Lexicon epéreazó: to revile Original Word: ἐπηρεάζωPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: epéreazó Phonetic Spelling: (ep-ay-reh-ad'-zo) Short Definition: I insult, treat wrongfully, molest Definition: I insult, treat wrongfully, molest, revile. HELPS word-Studies 1908 epēreázō (from 1909 /epí, "upon" and epēreia, "threatening, reviling abuse") – properly, to intimidate by using threats and false accusations "tailor-made" to the situation, i.e. under-handed tactics "customized" to smear someone's reputation (revile, abusively insult). 1908 /epēreázō ("custom-crafted reviling") is only used in Lk 6:28 and 1 Pet 3:16. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom epéreia (spiteful abuse) Definitionto revile NASB Translationmistreat (1), revile (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 1908: ἐπηρεάζωἐπηρεάζω; ( ἐπήρεια (spiteful abuse, cf. Aristotle, rhet. 2, 2, 4)); to insult; to treat abusively, use despitefully; to revile: τινα, Matthew 5:44 R G; Luke 6:28 (with the dative of person, Xenophon, mem. 1, 2, 31; 3, 5, 16); in a forensic sense, to accuse falsely: with the accusative of a thing, 1 Peter 3:16. ( Xenophon, Isaeus, Demosthenes, Philo, Plutarch, Lucian, Herodian; to threaten, Herodotus 6, 9 (but cf. Cope on Aristotle, as above).)
Strong's mistreat, falsely accuse. From a comparative of epi and (probably) areia (threats); to insult, slander -- use despitefully, falsely accuse. see GREEK epi |
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