ἐξουδένωσις
contempt, scorn
Where this word appears
Every passage where ἐξουδένωσις appears in the Greek Septuagint — 6 occurrences in all. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text is shown in the LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) for context; the Greek form is the matched word — the English is not keyword-highlighted.
- Psalms 30:19 ἐξουδένωσις How abundant is the multitude of your goodness, O Lord, which you have laid up for them that fear you! you have wrought it out for them that hope on you, in the presence of the sons of men.
- Psalms 106:40 ἐξουδένωσις Contempt is poured upon their princes, and he causes them to wander in a desert and trackless land.
- Psalms 118:22 ἐξουδένωσις Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have sought out your testimonies.
- Psalms 122:3 ἐξουδένωσις Have pity upon us, O Lord, have pity upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.
- Psalms 122:4 ἐξουδένωσις Yes, our soul has been exceedingly filled with it: let the reproach be to them that are at ease, and contempt to the proud.
- Song of Solomon 8:7 ἐξουδένωσις Much water will not be able to quench love, and rivers shall not drown it; if a man would give all his substance for love, men would utterly despise it.
About this word
About this word
ἐξουδένωσις (exoudénōsis), “contempt, scorn,” is a word from the Greek Septuagint — the ancient Greek translation of the Hebrew Old Testament. It does not occur in the Greek New Testament, so it carries no Strong’s number from Thayer’s (New-Testament) lexicon; the gloss shown here is a curated modern-English sense rather than a Strong’s definition. It appears 6 times across the Septuagint — open the Appearances tab to read it in context.
The gloss above is Lemma’s own curated sense — this word carries no Strong’s number, so no lexicon we ship has an entry for it. The transliteration and this passage list are computed here from the tagged Septuagint text. What Lemma adds →
