Greek word · G2637

κατάλαλος

katalalos

slanderous

Appears once in the Greek New Testament. ·

What it means

κατά-λαλος, -ου, ὁ

a railer, defamer: Romans 1:30.†

SYN.: (ψιθυριστής), a whisperer (see Tr., Syn., § cvii, 15; Lft., Notes, 256) (AS)

From G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

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Where it appears

Romans · 1

  1. Romans 1:30 καταλάλους, slanderers,

    slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant, and boastful. They invent new forms of evil; they disobey their parents.

    Here: Literally 'talking-down/against' (kata + lalein). People who run others down openly. It pairs with 'whisperers' at the end of v. 29: the secret gossip and the open detractor stand side by side. Like every word in the list, it is in the accusative case, describing the 'them' whom God 'handed over' in v. 28.

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