Strong's Concordance kakologeó: to speak ill of Original Word: κακολογέωPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: kakologeó Phonetic Spelling: (kak-ol-og-eh'-o) Short Definition: I speak evil of, curse Definition: I speak evil of, curse, revile, abuse. HELPS Word-studies 2551 kakologéō (from 2556 /kakós, "a malicious disposition" and 3004 /légō, "speaking to a conclusion") – properly, to speak evil, using malicious, damaging words that are calculated to destroy (misrepresent). 2551 /kakologéō ("calculated evil-speaking") tries to make evil seem good ("positive"), i.e. presenting what is wrong as "right" (or the reverse). 2551 (kakologéō) issues from a twisted disposition (make-up, perspective). [Note the fundamental meaning of the root (2556 /kakós).] Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 2551: κακολογέωκακολογέω, κακολόγω; 1 aorist infinitive κακολογῆσαί; (κακολόγος); equivalent to κακῶς λέγω (which the old grammarians prefer, see Lob. ad Phryn., p. 200); 1. to speak ill of, revile, abuse, one; to calumniate, traduce: τινα, Mark 9:39; τί, Acts 19:9; (2 Macc. 4:1; Lysias, Plutarch, others). 2. Hellenistically, to imprecate evil on, curse: τινα, Matthew 15:4; Mark 7:10 (so for קִלֵּל, Proverbs 20:20; Ezekiel 22:7; Exodus 22:28). Strong's Exhaustive Concordance curse, speak evil of. From a compound of kakos and logos; to revile -- curse, speak evil of. see GREEK kakos see GREEK logos Forms and Transliterations εκακολόγουν κακολογησαι κακολογήσαί κακολογῆσαί κακολογήσεις κακολογουντες κακολογούντες κακολογοῦντες κακολογούντος κακολογων κακολογών κακολογῶν kakologesai kakologêsaí kakologēsai kakologē̂saí kakologon kakologôn kakologōn kakologō̂n kakologountes kakologoûntesLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 25514 Occurrences κακολογῆσαί — 1 Occ. κακολογῶν — 2 Occ. κακολογοῦντες — 1 Occ. Matthew 15:4 V-PPA-NMS GRK: καί Ὁ κακολογῶν πατέρα ἢ NAS: AND MOTHER,' and, 'HE WHO SPEAKS EVIL OF FATHER KJV: mother: and, He that curseth father or INT: and He who speaks evil of father or Mark 7:10 V-PPA-NMS Mark 9:39 V-ANA Acts 19:9 V-PPA-NMP |