Quick Definition
καταφρονητής, οῦ, ὁ n.m. a despiser
Strong's Definition
a contemner
Derivation: from G2706 (καταφρονέω);
KJV Usage: despiser
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, m. | -οῦ | φρονέω
88.193 · Moral and Ethical Qualities and Related Behavior · Despise, Scorn, Contempt
one who feels contempt, scoffer (derivative of καταφρονέω ‘to despise,’ 88.192) one who customarily feels contempt for something or someone The equivalent of ‘scoffer’ may be ‘one who always talks against’ or ‘one who thinks nothing is ever any good.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
καταφρονητής, -ov, ὁ, (καταφρονέω), adespiser: Acts. xiii. 41. (Hab.i.5; 11. δ; Zeph. iii.4; Philo, leg. ad Gaium § 41; Joseph. antt. 6, 14, 4; b. j. 2, 8,3; Plut. Brut. 12, and in 600]. writ.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
καταφρονητής kataphronētēs 1x
despiser, scorner, Acts 13:41*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
† κατα-φρονητής, -οῦ, ὁ,
[in LXX for בֹּגֵד, בֹּגְדוֹת, Hb 1:5 2:5, Ze 3:4*;]
a despiser: Ac 13:41.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
καταφρονητής. This NT ἅπ. εἰρ. (Ac 1341) occurs in Vett. Val. p. 47% ἁδρεπιβόλους (‘‘attaining great things’’), καταφρονητάς, πλανήτας.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
καταφρονητής (kataphronētēs) — despiser. καταφρον-ητής, οῦ, ὁ, despiser, νόμων [LXX+1st c.AD+]
