Lexical Summary ameleō: to be careless Original Word: ἀμελέωTransliteration: ameleō Phonetic Spelling: (am-el-eh'-o) Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to be careless Meaning: to be careless Strong's Concordance make light of, neglect, show no regard. From a (as a negative particle) and melo; to be careless of -- make light of, neglect, be negligent, no regard. see GREEK a see GREEK melo Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 272: ἀμελέωἀμελέω, (ῶ; future ἀμελήσω; 1 aorist ἠμέλησα; (from ἀμελής, and this from the alpha privative and μέλω to care for); very common in secular authors; to be careless of, to neglect: τίνος, Hebrews 2:3; Hebrews 8:9; 1 Timothy 4:14; followed by an infinitive, 2 Peter 1:12 R G; without a case, ἀμελήσαντες (not caring for what had just been said (A. V. "they made light of it)), Matthew 22:5. |