5 occurrences

'Contemptible' in the Bible

For this deed of the queen will come abroad unto all women, to make their husbands contemptible in their eyes, when it shall be reported, The king Ahasuerus commanded Vashti the queen to be brought in before him, but she came not.

Verse ConceptsWivesWronging Other People

And in his place shall stand up a contemptible person, to whom they had not given the honor of the kingdom: but he shall come in time of security, and shall obtain the kingdom by flatteries.

Verse Conceptsroyalty

Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar. And ye say, Wherein have we polluted thee? In that ye say, The table of Jehovah is contemptible.

Verse ConceptsDefilement, Ceremonial CausesTablesInfidelity To GodUnclean SpiritsUnclean Animals

But ye profane it, in that ye say, The table of Jehovah is polluted, and the fruit thereof, even its food, is contemptible.

Verse ConceptsProfanityProfaning God's NameMisusing God's NameUnclean Things

Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as ye have not kept my ways, but have had respect of persons in the law.

Verse ConceptsFavouritismHumiliationInferiorityInjustice, Examples OfFavoritismMisteaching

Bible Theasaurus

Abject (3 instances)
Contemptible (26 instances)
Despicable (12 instances)
Despised (121 instances)
Dirty (13 instances)
Downtrodden (6 instances)
Little (488 instances)

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Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
ἐξουθενέω 
Exoutheneo 
Usage: 11

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