Word Study · Strong's H1681 · Hebrew
דִּבָּה
dibbah
dib-baw'
Strong's 1890 spelling: dibbâh
“slander”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
slander
Rendered in the KJV as
defaming, evil report, infamy, slander.
- 9occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 6 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 9inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 9 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 9
- דִבָּ֖ה1
- דִ֝בָּ֗ה1
- דִּבַּ֥ת1
- דִּבַּ֤ת1
- דִּבַּ֣ת1
- דִבַּת־1
- דִּבָּתָ֥ם1
- וְדִבַּת־1
- וְ֝דִבָּתְךָ֗1
How it is rendered · 9
- [the] slander of1
- [the] whispering of1
- a bad report1
- an evil report1
- and [the] whispering of1
- and evil report your1
- of [the] unfavorable report of1
- report their1
- the bad report of1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 5
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)4
- noun · feminine singular2
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular1
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcfsc · 4
- HNcfsa · 2
- HC/Ncfsc · 1
- HC/Ncfsc/Sp2ms · 1
- HNcfsc/Sp3mp · 1
All 9, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Numbers carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Numbers3 occurrences
- Numbers 13:32דִּבַּ֤תdibatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)So they gave the Israelites a bad report about the land that they had spied out: “The land we explored devours its inhabitants, and all the people we saw there are great in stature.here: the bad report of
- Numbers 14:36דִבָּ֖הdibahnoun · feminine singularSo the men Moses had sent to spy out the land, who had returned and made the whole congregation grumble against him by bringing out a bad report about the land—here: a bad report
- Numbers 14:37דִבַּת־dibat-noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)those men who had brought out the bad report about the land—were struck down by a plague before the LORD.here: of [the] unfavorable report of
Proverbs2 occurrences
- Proverbs 10:18דִ֝בָּ֗הdibahnoun · feminine singularThe one who conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever spreads slander is a fool.here: an evil report
- Proverbs 25:10וְ֝דִבָּתְךָ֗vedibatekhaconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singularlest the one who hears may disgrace you, and your infamy never go away.here: and evil report your