To retaliate
ἀντιλοιδορέωStrong’s G0486antiloidoreō
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Antiloidoreō is the Greek word usually translated “was not reviling back”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously:”
Meaning
Usually translated “was not reviling back”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- was not reviling back 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Peter 1
1 book in all.
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Greek dictionary
ἀντιλοιδορέω antiloidoreō · to retaliate
to rail at or abuse in turn , (New Testament); Mid., with accusative rei, (Lucian) (ML)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “retaliate” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
RETAL'IATE, verb transitive
[Low Latin retalio; re and talio, from talis, like.]
All definitions and other forms of “retaliate”
RETAL'IATE, verb intransitive
To return like for like; as, to retaliate upon an enemy.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.