noun · masculine

katafronētos

Greekκαταφρονητής (katafronētēs)

Strong’sG2707

a despiser

stem katafronēt-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

scoffers1×

What it means

† κατα-φρονητής, -οῦ, ὁ,

[in LXX for בֹּגֵד, בֹּגְדוֹת, Hb 1:5 2:5, Ze 3:4*;]

a despiser: Ac 13:41.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G2707 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidkat-af-ron-tace'

a contemner

Fromfrom G2706;

King Jamesdespiser.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	katafronētos	katafronētois
object accusative	katafronēton	katafronētoin
direct address vocative	katafronētor	katafronētoir1×καταφρονηταί
of, belonging to genitive	katafronētou	katafronētoiu
to, for dative	katafronēto	katafronētoi

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

katafronētstem+ogender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

katafronēto is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

katafronētoir“scoffers”direct addressvocative plural1×

Acts 13:41“scoffers”Horavar, toir katafronētoir, kai thaumazavar kai afanizivar, hoti ergem ergazemō mis en tai hēmerai vu, ergem hem ouk mē pisteuaveia ean tinos ekdiēgeteiō vi.‘Look, you scoffers, wonder and perish! For I am doing a work in your days that you would never believe, even if someone told you.’”