Word

καταλαλέω

katalaléō · G2635 · Greek · 5 occurrences

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Meanings

to speak evil of, to slander, slander

To speak against, often involving speaking evil of

Examples
James 4:11 Do not speak against one another, brothers and sisters. The one who speaks against a brother or sister, or judges his brother or sister, speaks against the law and judges the law; but if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge of it.
1 Peter 2:12 Keep your behavior excellent among the Gentiles, so that in the thing in which they slander you as evildoers, they may because of your good deeds, as they observe them, glorify God on the day of visitation.
1 Peter 3:16 and keep a good conscience so that in the thing in which you are slandered, those who disparage your good behavior in Christ will be put to shame.

How it’s used In 5 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

5 occurrences in 5 groups

Not stated: you (more than one) 2
καταλαλέωto speak evil of 1
κρίνωto judge 1
Not stated: they 1
Not stated (participle) 1

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

4 occurrences in 4 groups

ἀλλήλωνeach other, one another 1
νόμοςlaw, the Law 1
σύyou 1
ἀδελφόςbrother 1

With adverbsAdverbs

1 occurrences in 1 groups

μήnot 1

What it doesIt is the subject

1 occurrences in 1 groups

καταλαλέωto speak evil of 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

2 occurrences in 1 groups

ἐνin 4

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Semantic domains 1 entry

To speak evil of, to slander, slander33.387: In James 4:11, James warns, “Do not speak against one another, brothers and sisters. The one who speaks against a brother or sister, or judges his brother or sister, speaks against the law and judges the law,” using this word for the act of making a negative, disparaging statement about someone.

Word family 12 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

λαλέω laléō · G2980 · to speak, to say, to talk · 298×συλλαλέω syllaléō · G4814 · to talk with, to speak with, to converse · 6×καταλαλέωkatalaléō · G2635ἄλαλος álalos · G216 · dumb, mute, unable to speak · 3×λαλιά laliá · G2981 · what is said, talk, utterance · 3×διαλαλέω dialaléō · G1255 · to converse, to discuss · 2×καταλαλία katalalía · G2636 · to speak evil of, to slander, slander · 2×προσλαλέω proslaléō · G4354 · to speak to, to address · 2×ἀλάλητος alálētos · G215 · what cannot be expressed in words · 1×ἀνεκλάλητος aneklálētos · G412 · what cannot be expressed in words · 1×ἐκλαλέω eklaléō · G1583 · to tell, to inform, to report on · 1×κατάλαλος katálalos · G2637 · slanderer, one who insults · 1×

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon καταλάλω; to speak against one, to criminate, traduce: τίνος (in classical Greek mostly…

καταλάλω; to speak against one, to criminate, traduce: τίνος (in classical Greek mostly with the accusative; in the Sept. chiefly followed by κατά τίνος), Jas 4:11; 1 Pet 2:12; 1 Pet 3:16 (here T Tr marginal reading WH, ἐν ᾧ καταλαλεῖσθε, wherein ye are spoken against).

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Insult, Slander5 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0