Word study · Greek

aischrología

shameful speaking

Say it: ice-khrol-og-EE-ah (approximate)

αἰσχρολογία

What it means

Shameful or abusive talk, obscene language. In 3:8, "shameful speaking out of your mouth" is among the things to put away. It appears only here.

Range of meaning

  • Obscene talkDirty speech.
  • Abusive languageInsulting talk.

In Colossians

  • Chapter 3

    "Shameful speaking out of your mouth" (3:8).

Every verse (1)

Verses where G0148 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources