G2636: καταλαλία
katalalía · “slander”
Definition
defamation
KJV translates it as: backbiting, evil speaking
Word origin: from G2637 (κατάλαλος);
Extended 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)
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G2636 is translated
- slander, ×1
- evil speakings ×1
Bible verses with G2636 (katalalía)
Katalalía appears in 2 verses.
- 2 Corinthians 12:20
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:
- 1 Peter 2:1
Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,