verb
kakologamō
Strong’sG2551
I speak evil of, curse
stem kakolog-4 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books3 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
κακολογέω, -ῶ
(< κακολόγος, slanderous), [in LXX: Ex 21:16 22:28, I Ki 3:13, Pr 20:20, Ez 22:7 (קלל pi., hi.), II Mac 4:1*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2551 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
revile, abuse, τινα NT+5th c.BC+:—passive, Refs 5th c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| kakologaraκακολογῆσαί | happened · the “to …” formaorist active infinitive | speak evil of | 1× |
| kakologarōntosκακολογῶν | happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative singular masculine | speaks evil of | 2× |
| kakologarōntoisκακολογοῦντες | happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative plural masculine | spoke evil of | 1× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | kakologamō | kakologame | kakologami | kakologama | kakologamē | kakologamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | kakologasō | kakologase | kakologasi | kakologasa | kakologasē | kakologaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | kakologatō | kakologate | kakologati | kakologata | kakologatē | kakologatelē |
| we 1st person plural | kakologanō | kakologane | kakologani | kakologana | kakologanē | kakologanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | kakologavō | kakologave | kakologavi | kakologava | kakologavē | kakologavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | kakologalō | kakologale | kakologali | kakologala | kakologalē | kakologalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | kakologameiō | kakologameia | kakologameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | kakologaseiō | kakologaseia | kakologaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | kakologateiō | kakologateia | kakologateiē |
| we 1st person plural | kakologaneiō | kakologaneia | kakologaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | kakologaveiō | kakologaveia | kakologaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | kakologaleiō | kakologaleia | kakologaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | kakologasōr | kakologasar | kakologasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | kakologatōr | kakologatar | kakologatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | kakologavōr | kakologavar | kakologavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | kakologalōr | kakologalar | kakologalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | kakologamoiō | kakologamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | kakologasoiō | kakologasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | kakologatoiō | kakologatoia |
| we 1st person plural | kakologanoiō | kakologanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | kakologavoiō | kakologavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | kakologaloiō | kakologaloia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, 1 occurrence
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | kakologarō | kakologari | kakologara1×κακολογῆσαί | kakologarē |
Used as an adjective — participle, 3 occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | kakologarōntos3×κακολογῶν | kakologarintos | kakologarantos | kakologarēntos |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
kakolog is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
4 occurrences, every one of them listed
kakologara“speak evil of”happened · the “to …” formaorist active infinitive1×
Mark 9:39… te onome mu kai duneti tachu kakologara min;… My name can turn around and speak evil of Me.
kakologarōntos“speaks evil of”happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative singular masculine2×
Matthew 15:4“speaks evil of”… patron kai tan mētēran, kai; Tos kakologarōntos patron ē mētēran thanato teleutatōr;… Honor your father and mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses his father or mother must be …
Mark 7:10“speaks evil of”… kai tan mētēran su, kai; Tos kakologarōntos patron ē mētēran thanato teleutatōr;… said, ‘Honor your father and your mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses his father or mother must be …
kakologarōntois“spoke evil of”happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative plural masculine1×
Acts 19:9“spoke evil of”hōs de tinois sklērunole kai apeithale kakologarōntois tan hodan enōpion teu plētheu, apostēarantos …But when some of them stubbornly refused to believe and publicly maligned the Way, Paul took his disciples and left the synagogue to …