καταφρονέω

The 8 distinct written forms G2706 takes in the Greek New Testament, most frequent first — each parse links to that tense’s occurrences in the concordance.

Form	Parsing	Example	Uses
καταφρονήσει kataphronḗsei	Verb, Future, Active, Indicative, 3rd person, Singular	Matthew 6:24	2
καταφρονήσας kataphronḗsas	Verb, Aorist, Active, Participle, Nominative, Singular, Masculine	Hebrews 12:2	1
καταφρονήσητε kataphronḗsēte	Verb, Aorist, Active, Subjunctive, 2nd person, Plural	Matthew 18:10	1
καταφρονείτω kataphroneítō	Verb, Present, Active, Imperative, 3rd person, Singular	1 Timothy 4:12	1
καταφρονείτωσαν kataphroneítōsan	Verb, Present, Active, Imperative, 3rd person, Plural	1 Timothy 6:2	1
καταφρονεῖς kataphroneîs	Verb, Present, Active, Indicative, 2nd person, Singular	Romans 2:4	1
καταφρονεῖτε kataphroneîte	Verb, Present, Active, Indicative, 2nd person, Plural	1 Corinthians 11:22	1
καταφρονοῦντας kataphronoûntas	Verb, Present, Active, Participle, Accusative, Plural, Masculine	2 Peter 2:10	1

Other Thayer's entries built from the same root as G2706, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.

Derives from

• κατα katá G2596 down

Shares the same root

• καθα kathá G2505 according as
• καθαιρεω kathairéō G2507 to tear down
• καθαπτω katháptō G2510 to fasten down
• καθεδρα kathédra G2515 seat
• καθεζομαι kathézomai G2516 to sit down
• καθεξης kathexēs G2517 in order
• καθευδω katheúdō G2518 to fall asleep
• καθηγητης kathēgētḗs G2519 guide
• καθηκω kathḗkō G2520 to come down
• καθημαι káthēmai G2521 to sit down
• καθημερινος kathēmerinós G2522 daily
• καθιημι kathíēmi G2524 to send down
• καθιστημι kathístēmi G2525 to place
• καθο kathó G2526 according to what
• καθολου kathólou G2527 wholly
• καθοπλιζω kathoplízō G2528 to arm
• καθοραω kathoráō G2529 to see clearly
• καθοτι kathóti G2530 according to what
• καθως kathṓs G2531 according as
• καμμυω kammýō G2576 to close eyes
• καταβαινω katabaínō G2597 to descend
• καταβαλλω katabállō G2598 to cast down
• καταβαρεω katabaréō G2599 to weigh down
• καταβιβαζω katabibázō G2601 to bring down

+103 more words share this root (not shown).

Derived from this word

• καταφροντης kataphrontḗs G2707 despiser

Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 130 — not the complete family. They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.

The same Greek word καταφρονεω appears 12 times in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), across 11 verses in 6 books.

12

LXX occurrences

Tagged occurrences of this Greek word in the Septuagint.

11

verses

Distinct Septuagint verses containing this word.

6 / 39

OT books

The word appears in 6 of the 39 Old Testament books.

Sample Septuagint occurrences

• Genesis 27:12 καταφρονέω
• Proverbs 13:13 καταφρονέω
• Jeremiah 2:36 καταφρονέω
• Hosea 6:7 καταφρονέω
• Habakkuk 1:13 καταφρονέω
• Zephaniah 1:12 καταφρονέω

Septuagint occurrences (same lexeme)

Every verse where the same Strong’s number (G2706) appears in the Greek Septuagint. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context; the Greek form is the matched word — the English is not keyword-highlighted.

• Genesis 27:12 καταφρονέω What if my father touches me? I will seem to him as a deceiver, and I would bring a curse on myself, and not a blessing."
• Proverbs 13:13 καταφρονέω Whoever despises instruction will pay for it, But he who respects a command will be rewarded.
• Proverbs 13:15 καταφρονέω Good understanding wins favor; But the way of the unfaithful is hard.
• Proverbs 18:3 καταφρονέω When wickedness comes, contempt also comes, And with shame comes disgrace.
• Proverbs 19:16 καταφρονέω He who keeps the commandment keeps his soul, But he who is contemptuous in his ways shall die.
• Proverbs 23:22 καταφρονέω Listen to your father who gave you life, And don't despise your mother when she is old.
• Proverbs 25:9 καταφρονέω Debate your case with your neighbor, And don't betray the confidence of another;
• Jeremiah 2:36 καταφρονέω Why go you about so much to change your way? you shall be ashamed of Egypt also, as you were ashamed of Assyria.
• Hosea 6:7 καταφρονέω But they, like Adam, have broken the covenant. They were unfaithful to me, there.
• Habakkuk 1:13 καταφρονέω You who have purer eyes than to see evil, and who cannot look on perversity, why do you tolerate those who deal treacherously, and keep silent when the wicked swallows up the man who is more righteous than he,
• Zephaniah 1:12 καταφρονέω It will happen at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with lamps, and I will punish the men who are settled on their dregs, who say in their heart, "Yahweh will not do good, neither will he do evil."

These are occurrences of the same Greek lexeme (G2706) in the Septuagint — not a translation of any one Hebrew word. The store carries no word-level Hebrew↔Greek alignment, so no Hebrew original is asserted here. Counts come from the recovered LXX Strong's tagging — high-frequency vocabulary is well covered, while rare or late forms may be untagged — so they reflect tagged occurrences and may slightly undercount.