Villany

New Testament

Vine's Expository Dictionary of Biblical Words

Definition

1rhadiourgiaG4468

lit. and primarily denotes "ease in working" (rhadios, "easy," ergon, "work"), "easiness, laziness;" hence "recklessness, wickedness," Act 13:10, RV, "villany," AV, "mischief." In the papyri it is used of "theft."

2rhadiourgemaG4467

"a reckless act" (akin to No. 1), occurs in Act 18:14, RV, "villany" (AV, "lewdness").