psithurismos
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5587. psithurismos

psithurismos: a whispering
Original Word: ψιθυρισμός, οῦ, ὁ
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Transliteration: psithurismos
Phonetic Spelling: (psith-oo-ris-mos')
Short Definition: a whispering, secret slandering
Definition: a whispering, secret slandering.

5587 psithyrismós (from psithos, "whisper") – properly, a whispering to "quietly" spread malicious gossip; "whispering" that launches "secret attacks on a person's character" (Souter).

[5587 (psithyrismós) is "an onomatopoetic word for the sibilant murmur of a snake charmer (Ecc 10:11)" (WP at 2 Cor 12:20).]

Word Origin
from psithurizó (to whisper)
Definition
a whispering
NASB Word Usage
gossip (1).

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whispering.

From a derivative of psithos (a whisper; by implication, a slander; probably akin to pseudomai); whispering, i.e. Secret detraction -- whispering.

see GREEK pseudomai

ψεύσταις — 1 Occ.
ψεύστην — 2 Occ.
ψεύστης — 6 Occ.
ἐψηλάφησαν — 1 Occ.
ψηλαφήσατέ — 1 Occ.
ψηλαφήσειαν — 1 Occ.
ψηλαφωμένῳ — 1 Occ.
ψηφισάτω — 1 Occ.
ψηφίζει — 1 Occ.
ψῆφον — 3 Occ.
ψιθυριστάς — 1 Occ.
ψιχίων — 2 Occ.
ψυχαὶ — 3 Occ.
ψυχαῖς — 3 Occ.
ψυχὰς — 16 Occ.
ψυχῇ — 24 Occ.
ψυχὴν — 41 Occ.
ψυχῆς — 12 Occ.
ψυχῶν — 5 Occ.
ψυχική — 1 Occ.


Strong's Greek 5587
1 Occurrence


ψιθυρισμοί — 1 Occ.

2 Corinthians 12:20 N-NMP
BIB: ἐριθείαι καταλαλιαί ψιθυρισμοί φυσιώσεις ἀκαταστασίαι
NAS: slanders, gossip, arrogance,
KJV: backbitings, whisperings, swellings,
INT: contentions slander gossip conceit disorder

1 Occurrence


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