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ἀμελέω

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Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
ἀμελέω
Greek transliteration: 
ameleō
Simplified transliteration: 
ameleo
Principal Parts: 
-, ἠμέλησα, -, -, -
Numbers
Strong's number: 
272
GK Number: 
288
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament: 
4
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag: 
v-1d(2a)
Gloss: 
to neglect, ignore
Definition: 
not to care for, to neglect, disregard, Mt. 22:5; 1 Tim. 4:14; Heb. 2:3; 8:9*

Greek-English Concordance for ἀμελέω

Matthew 22:5 But they paid (amelēsantes | ἀμελήσαντες | aor act ptcp nom pl masc) no attention and went on their way, one to his farm, another to his business,
1 Timothy 4:14 Do (amelei | ἀμέλει | pres act imperative 2 sg) not neglect (amelei | ἀμέλει | pres act imperative 2 sg) the gift that is in you, which was given to you through prophecy with the laying on of the hands of the body of elders.
Hebrews 2:3 how will we escape if (amelēsantes | ἀμελήσαντες | aor act ptcp nom pl masc) we (amelēsantes | ἀμελήσαντες | aor act ptcp nom pl masc) neglect (amelēsantes | ἀμελήσαντες | aor act ptcp nom pl masc) such a great salvation? Which at first was declared by the Lord, and it was attested to us by those who heard,
Hebrews 8:9 It will not be like the covenant that I made with their fathers on the day when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, because they did not continue in my covenant and I abandoned (ēmelēsa | ἠμέλησα | aor act ind 1 sg) them, says the Lord.