דִּבָּה
dibbâh · dib-baw'
slander
Lexicon
Derivation: from H1680 (דָּבַב) (in the sense of furtive motion);
slander
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: defaming, evil report, infamy, slander.
Letters
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the doorway, the way in › the house, what is within › to reveal, behold
The doorway, the way in of the house, what is within that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of דִּבָּה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
9 occurrences · 9 OT · 0 NT · 9 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- report2 · 22%
- a slander2 · 22%
- an evil report1 · 11%
- the slander1 · 11%
- and thine infamy1 · 11%
- the defaming1 · 11%
- and are an infamy1 · 11%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.