backbiting

Found 1 times in the King James Bible

H5643 Hebrew

G2636 Greek

English Definition

a cover (in a good or a bad, a literal or a figurative sense)

ע Hebrew (Old Testament)

Original Script

סֵתֶר

Transliteration

çêther

Strong's Reference H5643

Ω Greek (New Testament)

Original Script

καταλαλία

Transliteration

çêther

Strong's Reference G2636

"Backbiting" translates different words in the original languages. In the Old Testament (Hebrew) it corresponds to H5643, while in the New Testament (Greek) it corresponds to G2636. Context determines which original word is being used.

Occurrences in Scripture

Proverbs 25:23 Old Testament

angry countenance a backbiting tongue.

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