King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G4065
Transliteration: periphroneō
Phonetic Spelling: (per-ee-fron-eh'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to examine on all sides, to despise
Meaning: to examine on all sides, to despise
περιφρονέω, περιφρόνω;
Word Summary
periphroneō: to examine on all sides, to despise
Original Word: περιφρονέωTransliteration: periphroneō
Phonetic Spelling: (per-ee-fron-eh'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to examine on all sides, to despise
Meaning: to examine on all sides, to despise
Strong's Concordance
despise. From peri and phroneo; to think beyond, i.e. Depreciate (contemn) -- despise.
see GREEK peri
see GREEK phroneo
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
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).