G5587: ψιθυρισμός
psithyrismós · “gossip”
Definition
by implication, a slander; probably akin to G5574 (ψεύδομαι)); whispering, i.e. secret detraction
KJV translates it as: whispering
Word origin: from a derivative of (a whisper;
Extended 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)
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G5587 is translated
- gossip, ×1
Bible verses with G5587 (psithyrismós)
Psithyrismós appears in 1 verse.
- 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: