Word Summary
aischrologia: abusive language
Original Word: αἰσχρολογίαTransliteration: aischrologia
Phonetic Spelling: (ahee-skhrol-og-ee'-ah)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: abusive language
Meaning: abusive language
Strong's Concordance
filthy communication, obscene speech
From aischros and logos; vile conversation -- filthy communication.
see GREEK aischros
see GREEK logos
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 148: αἰσχρολογίααἰσχρολογία,
(ας,
ἡ (from
αἰσχρολόγος, and this from
αἰσχρός and
λέγω),
foul speaking (
Tertullianturpiloquium),
low and obscene speech, (
R. V. shameful speaking):
Colossians 3:8: (
Xenophon,
Aristotle,
Polybius) (Cf.
Lightfoot at the passage;
Trench, § xxxiv.)