Word Summary
atimazō: to dishonor
Original Word: ἀτιμάζωTransliteration: atimazō
Phonetic Spelling: (at-im-ad'-zo)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to dishonor
Meaning: to dishonor
Strong's Concordance
despise, dishonor, suffer shame
From atimos; to render infamous, i.e. (by implication) contemn or maltreat -- despise, dishonour, suffer shame, entreat shamefully.
see GREEK atimos
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 818: ἀτιμάζωἀτιμάζω; 1 aorist
ἠτίμασα; (passive, present
ἀτιμάζομαι); 1 aorist infinitive
ἀτιμασθῆναι; (from
ἄτιμος; hence) "to make
ἄτιμος, to dishonor, insult, treat with contumely," whether in word, in deed, or in thought: (
Mark 12:4 T Tr marginal reading
WH (cf.
ἀτιμάω and
ἀτιμόω));
Luke 20:11;
John 8:49;
Acts 5:41;
Romans 2:23;
James 2:6 (
Winers Grammar, § 40, 5, 2;
Buttmann, 202 (175)). Passive:
Romans 1:24, on which cf.
Winers Grammar, 326 (305f); (and § 39, 3 N. 3). (In Greek writings from
Homer down; the
Sept..)