Strong G818ἀτιμάζω
to dishonor
- Transliteration
- atimazō
- Pronunciation
- at-im-ad'-zo
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
From G820; to render infamous that is (by implication) contemn or maltreat: - despise dishonour suffer shame entreat shamefully.
Detailed definition
ἀτιμάζω
(ἄτιμος), [in LXX for בּוּז, קָלָה, etc.;]
to dishonour, insult: Mrk.12:4, TTr., mg., WH, Luk.20:11, Jhn.8:49, Rom.2:23, Jas.2:6; pass.: Act.5:41, Rom.1:24 (cf ἀτιμάω).†
(AS)
(ἄτιμος), [in LXX for בּוּז, קָלָה, etc.;]
to dishonour, insult: Mrk.12:4, TTr., mg., WH, Luk.20:11, Jhn.8:49, Rom.2:23, Jas.2:6; pass.: Act.5:41, Rom.1:24 (cf ἀτιμάω).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G818 appears in 6 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- dishonour2
- despise1
- entreat1
- shamefully1
- suffer1
- thou1
First verses
- Luke 20:11And again he sent another servant: and they beat him also, and entreated him shamefully, and sent him away empty.
- John 8:49Jesus answered, I have not a devil; but I honour my Father, and ye do dishonour me.
- Acts 5:41And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name.
- Romans 1:24Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:
- Romans 2:23Thou that makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the law dishonourest thou God?
- James 2:6But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats?
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀτῑμ-άζω,
future -άσω[Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 917 (Lyric poetry), 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 465a, etc.)]: aorist ἠτίμασα[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 49, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 292e, etc.)]: perfect ἠτίμακα[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 4.31, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 266d)]:—passive, perfect ἠτίμασμαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 20, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 219d, 4th c.BC: Ephorus Historicus “fragment”)] 3.21B.: aorist ἠτιμάσθην[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 123.5, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 931b)]: future ἀτιμασθήσομαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1068, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1081)]: (ἄτιμος):—hold in no honour, esteem lightly, with accusative, once in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.450 ἀτιμάζεσκε δ᾽ ἄκοιτιν)]; frequently in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey”, τούσδε γ᾽ ἀτιμάζει κατὰ δῆμον 6.283; οἶκον ἀτιμάζοντες ἔδουσιν 21.332, compare 427; ἀ. τοκῆας 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 821: frequently in Trag., 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 1023, “Eu.” 712, 917, +others; μή μ᾽ ἀτιμάσας γένῃ 2nd c.AD: Phrynichus Atticista Trag.20 (= [prev. author]Comedy texts 80), compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 40.26, etc.)]; ἀ. καὶ κολάζειν, opposed to ἐπαινεῖν καὶ τιμᾶν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.6.20; τὴν ἀνθρωπίνην ἀσθένειαν ἀ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 107b, +others)]; bring dishonour upon, τὴν πόλιν[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 4.31: with _accusative_ _cognate_, ἔπη ἃ ἀτιμάζεις πόλιν)] the words thou speakest in dishonour of the city, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 340)]:—passive, suffer dishonour, insult, etc., πρός τινος[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 123.5, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.61; τινί 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1342; οὐκ ἀτιμασθήσομαι [prev. author] “OT” 1081, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.74)]; τῷ γεγενημένῳ put to shame by.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 2.27: with _neuter_ _plural_, ἀνάξι᾽ ἠτιμασμένη 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 943.)]
2 with genitive of things, treat as unworthy of, μηδ᾽ ἀτιμάσῃς λόγου (i.e. ἐμέ) [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 783)]; μή μ᾽ ἀτιμάσῃς ὧν σε προστρέπω φράσαι, ={τούτων ἅ σε πρ. φρ}., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 49, compare “Ant.” 22.)]
3 with infinitive, ὦ θάνατε Παιάν, μή μ᾽ ἀτιμάσῃς μολεῖν do not deem me unworthy of thy visit, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 255.1)]; μήτοι μ᾽ ἀτιμάσῃς τὸ μὴ οὐ θανεῖν σὺν σοί deem me not unworthy to die, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 544)]; but also οὐκ ἀτιμάσω θεοὺς προσειπεῖν will not disdain to.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 608, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Laches” 182c.)]
II in legal sense, disfranchise, ὑπὸ τῆς πόλεως ἠτιμασμένος[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Ephorus Historicus [same place])]; at Rome, of the Censors, punish with ignominia, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 38.13.)]
future -άσω[Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 917 (Lyric poetry), 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 465a, etc.)]: aorist ἠτίμασα[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 49, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 292e, etc.)]: perfect ἠτίμακα[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 4.31, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 266d)]:—passive, perfect ἠτίμασμαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 20, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 219d, 4th c.BC: Ephorus Historicus “fragment”)] 3.21B.: aorist ἠτιμάσθην[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 123.5, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 931b)]: future ἀτιμασθήσομαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1068, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1081)]: (ἄτιμος):—hold in no honour, esteem lightly, with accusative, once in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.450 ἀτιμάζεσκε δ᾽ ἄκοιτιν)]; frequently in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey”, τούσδε γ᾽ ἀτιμάζει κατὰ δῆμον 6.283; οἶκον ἀτιμάζοντες ἔδουσιν 21.332, compare 427; ἀ. τοκῆας 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 821: frequently in Trag., 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 1023, “Eu.” 712, 917, +others; μή μ᾽ ἀτιμάσας γένῃ 2nd c.AD: Phrynichus Atticista Trag.20 (= [prev. author]Comedy texts 80), compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 40.26, etc.)]; ἀ. καὶ κολάζειν, opposed to ἐπαινεῖν καὶ τιμᾶν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.6.20; τὴν ἀνθρωπίνην ἀσθένειαν ἀ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 107b, +others)]; bring dishonour upon, τὴν πόλιν[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 4.31: with _accusative_ _cognate_, ἔπη ἃ ἀτιμάζεις πόλιν)] the words thou speakest in dishonour of the city, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 340)]:—passive, suffer dishonour, insult, etc., πρός τινος[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 123.5, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.61; τινί 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1342; οὐκ ἀτιμασθήσομαι [prev. author] “OT” 1081, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.74)]; τῷ γεγενημένῳ put to shame by.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 2.27: with _neuter_ _plural_, ἀνάξι᾽ ἠτιμασμένη 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 943.)]
2 with genitive of things, treat as unworthy of, μηδ᾽ ἀτιμάσῃς λόγου (i.e. ἐμέ) [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 783)]; μή μ᾽ ἀτιμάσῃς ὧν σε προστρέπω φράσαι, ={τούτων ἅ σε πρ. φρ}., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 49, compare “Ant.” 22.)]
3 with infinitive, ὦ θάνατε Παιάν, μή μ᾽ ἀτιμάσῃς μολεῖν do not deem me unworthy of thy visit, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 255.1)]; μήτοι μ᾽ ἀτιμάσῃς τὸ μὴ οὐ θανεῖν σὺν σοί deem me not unworthy to die, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 544)]; but also οὐκ ἀτιμάσω θεοὺς προσειπεῖν will not disdain to.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 608, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Laches” 182c.)]
II in legal sense, disfranchise, ὑπὸ τῆς πόλεως ἠτιμασμένος[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Ephorus Historicus [same place])]; at Rome, of the Censors, punish with ignominia, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 38.13.)]