Lexicon rhadiourgéma: a reckless act, a crime Original Word: ῥᾳδιούργημα, ατος, τόPart of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: rhadiourgéma Phonetic Spelling: (hrad-ee-oorg'-ay-mah) Short Definition: an act of villainy Definition: a careless action, an act of villainy. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom a comp. of rhadios (easy, reckless) and ergonDefinitiona reckless act, a crime NASB Translationcrime (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 4467: ῤᾳδιούργημαῤᾳδιούργημα, ῥαδιουργηματος, τό (from ῤᾳδιουργέω, and this from ῤᾳδιουργός, compounded of ῤᾴδιος and ἔργῳ. A ῤᾳδιουργός is one who does a thing with little effort and adroitly; then, in a bad sense, a man who is facile and forward in the perpetration of crime, a knave, a rogue), a piece of knavery, rascality, villany: πονηρόν, Acts 18:14. ( Dionysius Halicarnassus, Plutarch, Lucian; ecclesiastical writings.)
Strong's lewdness. From a comparative of rhaidios (easy, i.e. Reckless) and ergon; easy-going behavior, i.e. (by extension) a crime -- lewdness. see GREEK ergon |
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