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raÌ„l, raÌ„l´ing, raÌ„l´ẽr: To “rail†on (in modern usage “againstâ€) anyone is to use insolent or reproachful language toward one. It occurs in the Old Testament as the translation of חרף, hÌ£aÌ„raph (, “letters to rail on Yahwehâ€), and of עיט, ‛ı̄tÌ£ (, of Nabal, “he railed at them,†the English Revised Version “flew upon them,†margin “railed onâ€). In the New Testament “to rail†is the translation of βλασφημεÌω, blaspheÌ„meÌoÌ„ (; ; “railing,†; ; ). The word loidorıÌa, rendered railing†in the King James Version, is in the Revised Version (British and American) “reviling,†and loıÌdoros, “railor,†in is in the Revised Version (British and American) “reviler.†See also RACA.