STRONGS NUMBER G4065


Word Summary
periphroneō: to examine on all sides, to despise
Original Word: περιφρονέω
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
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: περιφρονέω

περιφρονέω, 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).