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GreekG2635Verb

καταλαλέω

katalaleō

3Occurrences
G2635Strong's #
VerbPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

to be a traducer, i.e. to slander

from G2637 (κατάλαλος);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
to speak evil of, rail at: in cl., with accusative; in LXX, (a) with genitive, (b) with genitive; in NT, with genitive : pass.
LXX: chiefly for דָבַר ni., pi.

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Verb

Morphology Code

G:V

Full Description

Greek Verb

Occurrences

καταλαλέω appears 3 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Peter
2
James
1

Key Passages

1 Peter 2:12BSB

Conduct yourselves with such honor among the Gentiles that, though they slander you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day He visits us.

1 Peter 3:16BSB

keeping a clear conscience, so that those who slander you may be put to shame by your good behavior in Christ.

James 4:11BSB

Brothers, do not slander one another. Anyone who speaks against his brother or judges him speaks against the law and judges it. And if you judge the law, you are not a practitioner of the law, but a judge of it.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.