Definition

by implication, a slander; probably akin to G5574 (ψεύδομαι)); whispering, i.e. secret detraction

Etymology

from a derivative of (a whisper;

Where the KJV renders it

• whispering

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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