Lexicon kakologeó: to speak ill of Original Word: κακολογέωPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: kakologeó Phonetic Spelling: (kak-ol-og-eh'-o) Short Definition: I speak evil of, curse Definition: I speak evil of, curse, revile, abuse. HELPS word-Studies 2551 kakologéō (from 2556 /kakós, "a malicious disposition" and 3004 /légō, "speaking to a conclusion") – properly, to speak evil, using malicious, damaging words that are calculated to destroy (misrepresent). 2551 /kakologéō ("calculated evil-speaking") tries to make evil seem good ("positive"), i.e. presenting what is wrong as "right" (or the reverse). 2551 (kakologéō) issues from a twisted disposition (make-up, perspective). [Note the fundamental meaning of the root (2556 /kakós).] NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom a comp. of kakos and logosDefinitionto speak ill of NASB Translationspeak evil (1), speaking evil (1), speaks evil (2).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 2551: κακολογέωκακολογέω, κακολόγω; 1 aorist infinitive κακολογῆσαί; ( κακολόγος); equivalent to κακῶς λέγω (which the old grammarians prefer, see Lob. ad Phryn., p. 200); 1. to speak ill of, revile, abuse, one; to calumniate, traduce: τινα, Mark 9:39; τί, Acts 19:9; (2 Macc. 4:1; Lysias, Plutarch, others). 2. Hellenistically, to imprecate evil on, curse: τινα, Matthew 15:4; Mark 7:10 (so for קִלֵּל, Proverbs 20:20; Ezekiel 22:7; Exodus 22:28).
Strong's curse, speak evil of. From a compound of kakos and logos; to revile -- curse, speak evil of. see GREEK kakos see GREEK logos |
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