ἐνυβρίζω

λοιδορέω loidoréō · G3058 · to slander, to insult strongly, slander

Greek verb for reviling or verbally abusing someone, closely related in sense to insulting but focusing on verbal attack rather than the broader insolent treatment

βλασφημέω blasphēméō · G987 · to blaspheme, to defame

Greek verb for slandering or reviling, often used of speech that insults or defames (whether divine or human objects), overlapping with the insulting sense of ἐνυβρίζω

ὀνειδίζω oneidízō · G3679 · to insult, insult, to reprimand

Greek verb for reproaching or casting insult upon someone, semantically near to ἐνυβρίζω but emphasizing reproachful blame rather than violent contempt

τιμάω timáō · G5091 · to honor, to respect, to set a price on

Greek verb for honoring or showing respect, the lexical opposite of insulting/dishonoring someone as ἐνυβρίζω does

δοξάζω doxázō · G1392 · to praise, to glorify, praise

Greek verb for glorifying or honoring, lexically opposite to the act of insulting or treating with contempt

חָרַף châraph · H2778 · to reproach, to taunt, to insult

Hebrew verb for reproaching or insulting, a direct translation equivalent for the act of insulting/reviling that ἐνυβρίζω denotes

כָּלַם kâlam · H3637 · to be ashamed, to be disgraced, to put to shame

Hebrew verb for insulting and shaming, semantically overlapping with the insulting/outraging sense of ἐνυβρίζω

נָאַץ nâʼats · H5006 · to reject, to have contempt for

Hebrew verb for spurning or treating with contempt, capturing the disdainful insult aspect of ἐνυβρίζω

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This verb describes treating someone with contemptuous disrespect, used of the writer of Hebrews' warning against the one who has insulted the Spirit of grace — "has insulted the Spirit of grace" (Hebrews 10:29).

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

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.