Topic
Defame; Defaming
2 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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The verses
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- Jeremiah 20:10ISBE
¶ For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report, say they, and we will report it. All my familiars watched for my halting, saying, Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.
- 1 Corinthians 4:13ISBE
Being defamed, we intreat: we are made as the filth of the world, and are the offscouring of all things unto this day.
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 2 references
de-fam', de-fam'-ing: These words occur but twice in the King James Version, and are translations of dibbah, "slander," from dabhath, "to slander," or spread an evil report, and blasphemeo, "to speak injuriously" of anyone (Jer 20:10; 1Co 4:13). "To defame" differs from "to revile" in that the former refers to public slander, the latter to personal abuse.
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.