Slander
καταλαλιάStrong’s G2636katalalia
Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament
In short
Katalalia is the Greek word usually translated “slander” and “evil speakings”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.
“For 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:”
Meaning
Usually translated “slander” and “evil speakings”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- slander 1
- evil speakings 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 2 Corinthians 1
- 1 Peter 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
Greek dictionary
καταλαλιά katalalia · slander
κατα-λαλιά, -ᾶς, ἡ (κατάλαλος), [in LXX: Wis.1:11 * ;] evil-speaking, railing: p1., 2Co.12:20, 1Pe.2:1.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “slander” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SLA'NDER, noun
- A false tale or report maliciously uttered. and tending to injure the reputation of another by lessening him in the esteem of his fellow citizens, by exposing min to impeachment and punishment, or by impairing his means of lining; defamation. slander that worst of poisons, ever finds an easy entrance to ignoble minds.
All definitions and other forms of “slander”
SLA'NDER, verb transitive
To defame; to injure by maliciously uttering a false report respecting one; to tarnish or impair the reputation of one by false tales, maliciously told or propagated.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.