Strong's Concordance oligoreo: I despise, make light of Original Word: ὀλιγωρέωPart 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. HELPS Word-studies 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." Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 3643: ὀλιγωρέωὀλιγωρέω, 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 oligṓreiLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 36431 Occurrence ὀλιγώρει — 1 Occ. Hebrews 12:5 V-PMA-2S GRK: μου μὴ ὀλιγώρει παιδείας Κυρίου NAS: MY SON, DO NOT REGARD LIGHTLY THE DISCIPLINE KJV: not thou the chastening INT: of me not care little for [the] discipline of [the] Lord |