Leviticus 26:15
And if ye shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my judgments, so that ye will not do all my commandments, but that ye break my covenant:
Read in context →DEEP KJV WORD STUDY
Despise
Begin with the exact English word as it appears in the King James Bible. Follow its whole-Bible usage, book distribution, related indexed forms, Webster 1828, every occurrence, and the occurrence-specific Hebrew/Aramaic/Greek mappings behind it.
Jude 1:8
Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities.
Read in context →Proverbs
5 occurrences in 5 verses.
Browse those occurrences →Where despise appears.
This is exact English-word usage from the canonical KJV token index, not a Strong's estimate.
Leviticus
11 verses
1 Samuel
11 verses
2 Samuel
11 verses
Esther
11 verses
Job
44 verses
Psalms
33 verses
Proverbs
55 verses
Isaiah
11 verses
Jeremiah
22 verses
Lamentations
11 verses
Ezekiel
22 verses
Amos
11 verses
Malachi
11 verses
Matthew
22 verses
Luke
11 verses
Romans
11 verses
1 Corinthians
22 verses
1 Thessalonians
11 verses
1 Timothy
22 verses
Titus
11 verses
Hebrews
11 verses
2 Peter
11 verses
Jude
11 verses
Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?
These relationships come from exact verse + token-position mappings. We do not assume that one English spelling always equals one Strong's number. A single English token can also carry more than one source tag, so the Strong's-link total can exceed the number of English occurrences.
מָאַס
mâʼaç · maw-as'
9 times translated as this KJV form75 total Strong's occurrences
to spurn; also (intransitively) to disappear
Strong's KJV usage: abhor, cast away (off), contemn, despise, disdain, (become) loathe(some), melt away, refuse, reject, reprobate, × utterly, vile person.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Leviticus 26:15Strong's last: Amos 5:21
Open full H3988 profile →καταφρονέω
kataphronéō · kat-af-ron-eh'-o
6 times translated as this KJV form11 total Strong's occurrences
to think against, i.e. disesteem
Strong's KJV usage: :--despise.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Matthew 6:24Strong's last: 2 Peter 2:10
Open full G2706 profile →בָּזָה
bâzâh · baw-zaw'
6 times translated as this KJV form43 total Strong's occurrences
to disesteem
Strong's KJV usage: despise, disdain, contemn(-ptible), think to scorn, vile person.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 1 Samuel 2:30Strong's last: Malachi 1:6
Open full H959 profile →בּוּז
bûwz · booz
4 times translated as this KJV form12 total Strong's occurrences
to disrespect
Strong's KJV usage: contemn, despise, × utterly.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Proverbs 1:7Strong's last: Proverbs 23:22
Open full H936 profile →ἐξουθενέω
exouthenéō · ex-oo-then-eh'-o
3 times translated as this KJV form15 total Strong's occurrences
Strong's KJV usage: :--contemptible, despise, least esteemed, set at nought.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Romans 14:3Strong's last: 1 Thessalonians 5:20
Open full G1848 profile →שָׁאט
shâʼṭ · shawt
2 times translated as this KJV form3 total Strong's occurrences
one contemning
Strong's KJV usage: that (which) despise(-d).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Ezekiel 16:57Strong's last: Ezekiel 28:26
Open full H7590 profile →ἀθετέω
athetéō · ath-et-eh'-o
1 times translated as this KJV form18 total Strong's occurrences
to set aside, i.e. (by implication) to disesteem, neutralize or violate
Strong's KJV usage: :--cast off, despise, disannul, frustrate, bring to nought, reject.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Jude 1:8Strong's last: Jude 1:8
Open full G114 profile →ὀλιγωρέω
oligōréō · ol-ig-o-reh'-o
1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
to have little regard for, i.e. to disesteem
Strong's KJV usage: :--despise.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Hebrews 12:5Strong's last: Hebrews 12:5
Open full G3643 profile →περιφρονέω
periphronéō · per-ee-fron-eh'-o
1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
to think beyond, i.e. depreciate (contemn)
Strong's KJV usage: :--despise.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Titus 2:15Strong's last: Titus 2:15
Open full G4065 profile →זוּל
zûwl · zool
1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
probably to shake out, i.e. (by implication) to scatter profusely; figuratively, to treat lightly
Strong's KJV usage: lavish, despise.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Lamentations 1:8Strong's last: Lamentations 1:8
Open full H2107 profile →נָאַץ
nâʼats · naw-ats'
1 times translated as this KJV form27 total Strong's occurrences
to scorn; or (in Ecclesiastes 12:5), by interchange for 5132, to bloom
Strong's KJV usage: abhor, (give occasion to) blaspheme, contemn, despise, flourish, × great, provoke.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Jeremiah 23:17Strong's last: Jeremiah 23:17
Open full H5006 profile →קָלַל
qâlal · kaw-lal'
1 times translated as this KJV form82 total Strong's occurrences
to be (causatively, make) light, literally (swift, small, sharp, etc.) or figuratively (easy, trifling, vile, etc.)
Strong's KJV usage: abate, make bright, bring into contempt, (ac-) curse, despise, (be) ease(-y, -ier), (be a, make, make somewhat, move, seem a, set) light(-en, -er, -ly, -ly afflict, -ly esteem, thing), × slight(-ly), be swift(-er), (be, be more, make, re-) vile, whet.
Strong's first: 2 Samuel 19:43Strong's last: 2 Samuel 19:43
Open full H7043 profile →Strong's data is a concordance/lexical reference layer. Scripture context controls interpretation. Lexical source data is shown separately from future TWBC editorial teaching.
Read the word in context.
2 occurrences match the current filters. Each row keeps its exact KJV token position so Original Word and TSK remain occurrence-specific.
H7590
Before thy wickedness was discovered, as at the time of thy reproach of the daughters of Syria, and all that are round about her, the daughters of the Philistines, which despise thee round about.
H7590
And they shall dwell safely therein, and shall build houses, and plant vineyards; yea, they shall dwell with confidence, when I have executed judgments upon all those that despise them round about them; and they shall know that I am the LORD their God.
English meaning and historical usage.
Dictionary data is kept visibly separate from Scripture and from lexical Strong's data.
despise
DESPISE, .verb intransitive
1. To contemn; to scorn; to disdain; to have the lowest opinion of.
Fools despise wisdom and instruction. Proverbs 1:7.
Else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Matthew 6:24.
2. To abhor.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
Know what each layer is—and what it is not.
Curated TWBC teaching will remain a separate editorial layer. Raw source data is never silently rewritten to force a doctrinal conclusion.