King James Bible
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STRONGS NUMBER G1908
Transliteration: epēreazō
Phonetic Spelling: (ep-ay-reh-ad'-zo)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to revile
Meaning: to revile
ἐπηρεάζω; (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).)
Word Summary
epēreazō: to revile
Original Word: ἐπηρεάζωTransliteration: epēreazō
Phonetic Spelling: (ep-ay-reh-ad'-zo)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to revile
Meaning: to revile
Strong's Concordance
mistreat, falsely accuse. From a comparative of epi and (probably) areia (threats); to insult, slander -- use despitefully, falsely accuse.
see GREEK epi
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
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).)