Backbite
Backbite
(in Psa 15:3, , ragal’, to run about tattling; in Pro 25:23, , se’ther, secrecy in tale-bearing; in Rom 1:30, , an evil speaker; in 2Co 12:20, , evil-speaking), maliciously to defame an absent person. SEE SLANDER.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Backbite
In Ps. 15:3, the rendering of a word which means to run about tattling, calumniating; in Prov. 25:23, secret talebearing or slandering; in Rom. 1:30 and 2 Cor. 12:20, evil-speaking, maliciously defaming the absent.
Fuente: Easton’s Bible Dictionary
Backbite
bakbt , raghal; , doloo: 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 (Psa 15:3).
Backbiters bakbt-erz (Greek , katalaloi: Men who speak against. Vulgate, detractors (Rom 1:30).
Backbiting bakbt-ing: , sether: Adj. a backbiting tongue; literally, a tongue of secrecy (Pro 25:23). , katalala: substantive a speaking against (2Co 12:20; Wisdom 2Co 1:11); evil speaking (1Pe 2:1). , glossa trte: 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.