King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G2636
Transliteration: katalalia
Phonetic Spelling: (kat-al-al-ee'-ah)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: evil-speaking
Meaning: evil-speaking
καταλαλιά, καταλαλιάς, ἡ (κατάλαλος, which see), defamation, evil-speaking: 2 Corinthians 12:20; 1 Peter 2:1 (on the plural cf. Winers Grammar, 176 (166); Buttmann, 77 (67)). (Wis. 1:11; Clement of Rome, 1 Cor. 30, 1 [ET]; 35, 5 [ET], and ecclesiastical writings; not found in classical Greek.)
Word Summary
katalalia: evil-speaking
Original Word: καταλαλιάTransliteration: katalalia
Phonetic Spelling: (kat-al-al-ee'-ah)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: evil-speaking
Meaning: evil-speaking
Strong's Concordance
backbiting, evil speaking. From katalalos; defamation -- backbiting, evil speaking.
see GREEK katalalos
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2636: καταλαλιάκαταλαλιά, καταλαλιάς, ἡ (κατάλαλος, which see), defamation, evil-speaking: 2 Corinthians 12:20; 1 Peter 2:1 (on the plural cf. Winers Grammar, 176 (166); Buttmann, 77 (67)). (Wis. 1:11; Clement of Rome, 1 Cor. 30, 1 [ET]; 35, 5 [ET], and ecclesiastical writings; not found in classical Greek.)