verb

Greekπεριφρονέω (perifroneō)

Biblang

perifronamō

Strong’sG4065

I look down upon, despise

stem perifron-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.

** περι-φρονέω, -ῶ,

[in LXX: IV Mac 6:9 14:1*;]

1. to examine on all sides, consider carefully (Aristoph.).

2. = ὑπερφρονέω, to have thouphts beyond, to despise (Thuc., Plut., al.; IV Mac 6:9 14:1): Tit 2:15.†

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

Strong’s G4065 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidper-ee-fron-eh'-o

to think beyond, i.e. depreciate (contemn)

Fromfrom G4012 and G5426;

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

περιφρον-έω,
compass in thought, speculate about, τὸν ἥλιον Refs 5th c.BC+
II contemn, despise, τινας Refs 5th c.BC+: metaphorically, of diseases or difficult patients, defy remedies, Refs 2nd c.AD+:— passive, Refs 1st c.AD+
III intransitive, to be very thoughtful, οὐ περιφρονοῦσα ἡλικία Refs 5th c.BC+

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.

disregard1×

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
perifronatōrπεριφρονείτω	happening now · he/she/itpresent active imperative 3rd person singular	disregard	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	perifronamō	perifroname	perifronami	perifronama	perifronamē	perifronamelē
you 2nd person singular	perifronasō	perifronase	perifronasi	perifronasa	perifronasē	perifronaselē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	perifronatō	perifronate	perifronati	perifronata	perifronatē	perifronatelē
we 1st person plural	perifronanō	perifronane	perifronani	perifronana	perifronanē	perifronanelē
ye 2nd person plural	perifronavō	perifronave	perifronavi	perifronava	perifronavē	perifronavelē
they 3rd person plural	perifronalō	perifronale	perifronali	perifronala	perifronalē	perifronalelē

May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
I 1st person singular	perifronameiō	perifronameia	perifronameiē
you 2nd person singular	perifronaseiō	perifronaseia	perifronaseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	perifronateiō	perifronateia	perifronateiē
we 1st person plural	perifronaneiō	perifronaneia	perifronaneiē
ye 2nd person plural	perifronaveiō	perifronaveia	perifronaveiē
they 3rd person plural	perifronaleiō	perifronaleia	perifronaleiē

Commands — imperative mood, 1 occurrence

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
you 2nd person singular	perifronasōr	perifronasar	perifronasēr
he/she/it 3rd person singular	perifronatōr1×περιφρονείτω	perifronatar	perifronatēr
ye 2nd person plural	perifronavōr	perifronavar	perifronavēr
they 3rd person plural	perifronalōr	perifronalar	perifronalēr

Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist
I 1st person singular	perifronamoiō	perifronamoia
you 2nd person singular	perifronasoiō	perifronasoia
he/she/it 3rd person singular	perifronatoiō	perifronatoia
we 1st person plural	perifronanoiō	perifronanoia
ye 2nd person plural	perifronavoiō	perifronavoia
they 3rd person plural	perifronaloiō	perifronaloia

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	perifronarō	perifronari	perifronara	perifronarē

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	perifronarōntos	perifronarintos	perifronarantos	perifronarēntos

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

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

perifron 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

perifronatōr“disregard”happening now · he/she/itpresent active imperative 3rd person singular1×

Titus 2:15“disregard”… elenchasōr meta pantau epitagau; mēdenos su perifronatōr.… encourage and rebuke with all authority. Let no one despise you.