Word study
Disregard
7 Hebrew and 4 Greek words behind this English word
The original-language words that the Berean Standard Bible translates with one of these: disregarded, disregard. English often uses one word where Hebrew or Greek has several, each with its own shade of meaning. Under each word are verses where it is translated this way; choose the word itself for its full study: every verse, how else it is translated, the forms it takes and what the dictionaries say.
At a glance
How often each original word is translated “disregard” or one of its forms.
Compare the Hebrew words side by side Compare the Greek words side by side
Hebrew and Aramaic words (Old Testament)
- לֹא lônottranslated this way 2 times of its 4,657 uses · Strong’s H3808Adverb · Translated: no 309, not 269, never 218, will not 156Full study and all 3,775 verses →
- סוּר sûrturn asidetranslated this way 2 times of its 294 uses · Strong’s H5493Verb · Translated: removed 46, remove 38, turn away 23, turn aside 16Full study and all 277 verses →
2 Samuel 22:23 For all His ordinances are before me; I have not disregarded His statutes.
- שׂוּם sûmput, place, settranslated this way 1 time of its 560 uses · Strong’s H7760Verb · Translated: put 84, set 71, make 45, made 39Full study and all 533 verses →
Exodus 9:21 but those who disregarded the word of the LORD left their servants and livestock in the field.
- חָשַׁב châshabthink, accounttranslated this way 1 time of its 118 uses · Strong’s H2803Verb · Translated: considered 10, regarded 7, devise 7, devised 6Full study and all 117 verses →
Isaiah 33:8 The highways are deserted; travel has ceased. The treaty has been broken, the witnesses are despised, and human life is disregarded.
- דָּרַשׁ dârashresort to, seektranslated this way 1 time of its 160 uses · Strong’s H1875Verb · Translated: seek 47, inquire 29, sought 14, search 6Full study and all 151 verses →
Job 3:4 If only that day had turned to darkness! May God above disregard it; may no light shine upon it.
- שָׁכַח shâkachforgettranslated this way 1 time of its 101 uses · Strong’s H7911Verb · Translated: forget 43, forgotten 35, forgot 10, forgets 4Full study and all 95 verses →
Psalm 74:23 Do not disregard the clamor of Your adversaries, the uproar of Your enemies that ascends continually.
- עָלַם âlamconcealtranslated this way 1 time of its 27 uses · Strong’s H5956Verb · Translated: ignore 5, even if he is unaware 3, hide 3, hidden 3Full study and all 27 verses →
Ezekiel 22:26 Her priests do violence to My law and profane My holy things. They make no distinction between the holy and the common, and they fail to distinguish between the clean and the unclean. They disregard My Sabbaths, so that I am profaned among them.
Greek words (New Testament)
- ἀφίημι aphíēmiI send away, release, remit, forgive, permittranslated this way 3 times of its 142 uses · Strong’s G863Verb · Translated: left 36, forgive 22, forgiven 22, let 12Full study and all 130 verses →
Matthew 15:14 Disregard them! They are blind guides. If a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit.”
Mark 7:8 You have disregarded the commandment of God to keep the tradition of men.”
- ἀμελέω ameléōI neglecttranslated this way 1 time of its 4 uses · Strong’s G272Verb · Translated: neglect 2, paid no attention 1, disregarded 1Full study and all 4 verses →
Hebrews 8:9 It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, because they did not abide by My covenant, and I disregarded them, declares the Lord.
- παρέρχομαι parérchomaiI pass bytranslated this way 1 time of its 28 uses · Strong’s G3928Verb · Translated: pass away 10, pass 5, disappear 2, never pass away 2Full study and all 24 verses →
Luke 11:42 Woe to you Pharisees! For you pay tithes of mint, rue, and every herb, but you disregard justice and the love of God. You should have practiced the latter without neglecting the former.
- καταφρονέω kataphronéōI despise, scorntranslated this way 1 time of its 9 uses · Strong’s G2706Verb · Translated: despise 5, look 1, disregard 1, show disrespect 1Full study and all 9 verses →
Romans 2:4 Or do you disregard the riches of His kindness, tolerance, and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness leads you to repentance?
How to study a word well
- Start from the verse, not the dictionary. Find which Hebrew or Greek word stands in the verse you are studying. One English word often translates several different original words.
- Read every place the word is used. A word means what its writers used it to mean. The list of verses and the count by book show its range, and who uses it most.
- Look at how it is translated. A word rendered five different ways has a wider meaning than any one English word can carry.
- Notice the form. A command is not a statement, and a passive verb is something done to the subject. The form in your verse is part of the meaning.
- See what it keeps company with. The words that appear beside it again and again show how the Bible itself connects ideas.
- Then read the dictionaries. They give the considered view of scholars, with their evidence.
- Come back to the verse. Context decides. A word does not carry every one of its meanings into every verse, and where a word came from does not settle what it means in a sentence written centuries later.
Scripture text and translation counts: Berean Standard Bible. Full entry: Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906, public domain), in the digital edition Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced by unfoldingWord (Joel Ruark, J. de Joode), based on data by Eliran Wong and Stephen Ku; its additions are used under CC BY 4.0. Strong’s Hebrew Dictionary: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew-to-English verse numbering: original work of the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible available at https://github.com/openscriptures/morphhb, CC BY 4.0. We reformatted the data, linked the references to this site’s Bible text and left out words in other scripts that the source holds only as images. These are historical reference works; an entry gives its authors’ view, and a word’s meaning in any verse depends on how it is used there.