What does ψιθυριστής (psithyristḗs) mean in the Bible?
ψιθυριστής (psithyristḗs) is a Greek word meaning "a secret calumniator".
Greek · G5588
ψιθυριστής
A secret calumniator
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ψιθυριστής G5588
Pronunciation psithyristḗs
What does ψιθυριστής (psithyristḗs) mean in the Bible?
ψιθυριστής (psithyristḗs) is a Greek word meaning "a secret calumniator".
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How does the BSB render G5588?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include [They are] gossips (1).
Where does ψιθυριστής (psithyristḗs) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Romans 1:29. Its strongest book concentrations include Romans (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It [They are] gossips 1× Romans 1:29
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First aligned row Romans 1:29
Aligned rows 1
Books represented 1
Romans 1
Source forms
ψιθυριστάς 1x psithyristas Romans 1:29
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural 1x Romans 1:29
Evidence Summary
Greek word. a secret calumniator
Strong's G5588
Lexical occurrences 1 verse Greek text appearances 1 time Word forms 1 form 1 reference Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
a secret calumniator
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
(see supr.), a whisperer (as epithet of Hermes, Dem., 1358, 6): in bad sense, Rom.1:30. Syn.: καταλάλος, q.v
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Romans 1:29 Noun Accusative Plural Masculine
ψιθυριστάς, yiquristav
a whisperer, secret slanderer
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 1 Aligned forms 1 Case pattern Accusative (1) Number pattern Plural (1)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Accusative · Plural · Masculine Rom 1:29 1×
Word Origins
ψιθυριστής is built from this root:
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain