The Greek word “atimos”

Found just four times in the New Testament (Mt. 13:57; Mk. 6:4; 1 Cor. 4:10; 12:23), the Greek adjective “atimos” meant “without honor,” “despised,” “without value.”

In both Mt. 13:57 and Mk. 6:4 Jesus said a prophet is “not honored” (is not really respected) in his own country. In 1 Cor. 12:23 this word means “unhonoured, less honourable” (Dictionary of New Testament Theology, 2:50). A stronger sense is associated with this term in 1 Cor. 4:10; here this adjective “means despised” (ibid).