2001 Translation

DYSPHĒMOIS, dysphēmois

Sounds Like: doos-FEE-moys

Translations: (to) slanderous, (to) abusive, (to) evil-speaking, (to) ill-spoken

From the root: ΔΥΣΦΗΜΟΣ

Part of Speech: Adjective

Explanation: This word is an adjective meaning slanderous, abusive, or evil-speaking. It describes something or someone that speaks ill or uses harmful words. It is used to characterize speech or individuals who engage in defamation or calumny.

Inflection: Plural, Dative, Masculine, Feminine or Neuter

Strong’s number: G1426 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• 2 Maccabees — 13:11

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΔΥΣΦΗΜΟΣ.

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.

• ΔΥΣΦΗΜΑ — evil-speaking, slanderous, blasphemous, abusive, evil things, slanderous things, blasphemous things, abusive things
• ΔΥΣΦΗΜΟΙ — slanderous, blasphemous, evil-speaking, ill-spoken, infamous
• ΔΥΣΦΗΜΟΣ — evil-speaking, abusive, slanderous, defamatory, disgraceful, ill-spoken of, infamous

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