Difference between revisions of "Talebearing Slander"
(Created page with "Talebearing Slander <ref name="term_54156" /> <p> <strong> SLANDER, TALEBEARING </strong> . Both noun and verb ‘slander’ are used of malicious gossip of varying degrees o...") |
|||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
Talebearing Slander <ref name="term_54156" /> | |||
<p> <strong> | Talebearing Slander <ref name="term_54156" /> | ||
==References == | <p> <strong> [[Slander,]] [[Talebearing]] </strong> . Both noun and verb ‘slander’ are used of malicious gossip of varying degrees of heinousness. The references are all to the slandering of persons, except Numbers 14:36 [[Av]] [Note: Authorized Version.] , where [[Rv]] [Note: Revised Version.] has ‘an evil report against the land.’ The expression ‘walking with slanders’ ( Jeremiah 6:28; cf. Jeremiah 9:4 ) is in the original identical with ‘going about as a talebearer’ ( Leviticus 19:16 , Proverbs 11:13; Proverbs 20:19; cf. Ezekiel 22:9 in [[Av]] [Note: Authorized Version.] and [[Rv]] [Note: Revised Version.] ). The element of falsehood in the gossip is seen in 2 Samuel 19:27 , where ‘slandered’ is synonymous with ‘falsely accused.’ ‘Of no sin and wickedness are there so many complaints in [[Ot]] as of slander and false accusation whereof the Psalms are witness’ (Cornill, <em> Jeremia </em> , 89). See, further, Crimes and Punishments, [[§]] <strong> 5 </strong> . </p> <p> [[A.]] [[R.]] [[S.]] Kennedy. </p> | ||
== References == | |||
<references> | <references> | ||
<ref name="term_54156"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/hastings-dictionary-of-the-bible/slander,+talebearing Talebearing Slander from Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible]</ref> | <ref name="term_54156"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/hastings-dictionary-of-the-bible/slander,+talebearing Talebearing Slander from Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible]</ref> | ||
</references> | </references> | ||
Latest revision as of 00:04, 13 October 2021
Talebearing Slander [1]
Slander, Talebearing . Both noun and verb ‘slander’ are used of malicious gossip of varying degrees of heinousness. The references are all to the slandering of persons, except Numbers 14:36 Av [Note: Authorized Version.] , where Rv [Note: Revised Version.] has ‘an evil report against the land.’ The expression ‘walking with slanders’ ( Jeremiah 6:28; cf. Jeremiah 9:4 ) is in the original identical with ‘going about as a talebearer’ ( Leviticus 19:16 , Proverbs 11:13; Proverbs 20:19; cf. Ezekiel 22:9 in Av [Note: Authorized Version.] and Rv [Note: Revised Version.] ). The element of falsehood in the gossip is seen in 2 Samuel 19:27 , where ‘slandered’ is synonymous with ‘falsely accused.’ ‘Of no sin and wickedness are there so many complaints in Ot as of slander and false accusation whereof the Psalms are witness’ (Cornill, Jeremia , 89). See, further, Crimes and Punishments, § 5 .
