ἘΚΦΑΥΛΙΣΕΙΝ, ἐκφαυλισειν
EKPHAULISEIN, ekphaulisein
Sounds Like: ek-fow-LI-zane
Translations: to despise, to treat with contempt, to make light of, to belittle
From the root: ΕΚΦΑΥΛΙΖΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word means to treat something as worthless or insignificant, to look down upon it, or to make light of it. It implies a strong sense of disdain or contempt towards a person or thing.
Inflection: Infinitive, Aorist, Active
Strong’s number: G1605 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 6 — 11:207
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΚΦΑΥΛΙΖΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἘΚΦΑΥΛΙΖΟΝΤΟΣ — making light of, despising, disparaging, treating with contempt
- ἘΚΦΑΥΛΙΖΟΝΤΩΝ — of those who despise, of those who make light of, of those who disparage, of those who belittle
- ἘΚΦΑΥΛΙΖΩΝ — despising, making contemptible, making worthless, treating as worthless
- ἘΚΦΑΥΛΙΣΑΝΤΑ — having despised, having made contemptible, having treated with contempt, the one who despised, him who despised
- ἘΚΦΑΥΛΙΣΑΣΑ — having made contemptible, having despised, having disparaged, having belittled
- ἘΞΕΦΑΥΛΙΖΟΝ — they made contemptible, they despised, they scorned, they treated as worthless
- ΕΚΦΑΥΛΙΖΩ — to make contemptible, to despise, to treat with contempt, to make light of
- ΕΚΦΑΥΛΙΣΑΝΤΑ — having despised, having made contemptible, having treated as worthless, having scorned
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