κακολογέω
kakologéō · G2551 · Greek · 4 occurrences
Meanings
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to revile, to denounce
To insult in a particularly strong and unjustified manner
ExamplesMatthew 15:4 “For God said, ‘HONOR YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER,’ and, ‘THE ONE WHO SPEAKS EVIL OF FATHER OR MOTHER IS TO BE PUT TO DEATH.’
Mark 7:10 “For Moses said, ‘HONOR YOUR FATHER AND YOUR MOTHER’; and, ‘THE ONE WHO SPEAKS EVIL OF FATHER OR MOTHER, IS CERTAINLY TO BE PUT TO DEATH’;
Mark 9:39 But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him, for there is no one who will perform a miracle in My name, and be able soon afterward to speak evil of Me.
How it’s used In 5 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
4 occurrences in 2 groups
- Not stated (participle) 3
- Not stated (infinitive) 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
4 occurrences in 4 groups
- μήτηρmother 2
- πατήρfather 2
- ἐγώI, we 1
- ὁδόςway, road 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἐνώπιονin front of+ πλῆθοςmultitude, crowd 1
What it doesIt is the subject
2 occurrences in 1 groups
- τελευτάωto die 2
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- δύναμαιcan 1
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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In the other Testament 1 word
- קָלַל qâlal · H7043 · light, fast, swift
- κακολογέω (kakologéō, G2551) κακολογέω specifically denotes verbal reviling or speaking evil of someone, while קָלַל (qâlal, H7043) קָלַל encompasses a broader semantic range including cursing, despising, and treating lightly, with the cursing/reviling sense representing the direct cross-linguistic overlap where the Greek term renders this particular Hebrew verb.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- To revile, to denounce33.399
- In Matthew 15:4, Jesus quotes the command, “THE ONE WHO SPEAKS EVIL OF FATHER OR MOTHER IS TO BE PUT TO DEATH,” using this word for the act of reviling or denouncing someone in speech.
Word family 20 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon κακολόγω; 1 aorist infinitive κακολογῆσαί; (κακολόγος); equivalent to κακῶς λέγω (which…
1. to speak ill of, revile, abuse, one; to calumniate, traduce: τινα, Mk 9:39; τί, Acts 19:9; (2 Macc. 4:1; Lysias, Plutarch, others).
2. Hellenistically, to imprecate evil on, curse: τινα, Mt 15:4; Mk 7:10 (so for קִלֵּל, Prov 20:20; Ezek 22:7; Ex 22:28).
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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