Matthew 5:44
But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;
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Despitefully
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Acts 14:5
And when there was an assault made both of the Gentiles, and also of the Jews with their rulers, to use them despitefully, and to stone them,
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ἐπηρεάζω
epēreázō · ep-ay-reh-ad'-zo
2 times translated as this KJV form3 total Strong's occurrences
to insult, slander
Strong's KJV usage: :--use despitefully, falsely accuse.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Matthew 5:44Strong's last: Luke 6:28
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hybrízō · hoo-brid'-zo
1 times translated as this KJV form6 total Strong's occurrences
to exercise violence, i.e. abuse
Strong's KJV usage: :--use despitefully, reproach, entreat shamefully (spitefully).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Acts 14:5Strong's last: Acts 14:5
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G1908
But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;
G1908
Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you.
G5195
And when there was an assault made both of the Gentiles, and also of the Jews with their rulers, to use them despitefully, and to stone them,
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despitefully
DESPITEFULLY, adverb With despite; maliciously; contemptuously.
Pray for them that despitefully use you. Matthew 5:44.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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