STRONGS G4065:
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).
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