1 Peter 3:9
Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.
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Railing
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Jude 1:9
Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee.
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λοιδορία
loidoría · loy-dor-ee'-ah
2 times translated as this KJV form3 total Strong's occurrences
slander or vituperation
Strong's KJV usage: :--railing, reproach(-fully).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 1 Peter 3:9Strong's last: 1 Peter 3:9
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blasphēmía · blas-fay-me'-ah
1 times translated as this KJV form19 total Strong's occurrences
vilification (especially against God)
Strong's KJV usage: :--blasphemy, evil speaking, railing.
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Strong's first: Jude 1:9Strong's last: Jude 1:9
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blásphēmos · blas'-fay-mos
1 times translated as this KJV form5 total Strong's occurrences
scurrilious, i.e. calumnious (against men), or (specially) impious (against God)
Strong's KJV usage: :--blasphemer(-mous), railing.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 2 Peter 2:11Strong's last: 2 Peter 2:11
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Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.
G3059
Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.
G989
Whereas angels, which are greater in power and might, bring not railing accusation against them before the Lord.
G988
Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee.
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railing
RA'ILING, participle present tense
1. Clamoring with insulting language; uttering reproachful words.
2. adjective Expressing reproach; insulting; as a railing accusation. 2 Peter 2:11.
RA'ILING, noun Reproachful or insolent language. 1 Peter 3:9.
RA'ILING, participle present tense Inclosing with rails.
RA'ILING, noun
1. A series of rails; a fence.
2. Rails in general; or the scantling for rails.
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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