Disesteem refers to a lack of respect or value for someone or something. In the context of biblical teachings, disesteem can manifest as a failure to honor God, His commandments, or the dignity of others. The Bible provides numerous examples and teachings that highlight the importance of esteem and the consequences of disesteem.

Biblical References:

1. Disesteem of God and His Commandments:
Disesteem towards God is often depicted as a form of rebellion or idolatry. In the Old Testament, the Israelites frequently fell into patterns of disesteem by turning away from God's commandments and worshiping false idols. This disesteem led to various consequences, including exile and suffering. In Malachi 1:6 , God expresses His discontent with the priests who disesteem His name: "A son honors his father, and a servant his master. But if I am a father, where is My honor? And if I am a master, where is your fear of Me? says the LORD of Hosts to you priests who despise My name."

2. Disesteem of Others:
The Bible emphasizes the importance of esteeming others, reflecting the inherent value of each person as created in the image of God. Disesteeming others can lead to social injustice, conflict, and division. In James 2:1-4 , believers are warned against showing favoritism, which is a form of disesteem: "My brothers, as you hold out your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ, do not show favoritism. Suppose a man comes into your meeting wearing a gold ring and fine clothes, and a poor man in shabby clothes also comes in. If you lavish attention on the man in fine clothes and say, 'Here is a seat of honor,' but say to the poor man, 'You must stand,' or, 'Sit at my feet,' have you not discriminated among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts?"

3. Esteem in the Body of Christ:
The New Testament encourages believers to esteem one another highly in love and service. Romans 12:10 instructs, "Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Outdo yourselves in honoring one another." This call to esteem others is rooted in the understanding that each member of the body of Christ has a unique role and value.

4. Consequences of Disesteem:
Disesteem can lead to spiritual and relational consequences. Proverbs 14:31 states, "Whoever oppresses the poor taunts their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors Him." This verse highlights that disesteeming the poor is an affront to God Himself, while showing kindness and esteem is an act of honor towards God.

Theological Implications:

Disesteem is contrary to the biblical call to love God and love one's neighbor (Matthew 22:37-39). It reflects a heart that is not aligned with God's values and purposes. The Bible calls believers to cultivate a spirit of humility and respect, recognizing the worth of God and others. This involves a conscious effort to honor God through obedience and to esteem others through acts of love and service.

In summary, disesteem is a significant issue addressed in Scripture, with clear guidance on the importance of honoring God and others. The biblical narrative consistently calls for a life marked by esteem, reflecting the character and love of God in all relationships and actions.1. (n.) Want of esteem; low estimation, inclining to dislike; disfavor; disrepute.

2. (v. t.) To feel an absence of esteem for; to regard with disfavor or slight contempt; to slight.

3. (v. t.) To deprive of esteem; to bring into disrepute; to cause to be regarded with disfavor.

114. atheteo -- to do away with what has been laid down, set aside
... From a compound of a (as a negative particle) and a derivative of tithemi; to set
aside, ie (by implication) to disesteem, neutralize or violate -- cast off ...
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3643. oligoreo -- to esteem lightly
... despise. From a compound of oligos and ora ("care"); to have little regard for,
ie To disesteem -- despise. see GREEK oligos. (oligorei) -- 1 Occurrence. ...
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2706. kataphroneo -- to think little of
... despise. From kata and phroneo; to think against, ie Disesteem -- despise. see
GREEK kata. see GREEK phroneo. (kataphroneis) -- 1 Occurrence. ...
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5301. naphach -- to breathe, blow
... A primitive root; to puff, in various applications (literally, to inflate, blow
hard, scatter, kindle, expire; figuratively, to disesteem) -- blow, breath ...
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959. bazah -- to despise
... A primitive root; to disesteem -- despise, disdain, contemn(-ptible), + think to
scorn, vile person. 958, 959. bazah. 960 . Strong's Numbers.
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963. bizzayon -- contempt
... Word Origin from bazah Definition contempt NASB Word Usage contempt (1). contempt.
From bazah -- disesteem -- contempt. see HEBREW bazah. 962, 963. ...
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Pursues the Same Matter.
... last fly. 80. The disesteem of delights, and the counting of em torment,
is the property of a truly mortified man. 81. Enjoyment ...
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Of a Religious State. ...
... part in those commendations and felicities; by which it comes to pass that, finding
what they did not expect, they fall back, not only to a disesteem, but also ...
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Against Jovinianus.
... of Jerome's system of interpreting Scripture, and also of the methods by which
asceticism was introduced into the Church, and marriage brought into disesteem. ...
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Of the Mortification of Sensual Love to Meats, &C. ...
... In respect of the two first qualities or defects, such souls may happen to offend
who yet in a good measure have attained to a spiritual disesteem and neglect ...
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How Jehu was Anointed King, and Slew Both Joram and Ahaziah; as ...
... as he knew to be most faithful to him, and bid them slay the prophets, and now
vindicate the laws of their country, which had been a long time in disesteem. ...
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I May Briefly Reduce the Chief Persuading Motive to this So ...
... We measure ourselves by another man's measure, and build up our estimation upon
the disesteem of others, and how much others displease, so much we please ...
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Holy Exercises of Resignation.
... 8. Whatsoever natural or other defectuousness shall be in me, either for mind or
body, by which I may incur disesteem from others, I do willingly embrace such ...
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Internal Affective Prayer of Contemplation Hath Always Been ...
... Thomas's doctrine (22 q.83, a.13) they ought to cease when the soul finds herself
full of fervent affections; neither is this any proof of disesteem of such ...
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Potter -- Memorial Discourse on Phillips Brooks
... Those ways might irk and cramp him sometimes. They did: he might speak of
them with sharp impatience and seeming disesteem sometimes. ...
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Lovest Thou Me?
... Canst thou not look up, though scorned by men, though even rejected by thy minister,
though kept back by the deacons, and looked upon with disesteem by some ...
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Disesteem (4 Occurrences)
...Disesteem (4 Occurrences). ... Genesis 27:13 and his mother saith to him, 'On me thy
disesteem, my son; only hearken to my voice, and go, take for me.' (YLT). ...
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Fragrance (63 Occurrences)
... (WEB). Genesis 8:21 and Jehovah smelleth the sweet fragrance, and Jehovah saith
unto His heart, 'I continue not to disesteem any more the ground because of man ...
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Disrepute (3 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) Loss of reputation; disesteem; discredit;
as to fall into disrepute. 2. (vt) To bring into disreputation ...
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Discredit (4 Occurrences)
... a source. 2. (n.) Hence, some degree of dishonor or disesteem; ill repute;
reproach; -- applied to persons or things. 3. (vt) To ...
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Disreputable (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (a.) Not in esteem; dishonorable; disgraceful; tending
to bring into disesteem; as, it is disreputable to associate familiarly with ...
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Disrespect (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) Want of respect or reverence; disesteem; incivility;
discourtesy. 2. (vt) To show disrespect to. Multi-Version Concordance ...
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Disembowelled (1 Occurrence)

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Disesteeming (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disesteem. Multi-Version
Concordance Disesteeming (1 Occurrence). Genesis 12:3 And ...
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Disannul (3 Occurrences)
... cancel," "cleanse," "disannul," "purge," "put off" (Isaiah 28:18); and the Greek
(Galatians 3:15), atheteo = "to set aside," "disesteem," "neutralize," "violate ...
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Disrespectful (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (a.) Wanting in respect; manifesting disesteem or lack
of respect; uncivil; as, disrespectful behavior. Multi-Version Concordance ...
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