To reject

Usually translated “do despise”, “despised” and “despising”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

• do despise 2
• despised 2
• despising 1
• having set at naught 1
• having been rejected 1
• he should despise 1
• may despise 1
• ignored 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

• 1 Corinthians 3
• Luke 2
• Romans 2
• Acts 1
• 2 Corinthians 1
• Galatians 1

7 books in all.

• To reject (maas)
• To reject (zanach)
• To reject (apodokimazō)
• To reject (atheteō)

• Luke 23:11And Herod with his men of war set him at nought, and mocked him, and arrayed him in a gorgeous robe, and sent him again to Pilate.
• Acts 4:11This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner.
• Romans 14:3Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath received him.
• Romans 14:10But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.
• 1 Corinthians 1:28And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are:
• 1 Corinthians 6:4If then ye have judgments of things pertaining to this life, set them to judge who are least esteemed in the church.

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

How the English word “despised” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.