Backbiting
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
(n.) Secret slander; detraction.
Greek
2636. katalalia -- evil-speaking
... of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: katalalia Phonetic Spelling:
(kat-al-al-ee'-ah) Short Definition: evil-speaking, backbiting, detraction Definition ...
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Strong's Hebrew
5643. cether -- a covering, hiding place, secrecy
... 5642b, 5643. cether. 5643a . a covering, hiding place, secrecy. Transliteration:
cether Phonetic Spelling: (say'-ther) Short Definition: backbiting. ...
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5643a. sether -- a covering, hiding place, secrecy
... Word Origin from sathar Definition a covering, hiding place, secrecy NASB Word Usage
backbiting (1), covert (1), disguises* (1), hidden part (1), hiding place ...
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Library

Whether Backbiting is a Mortal Sin?
... OF BACKBITING [*Or detraction] (FOUR ARTICLES) Whether backbiting is a mortal sin?
Objection 1: It would seem that backbiting is not a mortal sin. ...
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Whether Backbiting is the Gravest of all Sins Committed against ...
... OF BACKBITING [*Or detraction] (FOUR ARTICLES) Whether backbiting is the gravest
of all sins committed against one's neighbor? Objection ...
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Of Backbiting [*Or Detraction] (Four Articles)
... OF BACKBITING [*Or detraction] (FOUR ARTICLES). We must now consider backbiting,
under which head there are four points of inquiry: (1) What is backbiting? ...
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Whether Backbiting is Suitably Defined as the Blackening of ...
... OF BACKBITING [*Or detraction] (FOUR ARTICLES) Whether backbiting is suitably defined
as the blackening of another's character by secret words? ...
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Whether Cursing is a Graver Sin than Backbiting?
... OF CURSING (FOUR ARTICLES) Whether cursing is a graver sin than backbiting? Objection
1: It would seem that cursing is a graver sin than backbiting. ...
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Whether Backbiting is a Graver Sin than Tale-Bearing?
... OF TALE-BEARING [*'Susurratio,' ie whispering] (TWO ARTICLES) Whether
backbiting is a graver sin than tale-bearing? Objection 1: It ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether backbiting is a graver.htm

Whether Tale-Bearing is a Sin Distinct from Backbiting?
... OF TALE-BEARING [*'Susurratio,' ie whispering] (TWO ARTICLES) Whether
tale-bearing is a sin distinct from backbiting? Objection ...
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Whether it is a Grave Sin for the Listener to Suffer the Backbiter ...
... OF BACKBITING [*Or detraction] (FOUR ARTICLES) Whether it is a grave sin
for the listener to suffer the backbiter? Objection 1: It ...
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Of the Meaning of the Seven Nations of Whose Lands Israel Took ...
... of the destroyer:" and of temptation: "Neither let us tempt Christ as some of them
tempted and perished by the serpents." [1346] Of backbiting: "Love not ...
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Whether Derision Can be a Mortal Sin?
... Objection 3: Further, reviling and backbiting seem to be graver sins than derision,
because it is more to do a thing seriously than in jest. ...
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Thesaurus
Backbiting (2 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Backbiting (2 Occurrences). ... (See JPS). Proverbs 25:23 The
north wind brings forth rain: so a backbiting tongue brings an angry face. ...
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Backbite
... Vulgate, "detractors" (Romans 1:30)). Backbiting bak'-bit-ing: cether: Adj. "a
backbiting tongue"; literally, "a tongue of secrecy" (Proverbs 25:23). ...
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Evilspeaking
... ev'-l-spek'-ing: Occurs twice in English Versions: (1) 1 Peter 2:1 it is the
translation of katalalia, "a speaking against," rendered "backbiting" in 2 ...
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Evil-speaking (5 Occurrences)
... ev'-l-spek'-ing: Occurs twice in English Versions: (1) 1 Peter 2:1 it is the
translation of katalalia, "a speaking against," rendered "backbiting" in 2 ...
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Driveth (8 Occurrences)
... mouth. (YLT). Proverbs 25:23 The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an
angry countenance a backbiting tongue. (KJV WBS). Isaiah ...
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Backbone (1 Occurrence)

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Busybody (3 Occurrences)
... the apostolic church as they are today. To this day backbiting is a common
trait of oriental peoples. And it is this sin which is ...
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Back-biters (1 Occurrence)
Back-biters. Backbiters, Back-biters. Backbiting . Multi-Version Concordance ...
Backbiters, Back-biters. Backbiting . Reference Bible.
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Mocked (40 Occurrences)
... scorn. (KJV WBS). Psalms 35:16 With the profanest mockeries of backbiting
they gnash at me with their teeth. (See RSV NIV). Psalms ...
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Resources
What does the Bible say about backbiting? | GotQuestions.org

Specific Sins ' Article Index | GotQuestions.org

Why is "You shall not give false testimony" in the Ten Commandments? | GotQuestions.org

Backbiting: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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Concordance
Backbiting (2 Occurrences)

Psalms 35:16
Like the profane mockers in feasts, They gnashed upon me with their teeth.
(See JPS)

Proverbs 25:23
The north wind brings forth rain: so a backbiting tongue brings an angry face.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

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