What does λοιδορία (loidoría) mean in the Bible?
λοιδορία (loidoría): Abusive, insulting speech that actively attacks and demeans another person's character.
Greek · G3059
λοιδορία
Slander or vituperation
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λοιδορίαG3059
Pronunciationloidoría
What does λοιδορία (loidoría) mean in the Bible?
λοιδορία (loidoría): Abusive, insulting speech that actively attacks and demeans another person's character.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G3059?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include insult (2), slander (1).
Where does λοιδορία (loidoría) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at 1 Timothy 5:14. Its strongest book concentrations include 1 Peter (2), 1 Timothy (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders Itinsult2×1 Peter 3:9
slander1×1 Timothy 5:14
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row1 Timothy 5:14
Aligned rows3
Books represented2
1 Timothy11 Peter2
Source forms
λοιδορίας2xloidorias1 Timothy 5:14, 1 Peter 3:9
λοιδορίαν1xloidorian1 Peter 3:9
Parsing patterns
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular2x1 Timothy 5:14, 1 Peter 3:9
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular1x1 Peter 3:9
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Abusive, insulting speech that actively attacks and demeans another person's character.
Strong'sG3059
Lexical occurrences3 versesGreek text appearances3 timesWord forms2 forms3 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
slander or vituperation
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
3 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
1 Timothy 5:14Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
λοιδορίαςloidoriav
reviling, abuse
Read verse1 Peter 3:9Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
λοιδορίανloidorian
reviling, abuse
Read verse1 Peter 3:9Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
λοιδορίας·loidoriav
reviling, abuse
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns2Aligned forms3Case patternGenitive (2)Number patternSingular (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Singular · Feminine1 Tim 5:14 · 1 Pet 3:92×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine1 Pet 3:91×
Word Origins
λοιδορία is built from this root: