Strong G5587ψιθυρισμός
gossip
- Transliteration
- psithurismos
- Pronunciation
- psith-oo-ris-mos'
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
From a derivative of ψίθος psithos (a whisper; by implication a slander; probably akin to G5574);
whispering that is secret detraction: - whispering.
whispering that is secret detraction: - whispering.
Detailed definition
ψιθυρισμός, -οῦ, ὁ
(ψιθυρίζω, to whisper), [in LXX: Ecc.10:11 (לַחַשׁ) *;]
a whispering;
__(a) of secret slander, 2Co.12:20 (Plut.);
__(b) of a murmured enchantment, Ec, l.with†
(AS)
(ψιθυρίζω, to whisper), [in LXX: Ecc.10:11 (לַחַשׁ) *;]
a whispering;
__(a) of secret slander, 2Co.12:20 (Plut.);
__(b) of a murmured enchantment, Ec, l.with†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G5587 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- whispering1
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:
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ψῐθῠρ-ισμός, ὁ,
whispering, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Ir.” p.55 W., 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Am.” 15; πρός τινα 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.45d, etc.)]
2 slandering, [NT ([prev. work]143f, NT.2Cor.12.20 (_plural_).)]
3 whistle of a snake-charmer, [LXX (LXX.Eccl.10.11.)]
4 crepitation, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 5.159.)]
whispering, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Ir.” p.55 W., 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Am.” 15; πρός τινα 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.45d, etc.)]
2 slandering, [NT ([prev. work]143f, NT.2Cor.12.20 (_plural_).)]
3 whistle of a snake-charmer, [LXX (LXX.Eccl.10.11.)]
4 crepitation, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 5.159.)]