To slander
לָשַׁןStrong’s H3960lashan (la-shan)
Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Lashan is the Hebrew word usually translated “slanders” and “slander”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
“Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer.”
Meaning
- To use the tongue, slander(Poel) to slander · (Piel) to slander · (Hiphil) to accuse
How it's translated
- slanders 1
- you slander 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 1
- Proverbs 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary
לָשַׁן lashan · to slander
1) to use the tongue, slander 1a) (Poel) to slander 1b) (Piel) to slander 1c) (Hiphil) to accuse
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
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 Hebrew, not from any one translation.