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despised

Meaning of “despised”

Regarded or treated as of little or no worth; scorned or rejected.

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First occurrence: Genesis 16:4

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Jeremiah 22:28
Is this man Coniah a despised broken idol? is he a vessel wherein is no pleasure? wherefore are they cast out, he and his seed, and are cast into a land which they know not?
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 22:28 · retained source text

Is this man Coniah a despised broken idole? is hee a vessell wherein is no pleasure? wherefore are they cast out, he and his seed, and are cast into a land which they know not?

Jeremiah 33:24
Considerest thou not what this people have spoken, saying, The two families which the Lord hath chosen, he hath even cast them off? thus they have despised my people, that they should be no more a nation before them.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 33:24 · retained source text

Considerest thou not what this people haue spoken, saying; The two families, which the LORD hath chosen, he hath euen cast them off? thus they haue dispised my people, that they should be no more a nation before them.

Jeremiah 49:15
For, lo, I will make thee small among the heathen, and despised among men.
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 49:15 · retained source text

For lo, I wil make thee smal among the heathen, and despised among men.

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