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== Easton's [[Bible]] [[Dictionary]] == [[Psalm]] 15:3Proverbs 25:23Romans 1:30 2 Corinthians 12:20 == Webster's Dictionary == <p> (1): </p> <p> (v. i.) To censure or revile the absent. </p> <p> (2): </p> <p> (v. i.) To wound by clandestine detraction; to censure meanly or spitefully (an absent person); to slander or speak evil of (one absent). </p> == [[International]] Standard Bible [[Encyclopedia]] == <p> '''''bak´bı̄t''''' רגל , <i> '''''rāghal''''' </i> ; δολόω , <i> '''''dolóō''''' </i> ̌ : To slander the absent, like a dog biting behind the back, where one cannot see; to go about as a talebearer. "He that backbiteth [Revised Version, slandereth not with his tongue" (Psalm 15:3 ). </p> <p> Backbiters ''''' bak´bı̄t''''' -'''''ẽrz''''' (Greek κατάλαλοι , <i> '''''katálaloi''''' </i> ̌ : Men who speak against. Vulgate, "detractors" (Romans 1:30 ). </p> <p> [[Backbiting]] ''''' bak´bı̄t''''' -'''''ing''''' : סתר , <i> '''''ṣether''''' </i> ̌ : Adj. "a backbiting tongue"; literally, "a tongue of secrecy" (Proverbs 25:23 ). καταλαλία , <i> '''''katalalı́a''''' </i> ̌ : substantive "a speaking against" (2 Corinthians 12:20; [[Wisdom]] 2 Corinthians 1:11 ); "evil speaking" (1 Peter 2:1 ). γλώσσα τρίτη , <i> '''''glō̇ssa trı́tē''''' </i> ̌ : "a backbiting tongue" (the King James Version of [[Ecclesiasticus]] 28:14, 15); more literally translated in the [[Revised]] Version (British and American) "a third person's tongue." </p> == [[Cyclopedia]] of Biblical, [[Theological]] and [[Ecclesiastical]] Literature == <p> (in Psalms 15:3, רָגִל, ragal', to run about tattling; in Proverbs 25:23, סֵתֶר, se'ther, secrecy in tale-bearing; in Romans 1:30, κατάλαλος, an evil speaker; in 2 Corinthians 12:20, καταλαλιά, evil-speaking), maliciously to defame an absent person. (See [[Slander]]). </p> | |||
== Easton's Bible Dictionary | |||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia | |||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature | |||
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<ref name="term_30670"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/easton-s-bible-dictionary/backbite Backbite from Easton's Bible Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_90822"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/backbite Backbite from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_1672"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/backbite Backbite from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_22340"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/backbite Backbite from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | |||
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Revision as of 20:54, 11 October 2021
== Easton's Bible Dictionary == Psalm 15:3Proverbs 25:23Romans 1:30 2 Corinthians 12:20 == Webster's Dictionary ==
(1):
(v. i.) To censure or revile the absent.
(2):
(v. i.) To wound by clandestine detraction; to censure meanly or spitefully (an absent person); to slander or speak evil of (one absent).
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia ==
bak´bı̄t רגל , rāghal ; δολόω , dolóō ̌ : To slander the absent, like a dog biting behind the back, where one cannot see; to go about as a talebearer. "He that backbiteth [Revised Version, slandereth not with his tongue" (Psalm 15:3 ).
Backbiters bak´bı̄t -ẽrz (Greek κατάλαλοι , katálaloi ̌ : Men who speak against. Vulgate, "detractors" (Romans 1:30 ).
Backbiting bak´bı̄t -ing : סתר , ṣether ̌ : Adj. "a backbiting tongue"; literally, "a tongue of secrecy" (Proverbs 25:23 ). καταλαλία , katalalı́a ̌ : substantive "a speaking against" (2 Corinthians 12:20; Wisdom 2 Corinthians 1:11 ); "evil speaking" (1 Peter 2:1 ). γλώσσα τρίτη , glō̇ssa trı́tē ̌ : "a backbiting tongue" (the King James Version of Ecclesiasticus 28:14, 15); more literally translated in the Revised Version (British and American) "a third person's tongue."
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature ==
(in Psalms 15:3, רָגִל, ragal', to run about tattling; in Proverbs 25:23, סֵתֶר, se'ther, secrecy in tale-bearing; in Romans 1:30, κατάλαλος, an evil speaker; in 2 Corinthians 12:20, καταλαλιά, evil-speaking), maliciously to defame an absent person. (See Slander).
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