Quick Definition
ὀλιγωρέω v. I despise, make light of
Strong's Definition
from a compound of 3641 and ora ("care"); to have little regard for, i.e. to disesteem
KJV Usage: despise
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | ὀλιγοπιστία · ὀλιγόπιστος · ὀλίγος · ὀλιγόψυχος · ὀλίγως
88.197 · Moral and Ethical Qualities and Related Behavior · Despise, Scorn, Contempt
to look down on, to have contempt for, to make light of, to despise to regard something or someone as of little value
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ὀλιγωρέω, -@; (ὀλίγωρος, and this fr. ὀλίγος and dpa care); to care little for, regard lightly, make small account of: τινος (see Matthiae § 348; [W. § 30, 10d.]), Heb. xii. 5 fr. Prov. iii. 11. (Thuc., Xen., Plat., Dem., Aristot., Philo, Joseph., al.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ὀλιγωρέω oligōreō 1x
to neglect, regard slightly, make light of, despise, Heb. 12:5*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ὀλιγωρέω, -ῶ
(< ὀλίγος + ὤρα, care), [in LXX: Pr 3:11 (מאס)*;]
to esteem lightly, think little of: c. gen., He 12:5(LXX).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ὀλιγωρέω Ac 1218, P Ryl II. 148%? (a.p. 40) ὥστε μοι οὐκ ὀλίγον βλάβους ἐπηκλουθηκότος (/. ἐπηκολουθηκότος), ““ I have suffered πὸ slight damage” (Edd.), P Oxy XIV. 166817 (iii/A.D.) ἡ τειμὴ τοῦ σείτου ὀλίγη ἐστίν. For the neut. sing. ὀλίγον, as in Mk 119, cf. P Oxy I. 399 (A.D. 52) ὀλίγον βλέπων, “short-sighted,” and see Aazbel 3461 (i/A.D.) σπεῖσον ἐμοὶ δακρύων ὀλίγον, 502%% (ili/iv A.D.) ἐγενήθην εἰς ὀλίγον ἐτέων ἐναρίθμιος. The phrase δι᾽ ὀλίγων, “briefly,” asin 1 Pet 512, 15. well illustrated by P Par 26° (B.C. 163-162) (= Selections, p. 14) δι’ ὀλίων (for form, see below) τὴν τῶν ἀδικούντων ἡμᾶς φιλαυτίαν ἐχθεῖναι, “in a few words to set before you the selfishness of those who are injuring us.” Other phrases are am’ ὀλίγων, as in P Meyer 115 (8.6. 144) δεόμεθα ὑμῶν] τῶν μεγίστων θεῶν, μὴ ὑπεριδεῖν ἡμᾶς ἀπ᾽ ὀλίγων [διαζῶντας, ‘bitten wir euch, Thr grossen Gétter, uns, die von geringem unser Leben fristen, nicht zu iibersehen” (Ed.) ; per’ ὀλίγον, ‘‘ after a little,” as in P Ryl II. 7741 (a.p. 192), 2345 (ii/a.D.), and πρὸς ὀλίγον, ‘for a little,” as in P Oxy I. 6714 (A.D. 338) πρὸς ὀλίγον εἰσχύει, ὡς withstands but for a short time” (Edd.), cf. 1 Tim 48, Jas 424 (in the latter passage the meaning may be ‘‘to a slight degree,” Vg ad modicum). Thackeray (Gr. i. p. 112) has shown that the form ὀλίος, due to the omission of the y in writing, began about B.C. 300, and spread over a wide area in the Greek-speaking world ; cf. from the papyri P Petr IT. 19(2)? (iii/B.c.) χρόνον οὐκ ὀλίον : other exx. in Mayser G7. Ρ- 163 f. The aspirated odtyos does not occur till later, but is not infrequent in papyri of ii/iii a.p., e.g. BGU I. 14610 (ii/iii A.D.) οὐχ [δΊλ[γην ζη[μ]είαν μοι ἐζημιωσάμην, 22. 11. whereby 3) as in LXX twice”: λίγος as well as ὀλίγος. With ἐν ὀλίγῳ, Ac 2678, cf. MGr σὲ λίγο (καιρό) and μὲ ὀλίγα, “soon,” “ina short time.” For the derivation from Aotyés, “* pestilence,” see Boisacq, Ρ. 586.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ὀλιγωρέω (oligōreō) — to despise. ὀλῐγωρ-έω, aorist I written ὠλιώρησα [Refs 2nd c.BC+]: —esteem little or lightly, make small account of, with genitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. absolutely, take no heed, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
3. later with accusative, neglect, τὴν ἄμπελον [Refs 1st c.BC+]: with infinitive, intermit, neglect to do something, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]