to revile

Greek Verb

λοιδορέω, -ῶ (λοίδορος) [in LXX chiefly for רִיב;] to abuse, revile: with accusative of person(s), Jhn.9:28, Act.23:4; pass, 1Co.4:12, 1Pe.2:23 (cf. ἀντι-λοιδορέω). (AS)

to revile

Greek Verb

λοιδορ-έω, future -ήσω [Refs 4th c.BC+]: aorist ἐλοιδόρησα [Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect λελοιδόρηκα [Refs 5th c.BC+] —middle and passive (see. below), future -ήσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist ἐλοιδορησάμην [Refs 4th c.BC+]; Attic dialect more frequently ἐλοισορήθην [Refs 4th c.BC+]: (λοίδορος):—abuse, revile, τινα [Refs 5th c.BC+], etc: absolutely, [Refs 5th c.BC+] [same place], etc; sometimes simply, rebuke, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with neuter adjective, ἐμαυτὸν πόλλ᾽ ἐλοιδόρησα [Refs 5th c.BC+] reproach fortune as blind, [Refs 1st c.AD+]:—middle, rail at one another, [Refs 5th c.BC+] —passive, λοιδοροῦντας ἢ λοιδορουμένους reviling or reviled, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; λελοιδορημένος ὑπὸ. rebuked, [Refs 5th c.BC+] II) middle with aorist passive in active sense, with dative person, rail at, τινι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τινος [LXX+2nd c.AD+]. they use all kind of foul reproaches, saying that, [Refs 5th c.BC+]—active never has dative except in later Gr, [LXX+5th c.BC+] (ἠναντιώθην καὶ ἀντεῖπον —καὶ ἐλοιδόρησα—ἐκείνῳ ὧν ἦν ἄξιος) the dative (if correct) depends on the other verbs; as does the accusative in οὓς ὕβριζες καὶ ἐλοιδοροῦ [Refs 4th c.BC+] —Only the active is found in Trag.

Greek

Verb

to reproach, i.e. vilify; revile; from g3060 (λοίδορος)