Job 36:5
Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: he is mighty in strength and wisdom.
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Despiseth
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1 Thessalonians 4:8
He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit.
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9 occurrences in 9 verses.
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ἀθετέω
athetéō · ath-et-eh'-o
6 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: Luke 10:16Strong's last: 1 Thessalonians 4:8
Open full G114 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 11:12Strong's last: Proverbs 30:17
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bâzâh · baw-zaw'
4 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: Psalms 69:33Strong's last: Proverbs 19:16
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mâʼaç · maw-as'
3 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: Job 36:5Strong's last: Isaiah 33:15
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bâzôh · baw-zo'
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
scorned
Strong's KJV usage: despise.
Strong's first: Isaiah 49:7Strong's last: Isaiah 49:7
Open full H960 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: Proverbs 15:5Strong's last: Proverbs 15:5
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H936
He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbour: but a man of understanding holdeth his peace.
H936
Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.
H959
He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the LORD: but he that is perverse in his ways despiseth him.
H936
He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy is he.
H5006
A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.
H959
A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.
H3988
He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul: but he that heareth reproof getteth understanding.
H959
He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul; but he that despiseth his ways shall die.
H936
The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.
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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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