STRONGS G2551:
κακολογέω,
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).
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