Whisperer, Whispering - Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words

Whisperer, Whispering

[ 1,,G5588, psithuristes ]
a whisperer," occurs in an evil sense in Romans 1:29.

[ 2,,G5587, psithurismos ]
"a whispering," is used of "secret slander" in 2 Corinthians 12:20. In the Sept., Ecclesiastes 10:11, of "a murmured enchantment."

Note: Synonymous with No. 1 is katalalos, "a backbiter" (Romans 1:30), the distinction being that this denotes one guilty of open calumny, psithuristes, one who does it clandestinely.

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