Strong's Concordance
atimazó: to dishonor
Original Word: ἀτιμάζωPart of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: atimazó
Phonetic Spelling: (at-im-ad'-zo)
Short Definition: I disgrace, dishonor
Definition: I disgrace, treat disgracefully, dishonor, insult; I despise.
HELPS Word-studies
Cognate: 818 atimázō – treat dishonorably (shamefully, with indignity) because perceived as having no value (honor, worth). See 820 (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..)
