Strong's Hebrew: 1681. דִּבָּה (dibbah) -- whispering, defamation, evil report

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Strong's Concordance

dibbah: whispering, defamation, evil report

Original Word: דִּבָּה
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Transliteration: dibbah
Phonetic Spelling: (dib-baw')
Definition: whispering, defamation, evil report

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from dabab
Definition
whispering, defamation, evil report
NASB Translation
bad report (2), bad* (2), evil report (1), report (2), slander (2), whispering (2).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

דִּבָּה noun feminine whispering, defamation, evil report (? as that which glides stealthily) — absolute ׳ד Numbers 14:36; Proverbs 10:18; construct דִּבַּת Jeremiah 20:10 4t.; suffix דִּבָּֽתְךָ Proverbs 25:10 דִּבָּתָם Genesis 37:2; —

1 whispering Psalm 31:14; Jeremiah 20:10 (Hi Hup De Gf VB; yet compare Che Psalm).

2 defamation Proverbs 10:18 (with הוציא).

3 evil report, specifically a (true) report of evil doing Genesis 37:2 (P) וַיָּבֵא אֶתדִּֿבָּתָם רָעָה; compare also Proverbs 25:10 & Ezekiel 36:3 וֵַתּעֲלוּ עַלשְֿׂפַת לָשׁוֺן וְדִבַּתעָֿ֑ם, unfavourable report of spies Numbers 13:32; Numbers 14:36,37 (all P & all with הוֺצִיא; adjective רעה only Numbers 14:37).

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

defaming, evil report, infamy, slander

From dabab (in the sense of furtive motion); slander -- defaming, evil report, infamy, slander.

see HEBREW dabab

Forms and Transliterations

דִ֝בָּ֗ה דִּבַּ֣ת דִּבַּ֤ת דִּבַּ֥ת דִּבָּתָ֥ם דִבַּת־ דִבָּ֖ה דבה דבת דבת־ דבתם וְ֝דִבָּתְךָ֗ וְדִבַּת־ ודבת־ ודבתך dib·bā·ṯām ḏib·bāh dib·baṯ ḏib·baṯ- dibBah ḏibbāh dibBat dibbaṯ ḏibbaṯ- dibbaTam dibbāṯām vedibbat vedibbatecha wə·ḏib·bā·ṯə·ḵā wə·ḏib·baṯ- wəḏibbaṯ- wəḏibbāṯəḵā

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Genesis 37:2
HEB: יוֹסֵ֛ף אֶת־ דִּבָּתָ֥ם רָעָ֖ה אֶל־
NAS: brought back a bad report
KJV: unto his father their evil report.
INT: brought and Joseph report their evil about

Numbers 13:32
HEB: וַיּוֹצִ֜יאוּ דִּבַּ֤ת הָאָ֙רֶץ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר
NAS: of Israel a bad report of the land
KJV: And they brought up an evil report of the land
INT: gave A bad of the land which

Numbers 14:36
HEB: הָ֣עֵדָ֔ה לְהוֹצִ֥יא דִבָּ֖ה עַל־ הָאָֽרֶץ׃
NAS: him by bringing out a bad report concerning
KJV: against him, by bringing up a slander upon the land,
INT: the congregation bringing A bad concerning the land

Numbers 14:37
HEB: הָֽאֲנָשִׁ֔ים מוֹצִאֵ֥י דִבַּת־ הָאָ֖רֶץ רָעָ֑ה
NAS: who brought out the very bad report
KJV: the evil report upon the land,
INT: those brought report of the land the evil

Psalm 31:13
HEB: כִּ֤י שָׁמַ֨עְתִּי ׀ דִּבַּ֥ת רַבִּים֮ מָג֪וֹר
NAS: For I have heard the slander of many,
KJV: For I have heard the slander of many:
INT: for have heard the slander of many Terror

Proverbs 10:18
HEB: שָׁ֑קֶר וּמוֹצִ֥א דִ֝בָּ֗ה ה֣וּא כְסִֽיל׃
NAS: And he who spreads slander is a fool.
KJV: and he that uttereth a slander, [is] a fool.
INT: lying spreads slander he fool

Proverbs 25:10
HEB: יְחַסֶּדְךָ֥ שֹׁמֵ֑עַ וְ֝דִבָּתְךָ֗ לֹ֣א תָשֽׁוּב׃
NAS: [it] will reproach you, And the evil report about you will not pass away.
KJV: [it] put thee to shame, and thine infamy turn not away.
INT: will reproach hears and the evil you will not pass

Jeremiah 20:10
HEB: כִּ֣י שָׁמַ֜עְתִּי דִּבַּ֣ת רַבִּים֮ מָג֣וֹר
NAS: For I have heard the whispering of many,
KJV: For I heard the defaming of many,
INT: for have heard the whispering of many Terror

Ezekiel 36:3
HEB: שְׂפַ֥ת לָשׁ֖וֹן וְדִבַּת־ עָֽם׃
NAS: up in the talk and the whispering of the people.'
KJV: of talkers, and [are] an infamy of the people:
INT: the lips of talkers and the whispering of the people

9 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 1681
9 Occurrences

ḏib·bāh — 2 Occ.
dib·baṯ — 4 Occ.
dib·bā·ṯām — 1 Occ.
wə·ḏib·baṯ- — 1 Occ.
wə·ḏib·bā·ṯə·ḵā — 1 Occ.