- Original: καταφρονέω - Transliteration: Kataphroneo - Phonetic: kat-af-ron-eh'-o - Definition: 1. to contemn, despise, disdain, think little or nothing of - Origin: from G2596 and G5426 - TDNT entry: 13:31,4 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: From G2596 and G5426 ; to think against that is disesteem: - despise. Total KJV Occurrences: 6 • despise, 4 1 Corinthians 11:22; 1 Timothy 4:12; 1 Timothy 6:2; 2 Peter 2:10 • despisest, 1 Romans 2:4 • despising, 1 Hebrews 12:2