| Noah Webster's Dictionary (v. t.) To view or treat with contempt, as mean and despicable; to reject with disdain; to despise; to scorn. | Multi-Version Concordance Contemn (6 Occurrences) Psalms 10:3 For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, And the covetous renounceth, yea, contemneth Jehovah. (ASV DBY JPS) Psalms 10:13 Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it. (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS) Psalms 74:10 How long, O God, shall the adversary reproach? Shall the enemy contemn thy name for ever? (DBY) Jeremiah 14:21 Do not abhor us, for thy name's sake; do not disgrace the throne of thy glory: remember, break not thy covenant with us. (See JPS) Jeremiah 33:24 Considerest thou not what this people have spoken, saying, The two families which Jehovah did choose, he hath cast them off? thus do they despise my people, that they should be no more a nation before them. (See JPS) Ezekiel 21:13 Because it is a trial, and what if the sword contemn even the rod? it shall be no more, saith the Lord GOD. (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS) |