ΚΑΚΟΛΟΓΗΣΑΙ, κακολογησαι
KAKOLOGĒSAI, kakologēsai
Sounds Like: kah-koh-loh-GAY-sai
Translations: to speak evil of, to revile, to curse, to slander
From the root: ΚΑΚΟΛΟΓΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word means to speak evil of someone, to revile them, or to curse them. It describes the act of using harmful or abusive language towards another person. It is a compound word formed from 'κακός' (bad, evil) and 'λέγω' (to speak).
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G2551 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Mark — 9:39
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Mark — 9:39
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΑΚΟΛΟΓΕΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἘΚΑΚΟΛΟΓΕΙ — he was speaking evil of, he was reviling, he was cursing, he was slandering
- ἘΚΑΚΟΛΟΓΟΥΝ — they spoke evil of, they reviled, they cursed, they slandered
- ΚΑΚΟΛΟΓΗΣΕΙΣ — you will speak evil, you will revile, you will curse, you will slander
- ΚΑΚΟΛΟΓΟΥΝΤΕΣ — speaking evil, reviling, slandering, blaspheming, railing, speaking ill of
- ΚΑΚΟΛΟΓΟΥΝΤΟΣ — (of) speaking evil, (of) reviling, (of) cursing, (of) slandering
- ΚΑΚΟΛΟΓΩΝ — reviling, cursing, speaking evil of, one who reviles, a reviler
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