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G5588 ψιθυριστής (psithyristḗs)
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Quick Definition

ψιθυριστής, οῦ, ὁ n.m. a whisperer, secret slanderer

Strong's Definition

from the same as 5587; a secret calumniator

KJV Usage: whisperer

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

noun, m. | -οῦ | ψιθυρισμός

33.405 · Communication · Gossip

gossiper one who habitually engages in gossip

ROM 1:29

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ψιθυριστής psithuristēs 1x

a whisperer; a whisperer, gossip, Rom. 1:29*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

* ψιθυριστής, -οῦ, ὁ

(v. supr.),

a whisperer (as epithet of Hermes, Dem., 1358, 6): in bad sense, Ro 1:30.†

Syn.: καταλάλος, q.v

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

ψιθυριστής (psithuristēs) — gossip. ψῐθῠρ-ιστής, οῦ, ὁ, whisperer, at Athens as epithet of Hermes, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of Ἔρως, [Refs]: perhaps compare Mercurius Susurrio, [Refs]

2. slanderer, [NT]

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