δυσφημία
dysphēmia · slander, ill repute
Greek word · Strong’s number G1426 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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dysphēmia (δυσφημία) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “slander, ill repute”.
Speak ill of someone, slander; ill repute: being spoken badly of.
How to say it
dys·phē·mi·a
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- People saying ugly things about one, harming one's name.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- bad report ×1
- when slandered ×1
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Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- 1 Corinthians 4:13
when slandered, we encourage; we have become like the refuse of the world, the scum of all things, until now.
- 2 Corinthians 6:8
through glory and dishonor, through bad report and good report; as deceivers and yet true;