King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G4467
Transliteration: rhadiourgēma
Phonetic Spelling: (hrad-ee-oorg'-ay-mah)
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Short Definition: a reckless act, a crime
Meaning: a reckless act, a crime
ῤᾳδιούργημα, 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.)
Word Summary
rhadiourgēma: a reckless act, a crime
Original Word: ῥᾳδιούργημαTransliteration: rhadiourgēma
Phonetic Spelling: (hrad-ee-oorg'-ay-mah)
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Short Definition: a reckless act, a crime
Meaning: a reckless act, a crime
Strong's Concordance
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
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
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.)