Lexicon periphroneó: to examine on all sides, to despise Original Word: περιφρονέωPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: periphroneó Phonetic Spelling: (per-ee-fron-eh'-o) Short Definition: I look down upon, despise Definition: I look down upon, despise. HELPS word-Studies 4065 periphronéō (from 4012 /perí, "all-around," and 5426 /phronéō, "exercising personal perspective") – properly, think all-around by considering from all sides which results however in "over-thinking" (injecting personal bias, used only in Tit 2:15). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom peri and phroneóDefinitionto examine on all sides, to despise NASB Translationdisregard (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 4065: περιφρονέωπεριφρονέω, περιφρόνω; 1. to consider or examine on all sides (περί, III. 1), i. e. carefully, thoroughly (Aristophanes nub. 741). 2. (from περί, beyond, III. 2), to set oneself in thought beyond (exalt oneself in thought above) a person or thing; to contemn, despise: τίνος (cf. Kühner, § 419, 1 b. vol. 2, p. 325), Titus 2:15 (4 Macc. 6:9; 7:16; 14:1; Plutarch, others; τοῦ ζῆν, Plato, Ax., p. 372; Aeschines dial. Socrates 3, 22).
Strong's despise. From peri and phroneo; to think beyond, i.e. Depreciate (contemn) -- despise. see GREEK peri see GREEK phroneo |
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