H1681 דִּבָּה
Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 9 KJV occurrences
דִּבָּה
dibbâh · dib-baw'
Definition
slander
KJV Renderings
defaming, evil report, infamy, slander.
Derivation / Etymology
from H1680 (דָּבַב) (in the sense of furtive motion);
Sample KJV Verses (8 of 9)
- Genesis 37:2These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the lad was with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives: and Joseph brought unto his father their evil report.
- Numbers 13:32And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone to search it, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it are men of a great stature.
- Numbers 14:36And the men, which Moses sent to search the land, who returned, and made all the congregation to murmur against him, by bringing up a slander upon the land,
- Numbers 14:37Even those men that did bring up the evil report upon the land, died by the plague before the LORD.
- Psalms 31:13For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.
- Proverbs 10:18He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.
- Proverbs 25:10Lest he that heareth it put thee to shame, and thine infamy turn not away.
- Jeremiah 20:10¶ For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report, say they, and we will report it. All my familiars watched for my halting, saying, Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.