ΠΕΡΙΕΦΡΟΝΗΣΑΝ, περιεφρονησαν
PERIEPHRONĒSAN, periephronēsan
Sounds Like: peh-ree-eh-froh-NEH-sahn
Translations: they despised, they scorned, they disregarded, they looked down on
From the root: ΠΕΡΙΦΡΟΝΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word describes the action of despising, scorning, or looking down on someone or something. It implies a strong sense of disregard or contempt. It is used to indicate that a group of people held something or someone in low esteem, treating them as unworthy of respect or attention.
Inflection: 3rd Person Plural, Aorist, Active, Indicative
Strong’s number: G4065 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 1 — 11:202
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΕΡΙΦΡΟΝΕΩ.
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.
- ΔΗΠΕΡΙΦΡΟΝΩΝ — despising, disdaining, scorning, looking down on, thinking oneself superior
- ΠΕΡΙΕΦΡΟΝΕΙ — despised, disdained, scorned, disregarded
- ΠΕΡΙΕΦΡΟΝΗΣΕΝ — despised, disregarded, scorned, thought lightly of
- ΠΕΡΙΦΡΟΝΕΙΝ — to despise, to disdain, to disregard, to look down on, to think oneself above
- ΠΕΡΙΦΡΟΝΕΙΤΩ — let him despise, let him look down on, let him disregard, let him scorn
- ΠΕΡΙΦΡΟΝΕΩ — to despise, to disdain, to scorn, to disregard, to look down on
- ΠΕΡΙΦΡΟΝΗΣΑΙ — to despise, to scorn, to disregard, to look down on
- ΠΕΡΙΦΡΟΝΟΥΜΕΝΟΣ — despised, scorned, disdained, neglected, looked down upon
- ΠΕΡΙΦΡΟΝΟΥΝΤΕΣ — despising, disdaining, scorning, looking down on
- ΠΕΡΙΦΡΟΝΩΣΙ — they may despise, they may disdain, they may scorn, they may look down on
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