καταφροντής
kataphrontḗs · G2707 · Greek · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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one who feels contempt, scoffer
(Derivative of καταφρονέω ‘to despise,’) One who customarily feels contempt for something or someone
ExamplesActs 13:41 ‘LOOK, YOU SCOFFERS, AND BE ASTONISHED, AND PERISH; FOR I AM ACCOMPLISHING A WORK IN YOUR DAYS, A WORK WHICH YOU WILL NEVER BELIEVE, THOUGH SOMEONE SHOULD DESCRIBE IT TO YOU.’”
How it’s used
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
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Near synonyms 2 words
- ὑβριστής hybristḗs · G5197 · insolent person, insolent and violent, one who insults
- ὑβριστής denotes one who treats others with insolent contempt or insult, overlapping semantically with καταφροντής (one who despises/scorns). Both describe attitudes and behaviors of contemptuous treatment of others, though ὑβριστής emphasizes outward insulting behavior while καταφροντής emphasizes the internal attitude of contempt.
- ἐμπαίκτης empaíktēs · G1703 · mocker
- ἐμπαίκτης describes one who mocks or scoffs at others, semantically parallel to καταφροντής which describes one who treats others with contempt. Both characterize individuals who hold others in scorn, though ἐμπαίκτης emphasizes mocking behavior while καταφροντής emphasizes contemptuous disposition.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- One who feels contempt, scoffer88.193
- In Acts 13:41, Paul quotes the prophets in his synagogue sermon, “LOOK, YOU SCOFFERS, AND BE ASTONISHED, AND PERISH; FOR I AM ACCOMPLISHING A WORK IN YOUR DAYS,” using this word for one who habitually treats things with scornful contempt.
Word family 19 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon καταφρονητου, ὁ (καταφρονέω), a despiser: Acts 13:41. (Hab 1:5; Hab 2:5; Zeph 3:4; Philo,…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
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
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