To curse/revile
κακολογέωStrong’s G2551kakologeō
Appears in 4 verses of the New Testament
In short
Kakologeō is the Greek word usually translated “speaking evil of” and “speak evil of”. It appears in 4 verses of the New Testament.
“For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.”
Meaning
Usually translated “speaking evil of” and “speak evil of”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- speaking evil of 3
- to speak evil of 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Mark 2
- Matthew 1
- Acts 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Mark 7:10For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death:
- Mark 9:39But Jesus said, Forbid him not: for there is no man which shall do a miracle in my name, that can lightly speak evil of me.
- Acts 19:9But when divers were hardened, and believed not, but spake evil of that way before the multitude, he departed from them, and separated the disciples, disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus.
Greek dictionary
κακολογέω kakologeō · to curse/revile
κακολογέω, -ῶ (κακολόγος, slanderous), [in LXX: Exo.21:16 22:28, 1Ki.3:13, Pro.20:20, Eze.22:7 (קָלַל pi., hi.), 2Ma.4:1 * ;] to speak ill of, revile, abuse: with accusative of person(s), Mat.15:4, Mrk.7:10" (LXX) Mrk.9:39; with accusative of thing(s), Act.19:9.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.