Quick Definition
λοιδορέω v. I revile, abuse
Strong's Definition
from 3060; to reproach, i.e. vilify
KJV Usage: revile
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
λοιδορέω, -d; 1 aor. ἐλοιδόρησα ; pres. pass. ptep. Aowdopotpevos; (λοίδορος) ; to reproach, rail at, revile, heap abuse upon: τινά, Jn. ix. 28; Acts xxiii. 4; pass., 1 Co. iv. 12; 1 Pet. ii. 23. (From Pind. and Aeschyl. down ; Sept. several times for 3...) [Comp.: ἀντι-λοιδορέω.]
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
λοιδορέω loidoreō 4x
to revile, rail at, abuse, Jn. 9:28; Acts 23:4; 1 Cor. 4:12; 1 Pet. 2:23*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
λοιδορέω, -ῶ
(< λοίδορος), [in LXX chiefly for רִיב;]
to abuse, revile: c. acc. pers., Jo 9:28, Ac 23:4; pass., I Co 4:12, I Pe 2:23 (cf. ἀντι-λοιδορέω).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
λοιδορέω. P Petr III. 21 (9}}} (iii/p.c.) ἐλοιδόρησᾳς φαμένη pe Apnkévat, BGU III. 10078 (iii/n.c.) ἐλοιδόρουν με ἐπὶ πλέο[ν", P Tebt I. 4415 (p.c. 114) (= Chrest. I. p. 748) ehord[dpnoév pe] καὶ ἀσχημόϊνει, P Oxy II. 237%) (A.D. 186) ἐπὶ φθόνῳ δὲ μόνον [λο]ιδορούμενος Kal δεινὰ πάσχων am ἐμοῦ, and from the inserr. Sy// 73775 (c. A.D. 175) €av . . εὑρεθῇ τις . ὑβρίζων ἢ λοιδορῶν τινα, ὃ μὲν λοιδορηθεὶς ἢ ὑβρισθεὶς παραστανέτω δύο ἐκ τῶν ἰοβάκχων ἐνόρκους ὅτι ἤκουσαν ὑβριζόμενον ἢ λοιδορούμενον, καὶ ὁ ὑβρίσας ἢ λοιδορήσας ἀποτιν[νύ]τω τῷ κοινῷ λεπτοῦ δρ(αχμὰς) Ke. To show the strong character of the word, we may cite Calvin on 1 Cor 4%: “Λοιδορία is a harsher railing, which not only rebukes a man, but also sharply bites him, and stamps him with open contumely. Hence λοιδορεῖν is to wound man as with an accursed sting.”’
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
λοιδορέω (loidoreō) — to revile. 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.