To despise

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

• he will despise 2
• may you despise 1
• despise you 1
• do you despise 1
• should despise 1
• they should despise 1
• having despised 1
• despising 1

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

• Matthew 2
• 1 Timothy 2
• Luke 1
• Romans 1
• 1 Corinthians 1
• Hebrews 1

7 books in all.

• To despise (bazah)
• To despise (buz)
• To reject (exoutheneō)
• To despise (shat)

• 1 Timothy 6:2In contextAnd they that have believing masters, let them not despise them, because they are brethren; but rather do them service, because they are faithful and beloved, partakers of the benefit. These things teach and exhort.
• 2 Peter 2:10In contextBut chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government. Presumptuous are they, selfwilled, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities.
• Matthew 6:24No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
• Matthew 18:10Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven.
• Luke 16:13No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
• Romans 2:4Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?

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

How the English word “despising” 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.