Bible Dictionaries
Contemn
King James Dictionary
CONTEMN, L., to despise to drive away.
1. To despise to consider and treat as mean and despicable to scorn.
In whose eyes a vile person is contemned. Psalms 15 .
2. To slight to neglect as unworthy of regard to reject with disdain.
Wherefore do the wicked contemn God. Psalms 10 .
They contemn the counsel of the Most High. Psalms 107 .
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Entry for 'Contemn'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/c/contemn.html.