| Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (v. t.) To set a value on; to appreciate the worth of; to estimate; to value; to reckon. 2. (v. t.) To set a high value on; to prize; to regard with reverence, respect, or friendship. 3. (v. i.) To form an estimate; to have regard to the value; to consider. 4. (v. t.) Estimation; opinion of merit or value; hence, valuation; reckoning; price. 5. (v. t.) High estimation or value; great regard; favorable opinion, founded on supposed worth. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia ESTEEM es-tem' (chashabh; hegeomai):
"To esteem" means sometimes simply "to think" or "reckon"; in other connections it means "to regard as honorable" or "valuable." We have examples of both senses in the Bible. The word most often so translated in the Old Testament is chashabh, meaning perhaps originally, "to bind," hence, "combine," "think," "reckon" (Job 41:27 the King James Version; Isaiah 29:16, 17; Isaiah 53:4 Lamentations 4:2). In Isaiah 53:3 we have the word in the higher sense, "We esteemed him not." This sense is expressed also by `arakh, "to set in array," "in order" (Job 36:19, the King James Version "Will he esteem thy riches?" the English Revised Version "Will thy riches suffice?" margin "Will thy cry avail?" which the American Standard Revised Version adopts as the text); also by tsaphan, "to hide," "to conceal" (Job 23:12, the King James Version "I have esteemed the words of his mouth," the Revised Version (British and American) "treasured up"); qalah, "to be light," is translated "lightly esteemed" (1 Samuel 18:23, "I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed"), also qalal, same meaning (1 Samuel 2:30, "They that despise me shall be lightly esteemed"). In the New Testament, hegeomai, "to lead out," is used in the sense of "counting honorable," etc. (Philippians 2:3 the Revised Version (British and American) "counting"; 1 Thessalonians 5:13; perhaps Hebrews 11:26, but the Revised Version (British and American) has simply "accounting"); krino, "to judge," is used in the sense of "to reckon" (Romans 14:5 twice); also logizomai, "to reckon" (Romans 14:14, the Revised Version (British and American) "accounteth"); hupselos, "high," "exalted," is rendered "highly esteemed" in Luke 16:15 the King James Version, but in the Revised Version (British and American) "exalted"; exoutheneo, "to think nothing of," is translated "least esteemed" (1 Corinthians 6:4 the King James Version, the Revised Version (British and American) "of no account").
The following changes in the Revised Version (British and American) are of interest: for "He that is despised and hath a servant, is better than he that honoreth himself and lacketh bread" (Proverbs 12:9), "Better is he that is lightly esteemed"; for "Better is he than both they, which hath not yet been" (Ecclesiastes 4:3), "Better than them both did I esteem him," margin "Better than they both is he"; for "Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter's clay" (Isaiah 29:16), "Ye turn things upside down!" (margin, "Oh your perversity!"), "Shall the potter be esteemed (the English Revised Version "counted") as clay," etc.-in this connection a forcible assertion of the necessary possession of knowledge by the Creator of man.
W. L. Walker |  | Multi-Version Concordance Esteem (25 Occurrences) Mark 12:11 this Cornerstone came from the Lord, and is wonderful in our esteem?'" (WEY) Acts 5:13 and of the rest no one was daring to join himself to them, but the people were magnifying them, (See NAS) Romans 12:17 Pay back to no man evil for evil. Take thought for what is right and seemly in every one's esteem. (WEY) 1 Corinthians 12:23 and those parts of the body which we esteem to be the more void of honour, these we clothe with more abundant honour; and our uncomely parts have more abundant comeliness; (DBY) Philippians 2:3 Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves. (KJV DBY WBS) Philippians 2:6 who, subsisting in the form of God, did not esteem it an object of rapine to be on an equality with God; (DBY) 1 Thessalonians 5:13 And to esteem them very highly in love for their work's sake. And be at peace among yourselves. (KJV WEY ASV WBS YLT NAS RSV) 1 Thessalonians 5:20 do not lightly esteem prophecies; (DBY) 2 Thessalonians 3:15 and do not esteem him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother. (DBY) 1 Peter 2:4 Come to Him, the ever-living Stone, rejected indeed by men as worthless, but in God's esteem chosen and held in honour. (WEY) 2 Kings 5:1 Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honorable, because by him Jehovah had given victory unto Syria: he was also a mighty man of valor, but he was a leper. (See JPS) Nehemiah 6:16 It happened, when all our enemies heard of it, that all the nations that were about us feared, and were much cast down in their own eyes; for they perceived that this work was worked of our God. (See RSV) Esther 10:3 For Mordecai the Jew was next to King Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews, and accepted by the multitude of his brothers, seeking the good of his people, and speaking peace to all his descendants. (See NIV) Job 36:19 Will he esteem thy riches? no, not gold, nor all the forces of strength. (KJV DBY WBS) Psalms 119:128 Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right; and I hate every false way. (KJV JPS ASV WBS NAS) Proverbs 4:8 Esteem her, and she will exalt you. She will bring you to honor, when you embrace her. (WEB NIV) Ecclesiastes 4:3 yea, better than them both 'did I esteem' him that hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun. (ASV) Isaiah 5:21 Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and intelligent in their own esteem! (DBY) Isaiah 13:17 Lo, I am stirring up against them the Medes, Who silver esteem not, And gold -- they delight not in it. (YLT) Isaiah 53:3 He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. (Root in KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV) Isaiah 53:4 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. (KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT NAS RSV) Isaiah 66:2 For all these things my hand has made, and they are mine, says the Lord; but to this man only will I give attention, to him who is poor and broken in spirit, fearing my word. (See NIV) Daniel 10:11 He said to me, Daniel, you man greatly beloved, understand the words that I speak to you, and stand upright; for am I now sent to you. When he had spoken this word to me, I stood trembling. (See NAS NIV) Daniel 10:19 He said, "Greatly beloved man, don't be afraid: peace be to you, be strong, yes, be strong." When he spoke to me, I was strengthened, and said, "Let my lord speak; for you have strengthened me." (See NAS NIV) Malachi 3:16 Then have those fearing Jehovah spoken one to another, And Jehovah doth attend and hear, And written is a book of memorial before Him Of those fearing Jehovah, And of those esteeming His name. (Root in YLT NAS) |
