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2.
(
&
, 560), lit., “to hope away” ( , “away from,”
, “to
hope”). i.e., “to give up in despair, to despair,” is use. in Luke 6:35,
RV
, “nothing
despairing,” i.e., without anxiety as to the result, or not “despairing” of the recompense
from God; this is probably the true meaning;
KJV
, “hoping for nothing again.” The marg.,
“of no man,” is to be rejected.¶
DESPISE, DESPISER
A. Verbs.
1.
@ $
(
#
!
, 1848), “to make of no account” (
@
, “out,”
$
,
“nobody,” alternatively written,
$
), “to regard as nothing, to despise utterly, to treat
with contempt.” This is usually translated to “set at nought,” Luke 18:9,
RV
,
KJV
,
“despised.” So in Rom. 14:3. Both have “set at nought” in Luke 23:11; Acts 4:11; Rom.
14:10. Both have “despise” in 1 Cor. 16:11; Gal. 4:14, and 1 Thess. 5:20; in 2 Cor. 10:10,
RV
, “of no account,” for
KJV
, “contemptible”; in 1 Cor. 1:28,
KJV
and
RV
, “despised.” For
the important rendering in 1 Cor. 6:4,
RV
, see
ACCOUNT
.¶
Note:
In Mark 9:12 some mss. have this verb; the most authentic have the alternative
spelling
@ $
, “set at nought.”
2.
(
$
!
, 2706), lit., “to think down upon or against anyone”
(
, “down,”
, “the mind”), hence signifies “to think slightly of, to despise,”
Matt. 6:24; 18:10; Luke 16:13; Rom. 2:4; 1 Cor. 11:22; 1 Tim. 4:12; 6:2; Heb. 12:2; 2
Pet. 2:10.¶
3.
(
$ $
!
, 4065) lit. denotes “to think round a thing, to turn over
in the mind”; hence, “to have thoughts beyond, to despise,” Titus 2:15.¶
Notes:
The following verbs, translated “to despise, etc.” in the
KJV
, are given suitable
meanings in the
RV
:
(1)
*
, lit., “to displace, to set aside,”
RV
, “to reject,” Luke 10:16; 1 Thess. 4:8;
in 1 Tim. 5:12, “rejected,” for
KJV
, “cast off”; in Heb. 10:28, “hath set at nought”; so Jude
8. See
DISANNUL
,
REJECT
,
VOID
, No. 2. (2)
*
, “to dishonor” ( , negative,
,
“honor”); in Jas. 2:6,
RV
, “have dishonored.” See
DISHONOR
,
ENTREAT
,
SHAME
, C, No. 1,
SHAMEFULLY
. (3)
>
, “to care little for, regard lightly” (
, “little”); in Heb.
12:5,
RV
, “regard lightly. See
REGARD
.¶ (4) The phrase
$
signifies “to
reckon as nothing”; in the passive voice, “to be counted as nothing”; in Acts 19:27,
RV
,
“be made of no account.”
B. Adjective.
(
/
, 820), “without honor,” see
Note
(2), above, is translated as a verb in 1
Cor. 4:10,
KJV
, “are despised”;
RV
, “have dishonor,” lit., “(we are) without honor”;
“without honor” in Matt. 13:57; Mark 6:4. The comparative degree
, “less
honorable,” is used in 1 Cor. 12:23.¶
: & *
, “not loving the good” ( , negative,
, “to love,”
,
“good”), is used in 2 Tim. 3:3,
KJV
, “despisers of those that are good,”
RV
, “no lovers of
good.” See
LOVER
.¶