Ameleo means “make light of” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H272 — achuzzah (“possession”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G272 ἀμελέω (ameleo) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. ameleo (am-el-eh'-o) v. 1. to be careless of [from G1 (as a negative particle) and G3199] It has 9 linked Bible usages across 7 books. Visible English usage signals include neglect, light, regarded, and negligent. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
ameleo (am-el-eh'-o) v. 1. to be careless of [from G1 (as a negative particle) and G3199] KJV: make light of, neglect, be negligent, no regard Root(s): G1, G3199
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G272. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
to neglect
Usage: ἀμελέω, -ῶ (μέλει), [in LXX: Jer.4:17 (מָרָה) Jer.31:32 (בַּעַל), Wis.3:10, 2Ma.4:14 * ;] __(a) absol., to be careless, not to care: Mat.22:5; __(b) with genitive, to be careless of, to neglect: 1Ti.4:14, Heb.2:3 8:9 (see MM, VGT, see word).† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render ameleo, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G272 (ἀμελέω) appears 4 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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5 indexed usages in New Testament.
But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise:
Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.
How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him;
2 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
As keepers of a field, they have surrounded her; because thou, saith the Lord, hast neglected me.
not according to the covenant which I made with their fathers in the day when I took hold of their hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; for they abode not in my covenant, and I disregarded them, saith the Lord.
2 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
that the priests had no courage to serve anymore at the altar, but despising the temple, and neglecting the sacrifices, hastened to be partakers of the unlawful allowance in the place of exercise, after the game of Discus called them forth;
But the ungodly shall be punished according to their own imaginations, Which have neglected the righteous, and forsaken the Lord.
First 9 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G272.
As keepers of a field, they have surrounded her; because thou, saith the Lord, hast neglected me.
not according to the covenant which I made with their fathers in the day when I took hold of their hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; for they abode not in my covenant, and I disregarded them, saith the Lord.
But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise:
Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.
How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him;
Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord.
Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and be established in the present truth.
that the priests had no courage to serve anymore at the altar, but despising the temple, and neglecting the sacrifices, hastened to be partakers of the unlawful allowance in the place of exercise, after the game of Discus called them forth;
But the ungodly shall be punished according to their own imaginations, Which have neglected the righteous, and forsaken the Lord.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G272, grouped by book.
Ameleo (Strong's G272) is a Greek word most simply glossed "make light of". ameleo (am-el-eh'-o) v. 1. to be careless of [from G1 (as a negative particle) and G3199]
This page currently indexes 9 linked usages for Strong's G272 across 7 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G272 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as neglect, light, regarded, and negligent. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 2 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 2 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G272, with linked reader references where each row is available.