To neglect
ἀμελέωStrong’s G0272ameleō
Appears in 4 verses of the New Testament
In short
Ameleō is the Greek word usually translated “having paid no attention”, “do be negligent” and “having neglected”. It appears in 4 verses of the New Testament.
“Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.”
Meaning
Usually translated “having paid no attention”, “do be negligent” and “having neglected”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- having paid no attention 1
- do be negligent 1
- having neglected 1
- disregarded 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Hebrews 2
- Matthew 1
- 1 Timothy 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 22:5But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise:
- Hebrews 2:3How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him;
- Hebrews 8:9Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord.
Greek dictionary
ἀμελέω ameleō · to neglect
ἀμελέω, -ῶ (μέλει), [in LXX: Jer.4:17 (מָרָה) Jer.31:32 (בַּעַל), Wis.3:10, 2Ma.4:14 * ;] (a) absol., to be careless, not to care: Mat.22:5; (b) with genitive, to be careless of, to neglect: 1Ti.4:14, Heb.2:3 8:9 (see MM, VGT, see word).† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “neglect” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
NEGLECT, verb transitive
[G. To let, to leave, to suffer to pass. The sense of the latter words then is to leave behind, or permit to remain; I suspect the Latin To be composed of the same prefix, as n is not radical in the latter. But of this I am not confident.]
- To omit by carelessness or design; to forbear to do, use, employ, promote or attend to; as, to neglect duty or business; to neglect to pay honest debts; to neglect our interest or policy; to neglect the means in our power.
- To omit to receive or embrace; to slight.“How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation?” Hebrews 2:3
- To slight; not to notice; to forbear to treat with attention or respect.
- To postpone. [Not in use.]
All definitions and other forms of “neglect”
NEGLECT, noun
- Omission; forbearance to do any thing that can be done or that requires to be done. neglect may be from carelessness or intention.
- Slight; omission of attention or civilities. neglect of due notice and attention to strangers is characteristic of ill breeding.
- Negligence; habitual want of regard.
- State of being disregarded.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.