ΔΙΑΒΟΛΑΙ, διαβολαι
DIABOLAI, diabolai
Sounds Like: dee-ah-boh-LAI
Translations: slanders, accusations, calumnies
From the root: ΔΙΑΒΟΛΗ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to malicious accusations, false charges, or slander. It describes the act of defaming someone or making false statements intended to harm their reputation. It is typically used in contexts where someone is being unjustly accused or maligned.
Inflection: Plural, Nominative or Vocative
Strong’s number: G1228 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 16 — 8:269
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΔΙΑΒΟΛΗ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΔΙΑΒΟΛΑΙΣ — slanders, accusations, calumnies, false charges
- ΔΙΑΒΟΛΗ — slander, a slander, accusation, a false accusation, calumny
- ΔΙΑΒΟΛΗΝ — slander, accusation, calumny, false charge, a slander, an accusation, a calumny, a false charge
- ΤΑΣΔΙΑΒΟΛΑΣ — slanders, accusations, false charges, calumnies, of slanders, of accusations, of false charges, of calumnies
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