Definition

to render infamous, i.e. (by implication) contemn or maltreat

Etymology

from G820 (ἄτιμος);

Word family

• ἄτιμος átimos

How the KJV renders it

• despise
• dishonour
• suffer shame
• entreat shamefully

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.