ΔΙΑΒΟΛΗ, διαβολη
DIABOLĒ, diabolē
Sounds Like: dee-ah-boh-LEE
Translations: slander, a slander, accusation, a false accusation, calumny
From the root: ΔΙΑΒΟΛΗ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to slander, false accusation, or calumny. It describes the act of making damaging and untrue statements about someone, often with malicious intent. It can be used in contexts where someone is being accused falsely or where harmful gossip is being spread.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Accusative, or Vocative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G1228 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Sirach — 19:15
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
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.
- ΔΙΑΒΟΛΑΙ — slanders, accusations, calumnies
- ΔΙΑΒΟΛΑΙΣ — slanders, accusations, calumnies, false charges
- 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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