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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.

37exact KJV occurrences 24Old Testament 13New Testament 23books containing the word 12mapped Strong's IDs 36occurrence-specific Strong's links
FIRST OCCURRENCE

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:

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LAST OCCURRENCE

Jude 1:8

Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities.

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KJV DISTRIBUTION

Where despise appears.

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ORIGINAL-LANGUAGE MAP

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GreekG3643
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

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GreekG4065
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

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HebrewH2107
זוּל

zûwl · zool

1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences

v

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

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HebrewH7043
קָלַל

qâlal · kaw-lal'

1 times translated as this KJV form82 total Strong's occurrences

v

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

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EVERY OCCURRENCE

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37 occurrences match the current filters. Each row keeps its exact KJV token position so Original Word and TSK remain occurrence-specific.

Leviticus 26:15
H3988

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:

1 Samuel 2:30
H959

Wherefore the LORD God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.

2 Samuel 19:43
H7043

And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more right in David than ye: why then did ye despise us, that our advice should not be first had in bringing back our king? And the words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.

Esther 1:17
H959

For this deed of the queen shall come abroad unto all women, so that they shall despise their husbands in their eyes, when it shall be reported, The king Ahasuerus commanded Vashti the queen to be brought in before him, but she came not.

Job 5:17
H3988

Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:

Job 9:21
H3988

Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I would despise my life.

Job 10:3
H3988

Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thine hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?

Job 31:13
H3988

If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;

Psalms 51:17
H959

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.

Psalms 73:20
H959

As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.

Psalms 102:17
H959

He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.

Proverbs 1:7
H936

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Proverbs 3:11
H3988

My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction:

Proverbs 6:30
H936

Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;

Proverbs 23:9
H936

Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.

Proverbs 23:22
H936

Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.

Isaiah 30:12
H3988

Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Because ye despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and stay thereon:

Jeremiah 4:30
H3988

And when thou art spoiled, what wilt thou do? Though thou clothest thyself with crimson, though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold, though thou rentest thy face with painting, in vain shalt thou make thyself fair; thy lovers will despise thee, they will seek thy life.

Jeremiah 23:17
H5006

They say still unto them that despise me, The LORD hath said, Ye shall have peace; and they say unto every one that walketh after the imagination of his own heart, No evil shall come upon you.

Lamentations 1:8
H2107

Jerusalem hath grievously sinned; therefore she is removed: all that honoured her despise her, because they have seen her nakedness: yea, she sigheth, and turneth backward.

Ezekiel 16:57
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.

Ezekiel 28:26
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.

Amos 5:21
H3988

I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies.

Malachi 1:6
H959

A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the LORD of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name?

Matthew 6:24
G2706

No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

WEBSTER’S 1828

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.

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