Word Summary
loidoreō: to abuse, revile
Original Word: λοιδορέωTransliteration: loidoreō
Phonetic Spelling: (loy-dor-eh'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to abuse, revile
Meaning: to abuse, revile
Strong's Concordance
revile.
From loidoros; to reproach, i.e. Vilify -- revile.
see GREEK loidoros
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3058: λοιδορέωλοιδορέω,
λοιδόρω; 1 aorist
ἐλοιδόρησα; present passive participle
λοιδορούμενος; (
λοίδορος);
to reproach, rail at, revile, heap abuse upon:
τινα,
John 9:28;
Acts 23:4; passive,
1 Corinthians 4:12;
1 Peter 2:23. (From
Pindar and
Aeschylus down; the
Sept. several times for
רִיב.) (Compare:
ἀντιλοιδορέω.)