G272: ἀμελέω (ameléō)

G272 ἀμελέω (ameléō)

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Quick Definition

ἀμελέω v. I neglect

Strong's Definition

from 1 (as a negative particle) and 3199; to be careless of

KJV Usage: make light of, neglect, be negligent, no regard

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ἀμελέω (G0272)

verb | ἀ- + μέλει

30.50 · Think · To Think About, with the Implied Purpose of Responding Appropriately

to neglect, to disregard, to pay no attention to to not think about, and thus not respond appropriately to

MAT 22:5 · 1TI 4:14 · HEB 2:3 · HEB 8:9

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ἀμελέω, -@; fut. ἀμελήσω ; 1 aor. ἠμέλησα : (fr. ἀμελής, and this fr. a priv. and μέλω to care for); very com. in prof. auth.; to be careless of, to neglect: τινός, Heb. ii. 3; viii. 9; 1 Tim. iv. 14; foll. by inf., 2 Pet. i. 12 RG; without a case, ἀμελήσαντες (not caring for what had just been said [A. V. they made light of it]), Mt. xxii. 5.

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ἀμελέω ameleō 4x

not to care for, to neglect, disregard, Mt. 22:5; 1 Tim. 4:14; Heb. 2:3; 8:9*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

ἀμελέω, -ῶ

(< μέλει), [in LXX: Je 4:17 (מרה) Je 31:32 (בּעל), Wi 3:10, II Mac 4:14*;]

absol., to be careless, not to care: Mt 22:5;

c. gen., to be careless of, to neglect: I Ti 4:14, He 2:3 8:9 (v. MM, VGT, s.v.).†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ἀμελέω. This common vernacular word is used absolutely in P Tebt 1. 37°°" (B.c. 73) ἐὰν δὲ ἀμελήσῃς ἀναγκασθήσομαι ἐγὼ €[AGet]y αὔριοίν, P Oxy IV. 7421" (B.c. 2) μὴ ἀμελήσῃς, P Giss I. 1322: ἐὰν ἐξετάσῃς περὶ τῶν ἔργω[ν], οὐκ ἀμελῶ, al, For the construction with the genitive, see P Fay 1129 (A.D. 99) ἠμέληκας αὐτοῦ, 16. 1255 (1i/A D.) μὴ ἀμελήσας το[ῦ] κλήρου τοῦ στρατηγικοῦ, ‘do not neglect the ballot for the strategus,” P Oxy I. 113% (ii/A.p.) μὴ δόξῃς pe ἠμεληκότα τῆς κλειδός, ‘do not think that I took no trouble about the key” (Edd.), P Tebt 11. 2898 (A.D. 23) ὡς ἀ[με]λοῦντα τῆς elompaltews, 16. 42119 (iii/A.D.), etc., and even with the dative in the illiterate P Par 184 μὴ ἀμελήσις (Δ ἀμελήσῃς) τῷ υἱῷ pov. For the passive may be quoted P Giss I. 41?" (time of Hadrian) ὑπὸ τῆς μακρᾶς ἀποδηplas τὰ ἡμέτερα] πα[ντ]άπασιν ἀμεληθέντα τυγχίάνει, and P Lond uw. Wr. 1885 Υ- 12 (in Archiv vi. p. 102) (A.D. 103) tv οὖν τὰ βιβλία ἀνανκεώτατα ὄντα μὴ ἀμεληθῇ. ᾿Αμελέω is followed by the ini:itive in P Grenf II. 384 (B.c. 81) μὴ ἀμελήσ[α]ς al. . ἀγο]ράσαι. For the substantive, see P Oxy I. 62° (iii/A.D.) ἐκ τῆς σῆς ἀμελείας, “through any neglect of yours”; and for the adj. a letter from Hermopolis γεν. Vr. 74 (quoted P Giss I. 137% note) Eradpddetos ἕως τούτου οὐδὲν ἀμελέστερον ποιεῖ, ἀλλὰ προσκαρτερεῖ ἡμῖν καὶ πᾶσι τοῖς πράγμασί σου.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

ἀμελέω (ameleō) — to neglect. ἀμελ-έω [ᾰ], aorist ἠμέλησα, Epic dialect ἀμ-[Refs 8th c.BC+], see below: perfect ἠμέληκα[Refs 5th c.BC+]: (ἀμελής):—have no care for, be neglectful of, in [Refs 8th c.BC+]; οὐκ ἀμέλησε Πατρόκλοιο πεσόντος he lost not sight of Patroclus [in order to plunder him],[Refs 8th c.BC+], with and without negative, εἰ τούτων ἀμελήσει[Refs 5th c.BC+]; (τούτῳ is falsa lectio for{τούτου} in [Refs 4th c.BC+]

2. absolutely, to be careless, negligent, [Refs 8th c.BC+], frequently in Attic dialect, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

3. with accusative of things, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with accusative person et participle, overlook: hence, allow, suffer, παῖδας ἐκτεκνούμενος λάθρᾳ θνῄσκοντας ἀμελεῖ lets them die, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

4. with infinitive, neglect to do, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II. passive, to be slighted, overlooked, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

III. perfect participle passive in middle sense, careless, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]. adverb ἠμελημένως carelessly, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

IV. ἀμέλει, see entry