Lexical Summary kataphroneō: to think little of Original Word: καταφρονέωTransliteration: kataphroneō Phonetic Spelling: (kat-af-ron-eh'-o) Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to think little of Meaning: to think little of Strong's Concordance despise. From kata and phroneo; to think against, i.e. Disesteem -- despise. see GREEK kata see GREEK phroneo Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 2706: καταφρονέωκαταφρονέω, καταφρόνω; future καταφρονήσω; 1 aorist κατεφρόνησα; (from Herodotus down); to contemn, despise, disdain, think little or nothing of: with the genitive of the object (Buttmann, § 132, 15), Matthew 6:24; Matthew 18:10; Luke 16:13; Romans 2:4; 1 Corinthians 11:22; 1 Timothy 4:12; 1 Timothy 6:2; 2 Peter 2:10; Hebrews 12:2. |