King James Bible
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STRONGS NUMBER H1681
Transliteration: dibbah
Phonetic Spelling: (dib-baw')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: whispering, defamation, evil report
Meaning: whispering, defamation, evil report
Word Summary
dibbah: whispering, defamation, evil report
Original Word: דִּבָּהTransliteration: dibbah
Phonetic Spelling: (dib-baw')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: whispering, defamation, evil report
Meaning: whispering, defamation, evil report
Strong's Concordance
defaming, evil report, infamy, slander From dabab (in the sense of furtive motion); slander -- defaming, evil report, infamy, slander.
see HEBREW dabab
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H1681. dibbah
דִּבָּה noun feminine whispering, defamation, evil report (? as that which glides stealthily) — absolute ׳ד Numbers 14:36; Proverbs 10:18; construct דִּבַּת Jeremiah 20:10 4t.; suffix דִּבָּֽתְךָ Proverbs 25:10 דִּבָּתָם Genesis 37:2; —
1 whispering Psalm 31:14; Jeremiah 20:10 (Hi Hup De Gf VB; yet compare Che Psalm).
2 defamation Proverbs 10:18 (with הוציא).
3 evil report, specifically a (true) report of evil doing Genesis 37:2 (P) רָעָה אֶתדִּֿבָּתָם וַיָּבֵא; compare also Proverbs 25:10 & Ezekiel 36:3 וְדִבַּתעָֿ֑ם לָשׁוֺן עַלשְֿׂפַת וֵַתּעֲלוּ, unfavourable report of spies Numbers 13:32; 14:36-37, (all P & all with הוֺצִיא; adjective רעה only 14:37).