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It conveys a sense of moral laxity and unscrupulousness, often associated with cunning or underhanded actions. In the New Testament, it is used to describe the deceitful practices of individuals who oppose the truth and righteousness.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In the Greco-Roman world, moral character was highly valued, and terms like "rhadiourgia" would have been used to describe those who acted contrary to societal norms of honesty and integrity. The concept of deceit and villainy was often associated with those who sought personal gain at the expense of others, reflecting a broader cultural disdain for such behavior.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from the same as <a href="/greek/4467.htm">rhadiourgéma</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>ease in doing, laziness, recklessness, hence wickedness<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>fraud (1).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 4468: ῤᾳδιουργία</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">ῤᾳδιουργία</span></span>, <span class="greek2">ῤᾳδιουργίας</span>, <span class="greek2">ἡ</span> (see <span class="greek2"><span class="lexref">ῤᾳδιούργημα</span></span>, cf. <span class="greek2"><span class="lexref">πανουργία</span></span>); <p><span class="textheading">1.</span> properly, <span class="accented">ease in doing, facility</span>. <p><span class="textheading">2.</span> levity or easiness in thinking and acting; love of a lazy and effeminate life (<span class="abbreviation">Xenophon</span>). <p><span class="textheading">3.</span> <span class="accented">unscrupulousness, cunning, mischief</span> (<span class="abbreviation">A. V.</span> <span class="accented">villany</span>): <a href="/interlinear/acts/13-10.htm">Acts 13:10</a>. (<span class="abbreviation">Polybius</span> 12, 10, 5; often in <span class="abbreviation">Plutarch</span>.)<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>mischief. <p>From the same as <a href="/greek/4467.htm">rhaidiourgema</a>; recklessness, i.e. (by extension) malignity -- mischief. <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/4467.htm">rhaidiourgema</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>έρρανεν ραδιουργιας ραδιουργίας ῥᾳδιουργίας ραθάμ ραθυμείτε ρανάτωσαν ρανεί ράνει ρανείς ρανώ radiourgias rhadiourgias rhāidiourgías<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/acts/13-10.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Acts 13:10</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular">N-GFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/acts/13.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">καὶ πάσης <b>ῥᾳδιουργίας</b> υἱὲ διαβόλου</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/acts/13.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> deceit <span class="itali">and fraud,</span> you son<br><a href="/kjvs/acts/13.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> all <span class="itali">mischief,</span> [thou] child<br><a href="/interlinear/acts/13-10.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> and all <span class="itali">craft</span> son of [the] devil<p><b><a href="/greek/4468.htm">Strong's Greek 4468</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_4468.htm">1 Occurrence</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/radiourgias_4468.htm">ῥᾳδιουργίας — 1 Occ.</a><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /> </div> <div id="left"><a href="/greek/4467.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="4467"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="4467" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/greek/4469.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="4469"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="4469" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>