"evil-speaking, detraction, backbiting, slandering, 2 Cor. 12:20; 1 Pet. 2:1*"
Definition and meaning
evil-speaking, detraction, backbiting, slandering, 2 Cor. 12:20; 1 Pet. 2:1*
In the original Greek the word is written: καταλαλιά
Scripture references
These are the most notable occurrences of katalalia (G2636) across the King James Bible.
For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults:
Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,
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Common questions
Strong's G2636 (katalalia) is a Greek word that means: evil-speaking, detraction, backbiting, slandering, 2 Cor. 12:20; 1 Pet. 2:1* It appears 2 times in the King James Bible.
The word katalalia (G2636) appears 2 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G2636 is katalalia, a Greek word defined as: evil-speaking, detraction, backbiting, slandering, 2 Cor. 12:20; 1 Pet. 2:1*. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
katalalia is a Greek word found in the New Testament.