King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G5587
Transliteration: psithyrismos
Phonetic Spelling: (psith-oo-ris-mos')
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: a whispering
Meaning: a whispering
ψιθυρισμός, ψιθυρισμου, ὁ (ψιθυρίζω, to whisper, speak into one's ear), a whispering, i. e. secret slandering, (Vulg.susurratio, German Ohrenbläserei): joined with καταλαλιά (cf. Romans 1:29(30)), 2 Corinthians 12:20; Clement of Rome, 30, 3 [ET]; 35, 5 [ET]. (Plutarch; the Sept. for לַחַשׁ, of the magical murmuring of a charmer of snakes, Ecclesiastes 10:11.)
Word Summary
psithyrismos: a whispering
Original Word: ψιθυρισμόςTransliteration: psithyrismos
Phonetic Spelling: (psith-oo-ris-mos')
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: a whispering
Meaning: a whispering
Strong's Concordance
whispering. From a derivative of psithos (a whisper; by implication, a slander; probably akin to pseudomai); whispering, i.e. Secret detraction -- whispering.
see GREEK pseudomai
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 5587: ψιθυρισμόςψιθυρισμός, ψιθυρισμου, ὁ (ψιθυρίζω, to whisper, speak into one's ear), a whispering, i. e. secret slandering, (Vulg.susurratio, German Ohrenbläserei): joined with καταλαλιά (cf. Romans 1:29(30)), 2 Corinthians 12:20; Clement of Rome, 30, 3 [ET]; 35, 5 [ET]. (Plutarch; the Sept. for לַחַשׁ, of the magical murmuring of a charmer of snakes, Ecclesiastes 10:11.)