Lexical Definition

‎καταφρονέω‎ kataphronéō (kat-af-ron-eh'-o) to despise G:V
from ‎κατά‎ and ‎φρονέω‎

despise.

Usage: 17 forms in 22 verses
Form Translated As     In Verse(s)
κατεφρόνουν they disdained LXX.Neh.2.19
κατεφρόνησασ you are disdained LXX.Jer.2.36
κατεφρόνησάν they showed disdain LXX.Hos.6.7
καταφρόνει disdain LXX.Prov.23.22 • LXX.Prov.25.9
καταφρονών disdained LXX.Gen.27.12
disdaining LXX.Prov.19.16
καταφρονοῦντασ despising 2Pet.2.10
καταφρονούντων of the disdaining LXX.Prov.13.15
καταφρονούντασ ones disdaining LXX.Hab.1.13
paying no attention LXX.Zeph.1.12
καταφρονηθήσεται shall be disdained LXX.Prov.13.13
καταφρονεῖτε do you despise 1Cor.11.22
καταφρονεῖσ despise you Rom.2.4
καταφρονείτωσαν they should despise 1Tim.6.2
καταφρονείτω should despise 1Tim.4.12
καταφρονεί disdains LXX.Prov.13.13
he pays no attention LXX.Prov.18.3
καταφρονήσητε may you despise Matt.18.10
καταφρονήσει he will despise Matt.6.24 • Luke.16.13
καταφρονήσασ having despised Heb.12.2

Abbott-Smith

κατα-φρονέω, -ῶ, [in LXX for בּגד, בּוּז, etc.;]
to think little of, despise: c. gen., Mt 6:24 18:10, Lk 16:13, Ro 2:4, I Co 11:22, I Ti 4:12 6:2, He 12:2, II Pe 2:10.†

Abbott-Smith References

Book Refs
Matthew 6:24 · 18:10
Luke 16:13
Romans 2:4
1 Corinthians 11:22
1 Timothy 4:12 · 6:2
Hebrews 12:2
2 Peter 2:10

Liddell-Scott-Jones

καταφρονέω-έω,

look down upon, think slightly of, τινος [καταφρονέωῶν, τῶν ἀπόντων ἐπιθυμῶν 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 12.78; κ. τοῦ κινδύνου 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 28c; τῆς τέχνης [prev. author] “Grg.” 512c, +others; καύματος καὶ ψύχους 4th c.BC: Ephorus Historicus 149 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus; κυνηγεσίων 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 1.18; θεῶν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 199, 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 262; τῶν πτωχῶν 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 301.10; οὐ δεῖ διαβολῆς κ. [prev. author] 88.1. ">Refs 5th c.BC+]

__2 with accusative, regard slightly, despise, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, to be despised, ὑπό τινων [καταφρονέωούμενοι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 7.4.30 ">Refs 5th c.BC+]: future - φρονηθήσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist -εφρονήθην [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 absolutely, to be disdainful, deal contemptuously, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ -φρονοῦν contempt, [Refs 1st c.BC+]
__4 with infinitive, think contemptuously that.., presume, καταφρονέωήσαντες Ἀρκάδων κρέσσονες εἶναι [καταφρονέωοῦντες κἂν προαισθέσθαι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.83: also with \_accusative\_, - φρονήσαντες ταῦτα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.10. ">Refs 5th c.BC+]
__5 with accusative et genitive, like{καταγιγνώσκω}, κ. τῶν Ἀθηναίων ἀδυνασίαν [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II c.accusative of things, fix one's thoughts upon, aim at, τὴν τυραννίδα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοὺς βύστακας μὴ καταφρόνει do not think of your moustache, do not aim at having one (because the Spartans had to shave the upper lip, compare μύσταξ), [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__III come to one's senses, [Refs 5th c.BC+]