All 7 Uses
despise
in
The Book of Job
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- 5:17 Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty: 5:18 For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.†
Chpt 1-5despise = dislike strongly and look down upon
- 9:21 Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I would despise my life.†
Chpt 6-10
- 10:3 Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thine hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?†
Chpt 6-10
- 12:5 He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.†
Chpt 11-15 *despised = disliked strongly and looked down upon
- 19:18 Yea, young children despised me; I arose, and they spake against me.†
Chpt 16-20
- 31:13 If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me; 31:14 What then shall I do when God riseth up?†
Chpt 31-35despise = dislike strongly and look down upon
- 36:5 Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: he is mighty in strength and wisdom.†
Chpt 36-42despiseth = dislikes strongly and looks down uponstandard suffix: Today, the suffix "-th" is replaced by "-s", so that where they said "She despiseth" in older English, today we say "She despises."
Definitions:
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(1)
(despise) to dislike strongly and to look down upon with disrespect
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)