Original Word: ὀλιγωρέω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: oligoreo
Phonetic Spelling: (ol-ig-o-reh'-o)
Short Definition: I despise, make light of
Definition: I despise, hold in low esteem, make light of.

3643 oligōréō (from 3641 /olígos, "little in number" and ōra, "concern, care") – properly, caring too little ("in too few places"); to esteem lightly, neglect (LS).

3643 /oligōréō ("neglect as a habit") is used only in Heb 12:5 (an OT quote, cf. Job 5:17; Prov 3:11): "My son (i.e. true followers of the Lord), do not keep on neglecting (3643 /oligōréō, negated present imperative) the training of the Lord, nor go on becoming undone when you are internally convicted by Him."

STRONGS NT 3643: ὀλιγωρέω

ὀλιγωρέω, ὀλιγώρω; (ὀλίγωρος, and this from ὀλίγος and ὥρα care); to care little for, regard lightly, make small account of: τίνος (see Matthiae, § 348; (Winer's Grammar, § 30, 10 d.)), Hebrews 12:5 from Proverbs 3:11. (Thucydides, Xenophon, Plato, Demosthenes, Aristotle, Philo, Josephus, others.)

STRONGS NT 3643a: ὀλίγωςὀλίγως (ὀλίγος), adverb, a little, scarcely (R. V. just (escaping)): 2 Peter 2:18 G L T Tr WH (for Rec. ὄντος). (Anthol. 12, 205, 1; (Isaiah 10:7 Aq.).)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

despise.

From a compound of oligos and ora ("care"); to have little regard for, i.e. To disesteem -- despise.

see GREEK oligos

Forms and Transliterations

ολεί ολείται ολέσαισαν ολέσητε ολιγωρει ολιγώρει ὀλιγώρει ολίσθημα ολισθήμασι ολισθήματος ολισθήσουσι ολκή ολκήν ολκής ολλύντα όλλυνται όλλυται ολούνται ολωλότων ώλετο ώλοντο oligorei oligōrei oligṓrei

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