδέ oudé · G3761 · and not, nor, neither · 140×οὐδείς oudeís · G3762 · no one, none, nothing · 235×οὐδέποτε oudépote · G3763 · never, not ever, at no time · 16×ἐξουθενέωexouthenéō · G1848οὐδέπω oudépō · G3764 · not yet, still not · 4×ἐξουδενόω exoudenóō · G1847 · to ill-treat, to ill-treat and look down upon · 1×οὐδαμῶς oudamōs · G3760 · no indeed, by no means, most certainly not · 1×

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ἐξουθένω; 1 aorist ἐξουθένησα; passive, perfect participle ἐξουθενημένος; (1 aorist…

ἐξουθένω; 1 aorist ἐξουθένησα; passive, perfect participle ἐξουθενημένος; (1 aorist participle ἐξουθενηθείς); (see οὐδείς); to make of no account, to despise utterly: τινα, Lk 18:9; Rom 14:3, Rom 14:10; 1 Cor 16:11; τί, 1 Thess 5:20; Gal 4:14 (where it is coupled with ἐκπτύω); in passive οἱ ἐξουθενένμενοι, 1 Cor 6:4; τά ἐξουθενημένα, 1 Cor 1:28 (see ἀγενής); ὁ λόγος ἐξουθενημένος, 2 Cor 10:10 (here Lachmann has ἐξουδενημενος); ὁ (λίθος ὁ) ἐξουθενηθείς ὑπό τῶν οἰκοδομούντων, set at nought, i. e. rejected, cast aside, Acts 4:11. To treat with contempt (i. e. accusative to the context, with mockery): Lk 23:11; (for בּוּז, Prov 1:7; בָּזָה, Ezek 22:8, etc.; מָאַס, 1 Sam 8:7. Wis. 4:18; 2 Macc. 1:27; the Epistle of Barnabas 7, 9 [ET]; and other ecclesiastical writings). Cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 182; (and references under the word ἐξουδενέω, at the end).

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Despise, Scorn, Contempt11 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0