παραθεωρέω

ἀμελέω ameléō · G272 · to neglect, to disregard, to pay no attention to

Greek verb meaning 'to neglect' or 'to be careless of'; overlaps semantically with παραθεωρέω in expressing the failure to give proper attention or care to something, though ἀμελέω emphasizes carelessness while παραθεωρέω emphasizes overlooking.

ὑπερείδω hypereídō · G5237 · to overlook, to purposely pay no attention to, disregard

Greek verb meaning 'to overlook' or 'to wink at'; shares the core sense of deliberately or inadvertently passing over something without giving it due attention, though ὑπερείδω often implies a more intentional overlooking.

עָזַב ʻâzab · H5800 · to leave, to leave behind, to desert

Hebrew verb meaning 'to forsake, leave, neglect'; captures the neglect aspect of παραθεωρέω, representing the failure to attend to or care for something/someone that should receive attention.

To overlook, to neglect, to disregard30.48

παραθεωρέω names the act of failing to give due attention to someone, as Luke narrates the origin of the church's dispute over daily distribution: “Now at this time, as the disciples were increasing in number, a complaint developed on the part of the Hellenistic Jews against the native Hebrews, because their widows were being overlooked in the daily serving of food.” (Acts 6:1)

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

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.