Word

λοιδορέω

loidoréō · G3058 · Greek · 4 occurrences

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Meanings

to slander, to insult strongly, slander, insult

To speak in a highly insulting manner

Examples
Acts 23:4 But those present said, “Are you insulting God’s high priest?”
1 Corinthians 4:12 and we labor, working with our own hands; when we are verbally abused, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure it;
1 Peter 2:23 and while being abusively insulted, He did not insult in return; while suffering, He did not threaten, but kept entrusting Himself to Him who judges righteously;

How it’s used In 4 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 4 groups

ὅςwho, which, that 1
Not stated: you (one person) 1
Not stated: they 1
Not stated (participle) 1

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

2 occurrences in 2 groups

ἀρχιερεύςchief priest, high priest 1
αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 1

With adverbsAdverbs

1 occurrences in 1 groups

οὐnot 1

What is done to itIt is the object

1 occurrences in 1 groups

ἔπωto say 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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Semantic domains 1 entry

To slander, to insult strongly, slander, insult33.393: λοιδορέω names the act of hurling strong verbal abuse or slander at someone. John 9:28 records the Jewish leaders confronting the healed blind man, “They spoke abusively to him and said, ‘You are His disciple, but we are disciples of Moses,’” the ἐλοιδόρησαν naming this insulting speech.

Word family 4 words

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

λοίδορος loídoros · G3060 · slanderer · 2×λοιδορέωloidoréō · G3058λοιδορία loidoría · G3059 · slander, insult · 3×ἀντιλοιδορέω antiloidoréō · G486 · to insult in return · 1×

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon λοιδόρω; 1 aorist ἐλοιδόρησα; present passive participle λοιδορούμενος; (λοίδορος); to…

λοιδόρω; 1 aorist ἐλοιδόρησα; present passive participle λοιδορούμενος; (λοίδορος); to reproach, rail at, revile, heap abuse upon: τινα, Jn 9:28; Acts 23:4; passive, 1 Cor 4:12; 1 Pet 2:23. (From Pindar and Aeschylus down; the Sept. several times for רִיב.) (Compare: ἀντιλοιδορέω.)

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Insult, Slander4 occurrences

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