Gossip
ψιθυρισμόςStrong’s G5587psithurismos
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Psithurismos is the Greek word usually translated “gossip”. It appears in 1 verse 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 “gossip”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- gossip 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 2 Corinthians 1
1 book in all.
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Greek dictionary
ψιθυρισμός psithurismos · gossip
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)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “gossip” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
GOS'SIP, noun
- A sponsor; one who answers for a child in baptism; a godfather.
- A tippling companion.
- One who runs from house to house, tattling and telling news; an idle tattler. [This is the sense in which the word is now used.]
- A friend or neighbor.
All definitions and other forms of “gossip”
- Mere tattle; idle talk.
GOS'SIP, verb intransitive
To prate; to chat; to talk much.
- To be a pot-companion.
- To run about and tattle; to tell idle tales.
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.