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despised

Meaning of “despised”

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

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60 occurrences59 verses29 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 16:4

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Isaiah 5:24
Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the Lord of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 5:24 · retained source text

Therfore as the fire deuoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaffe, so their root shall be rottennes, and their blossome shall goe vp as dust: because they haue cast away the Lawe of the LORD of hosts, and despised the worde of the Holy One of Israel.

1611 marginal noteHebr. the tongue of fire.

Isaiah 33:8
The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath broken the covenant, he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Isaiah 33:8 · retained source text

The high wayes lye waste; the way faring man ceaseth: he hath broken the couenant, he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man.

Isaiah 37:22
This is the word which the Lord hath spoken concerning him; The virgin, the daughter of Zion, hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Isaiah 37:22 · retained source text

This is the worde which the LORD hath spoken concerning him: The virgin, the daughter of Zion hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorne, the daughter of Ierusalem hath shaken her head at thee.

Isaiah 53:3
He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
2 word occurrences in this verse
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1611 witness · Isaiah 53:3 · retained source text

He is despised and reiected of men, a man ofsorrows, and acquainted with griefe: and we hid as it were our faces from him; hee was despised, and wee esteemed him not.

1611 marginal noteOr, he hid as it were his face from vs. Heb. as a hiding of faces from him or from vs.

1611 marginal noteChap. 32.14. mar. 9.12.

Isaiah 60:14
The sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee; and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves down at the soles of thy feet; and they shall call thee, The city of the Lord, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 60:14 · retained source text

The sonnes also of them that afflicted thee, shall come bending vnto thee: and all they that despised thee shal bow themselues downe at the soles of thy feet, and they shall call thee the citie of the LORD, the Zion of the Holy One of Israel.

1611 marginal noteReue.3.9.

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?
1 word occurrence in this verse
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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.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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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.

Lamentations 2:6
And he hath violently taken away his tabernacle, as if it were of a garden: he hath destroyed his places of the assembly: the Lord hath caused the solemn feasts and sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion, and hath despised in the indignation of his anger the king and the priest.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Lamentations 2:6 · retained source text

And he hath violently taken away his tabernacle, as if it were of a garden, hee hath destroyed his places of the assembly: the LORD hath caused the solemne feasts and Sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion, and hath despised in the indignation of his anger the King and the Priest.

1611 marginal noteOr, hedge.

1611 marginal notePsal.80.13. and 89.41. and isa. 5.5.

Ezekiel 16:59
For thus saith the Lord God; I will even deal with thee as thou hast done, which hast despised the oath in breaking the covenant.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 16:59 · retained source text

For thus saith the LORD God; I will euen deale with thee as thou hast done, which hast despised the oath in breaking the couenant.

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