Quick Definition
a whispering, secret slandering
Strong's Definition
by implication, a slander; probably akin to G5574 (ψεύδομαι)); whispering, i.e. secret detraction
Derivation: from a derivative of (a whisper;
KJV Usage: whispering
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ψιθυρισμός, ψιθυρισμου, ὁ (ψιθυρίζω, to whisper, speak into one's ear), a whispering, i. e. secret slandering, (Vulg.susurratio, German Ohrenbläserei): joined with καταλαλιά (cf. Rom_1:29(30)), 2Co_12:20; Clement of Rome, 30, 3 [ET]; 35, 5 [ET]. (Plutarch; the Sept. for μΗηΗωΡ, of the magical murmuring of a charmer of snakes, Ecc_10:11.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ψιθυρισμός psithurismos 1x
a whispering; a calumnious whispering, gossip, 2Co_12:20
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
† ψιθυρισμός , -οῦ , ὁ
( < ψιθυρίζω , to whisper ),
[in LXX : Ecc_10:11 ( H3908 ) * ;]
a whispering;
(a) of secret slander, 2Co_12:20 ( Plut .);
(b) of a murmured enchantment, Ec, l.c .†
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
ψιθυρισμός ψι^θυ^ρισμός, οῦ, ὁ, [Etym: from ψι^θυ^ρίζω] "a whispering", Luc. "whispering, slandering", NTest.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ψιθυρισμός, -οῦ, ὁ
(ψιθυρίζω, to whisper), [in LXX: Ecc.10:11 (לַחַשׁ) * ;]
a whispering;
__(a) of secret slander, 2Co.12:20 (Plut.);
__(b) of a murmured enchantment, Ec, l.with†
(AS)