αἰσχρολογία
aischrología · G148 · Greek · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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vulgar speech, obscene speech, dirty talk
Obscene, shameful speech involving culturally disapproved themes
ExamplesColossians 3:8 But now you also, rid yourselves of all of them: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene speech from your mouth.
How it’s used
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 2 words
- εὐτραπελία eutrapelía · G2160 · vulgar speech, indecent talk
- Vulgar or coarse speech with focus on jesting/joking character; often listed alongside αἰσχρολογία in Col 3:8 as a distinct but closely related form of shameful speech
- μωρολογία mōrología · G3473 · foolish talk, stupid talk
- Foolish or silly talk; Paul lists it with εὐτραπελία in Eph 5:4 in the same vice-list context as αἰσχρολογία, denoting inappropriate speech though with emphasis on foolishness rather than obscenity
Contrasting words 1 word
- εὐλογία eulogía · G2129 · to praise, to speak well of, flattery
- Blessing or speaking well; the direct opposite of αἰσχρολογία (vile/shameful speech) as good/noble speech versus shameful/obscene speech
In the other Testament 1 word
- נְבָלָה nᵉbâlâh · H5039 · foolishness, folly, foolish actions
- Hebrew term for disgraceful or senseless speech/conduct, particularly vulgar or shameful talk; a natural translation equivalent for αἰσχρολογία in the sense of obscene or disgraceful speech
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Vulgar speech, obscene speech, dirty talk33.33
- This noun denotes obscene speech, as in Colossians 3:8's instruction to rid oneself of anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene speech from one's mouth.
Word family 11 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon (ας, ἡ (from αἰσχρολόγος, and this from αἰσχρός and λέγω), foul speaking…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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