Strong G2636καταλαλιά
slander
- Transliteration
- katalalia
- Pronunciation
- kat-al-al-ee'-ah
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From G2637; defamation: - backbiting evil speaking.
Detailed definition
κατα-λαλιά, -ᾶς, ἡ
(κατάλαλος), [in LXX: Wis.1:11 *;]
evil-speaking, railing: p1., 2Co.12:20, 1Pe.2:1.†
(AS)
(κατάλαλος), [in LXX: Wis.1:11 *;]
evil-speaking, railing: p1., 2Co.12:20, 1Pe.2:1.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2636 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- backbitings1
- speaking1
First verses
- 2 Corinthians 12:20For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults:
- 1 Peter 2:1Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,
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Detailed Greek dictionary
καταλᾰλ-ιά, ἡ,
evil report, slander, [LXX+NT (LXX.Wis.1.11, NT.1Pet.2.1 (_plural_).)]
evil report, slander, [LXX+NT (LXX.Wis.1.11, NT.1Pet.2.1 (_plural_).)]