ΚΑΤΑΛΑΛΕΙ, καταλαλει
KATALALEI, katalalei
Sounds Like: kah-tah-lah-LEH-ee
Translations: slander, speak evil of, revile, speak against, backbite
From the root: ΚΑΤΑΛΑΛΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This verb means to speak evil of someone, to slander, or to backbite. It implies speaking against someone in a malicious or derogatory way, often behind their back. It is used to describe the act of defaming or reviling another person.
Inflection: Present, Active, Indicative, Third Person Singular or Imperative, Second Person Singular
Strong’s number: G2635 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
The Shepherd of Hermas — Commandments
- Mandate 2 — 1:2
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- James — 4:11
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΑΤΑΛΑΛΕΩ.
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.
- ΚΑΤΑΛΑΛΕΙΝ — to speak evil of, to slander, to revile, to backbite
- ΚΑΤΑΛΑΛΕΙΣΘΕ — you are spoken against, you are slandered, you are reviled, you are defamed
- ΚΑΤΑΛΑΛΕΙΤΑΙ — is spoken against, is slandered, is reviled, is defamed
- ΚΑΤΑΛΑΛΕΙΤΕ — speak evil against, slander, revile, defame
- ΚΑΤΑΛΑΛΕΩ — speak against, slander, revile, defame, backbite
- ΚΑΤΑΛΑΛΗΣΑΙ — to speak against, to slander, to revile, to backbite
- ΚΑΤΑΛΑΛΗΣΟΥΣΙΝ — they will speak against, they will slander, they will revile, they will defame
- ΚΑΤΑΛΑΛΟΥΝΤΑ — slandering, speaking evil, defaming, reviling, a slanderer, an evil speaker
- ΚΑΤΑΛΑΛΟΥΝΤΟΣ — slandering, speaking evil, defaming, reviling, backbiting
- ΚΑΤΑΛΑΛΟΥΣ — slanderers, evil speakers, backbiters, revilers, those who speak against
- ΚΑΤΑΛΑΛΟΥΣΙΝ — they speak against, they slander, they revile
- ΚΑΤΑΛΑΛΩΝ — slanderer, a slanderer, one who speaks against, one who reviles
- ΚΑΤΕΙΠΑΝΤΕΣ — speaking against, slandering, reviling, defaming
- ΚΑΤΕΛΑΛΕΙ — he was speaking against, he was slandering, he was reviling, he was gossiping
- ΚΑΤΕΛΑΛΕΙΣ — you were speaking against, you slandered, you spoke evil of, you reviled
- ΚΑΤΕΛΑΛΗΣΑΜΕΝ — we spoke against, we slandered, we reviled, we defamed
- ΚΑΤΕΛΑΛΗΣΑΝ — they spoke against, they slandered, they reviled, they defamed
- ΚΑΤΕΛΑΛΗΣΑΤΕ — you spoke against, you slandered, you maligned
- ΚΑΤΕΛΑΛΟΥΝ — they spoke against, they slandered, they reviled
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