KJV dictionary & concordance
Despised, scorned, treated as vile, or held in little or no worth.
Definition sources
First occurrence: Psalms 15:4
Complete exact-word concordance
In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that fear the Lord. He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not.
In whose eies a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that feare the LORD: he that sweareth to his owne hurt, and changeth not.
Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the most High:
Because they rebelled against the words of God: and contemned the counsell of the most high:
Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned.
Many waters cannot quench loue, neither can the floods drowne it: if a man would giue all the substance of his house for loue, it would vtterly be contemned.
But now the Lord hath spoken, saying, Within three years, as the years of an hireling, and the glory of Moab shall be contemned, with all that great multitude; and the remnant shall be very small and feeble.
But now the LORD hath spoken, saying, Within three yeeres, as the yeeres of an hireling, and the glory of Moab shalbe contemned, with all that great multitude; and the remnant shall be very small and feeble.
1611 marginal noteOr, not many.
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Historical English dictionary sources
Despised; scorned; slighted; neglected, or rejected with disdain.
