verb

Greekὀλιγωρέω (oligōreō)

Biblang

oligōramō

Strong’sG3643

I despise, make light of

stem oligōr-once in the New Testament1 forms occur

What it means

What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.

ὀλιγωρέω, -ῶ

(< ὀλίγος + ὤρα, care), [in LXX: Pr 3:11 (מאס)*;]

to esteem lightly, think little of: c. gen., He 12:5(LXX).†

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

Strong’s G3643 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidol-ig-o-reh'-o

to have little regard for, i.e. to disesteem

Fromfrom a compound of G3641 and ὤρα ("care");

King Jamesdespise.

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

Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in

ὀλῐγωρ-έω,
aorist I written ὠλιώρησα Refs 2nd c.BC+: —esteem little or lightly, make small account of, with genitive, Refs 5th c.BC+
2 absolutely, take no heed, Refs 5th c.BC+:—passive, Refs 5th c.BC+
3 later with accusative, neglect, τὴν ἄμπελον Refs 1st c.BC+: with infinitive, intermit, neglect to do something, Refs 2nd c.AD+

H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.

Translated as

Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.

regard lightly1×

Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.

Biblang forms

What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.

Form and the Greek behind it	What it is	Usually	Times
oligōrasōrὀλιγώρει	happening now · youpresent active imperative 2nd person singular	regard lightly	1×

Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.

Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses

Statements — indicative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	was happening imperfect	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect	had happened pluperfect
I 1st person singular	oligōramō	oligōrame	oligōrami	oligōrama	oligōramē	oligōramelē
you 2nd person singular	oligōrasō	oligōrase	oligōrasi	oligōrasa	oligōrasē	oligōraselē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	oligōratō	oligōrate	oligōrati	oligōrata	oligōratē	oligōratelē
we 1st person plural	oligōranō	oligōrane	oligōrani	oligōrana	oligōranē	oligōranelē
ye 2nd person plural	oligōravō	oligōrave	oligōravi	oligōrava	oligōravē	oligōravelē
they 3rd person plural	oligōralō	oligōrale	oligōrali	oligōrala	oligōralē	oligōralelē

May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
I 1st person singular	oligōrameiō	oligōrameia	oligōrameiē
you 2nd person singular	oligōraseiō	oligōraseia	oligōraseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	oligōrateiō	oligōrateia	oligōrateiē
we 1st person plural	oligōraneiō	oligōraneia	oligōraneiē
ye 2nd person plural	oligōraveiō	oligōraveia	oligōraveiē
they 3rd person plural	oligōraleiō	oligōraleia	oligōraleiē

Commands — imperative mood, 1 occurrence

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
you 2nd person singular	oligōrasōr1×ὀλιγώρει	oligōrasar	oligōrasēr
he/she/it 3rd person singular	oligōratōr	oligōratar	oligōratēr
ye 2nd person plural	oligōravōr	oligōravar	oligōravēr
they 3rd person plural	oligōralōr	oligōralar	oligōralēr

Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist
I 1st person singular	oligōramoiō	oligōramoia
you 2nd person singular	oligōrasoiō	oligōrasoia
he/she/it 3rd person singular	oligōratoiō	oligōratoia
we 1st person plural	oligōranoiō	oligōranoia
ye 2nd person plural	oligōravoiō	oligōravoia
they 3rd person plural	oligōraloiō	oligōraloia

The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
the subject acts active voice	oligōrarō	oligōrari	oligōrara	oligōrarē

Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
the subject acts active voice	oligōrarōntos	oligōrarintos	oligōrarantos	oligōrarēntos

Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.

How every form is built — the slots that make them

oligōrstem+aoeiwho is acting voice+mstnvl—who person+—eiroistatement, command, wish mood+ōeiaēelēwhen tense+—ntthen it declines+—ogender+—sits job in the sentence case

oligōr 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

Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

oligōrasōr“regard lightly”happening now · youpresent active imperative 2nd person singular1×

Hebrews 12:5“regard lightly”… hōs huioi dialegotō, Huior mu, mē oligōrasōr paideiau kuriou, mēde ekluosōr hupo autou …… exhortation that addresses you as sons: “My son, do not take lightly the discipline of the Lord, and do not lose heart when He …