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Strong's #5587 - ψιθυρισμός
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- a whispering, i.e. secret slandering
- of the magical murmuring of a charmer of snakes
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ψῐθῠρ-ισμός, ὁ,
whispering, Phld. Ir. p.55 W., Luc. Am. 15; πρός τινα Plu. 2.45d, etc.
2. slandering, ib.143f, 2 Corinthians 12:20 (pl.).
3. whistle of a snake-charmer, LXX Ecclesiastes 10:11.
4. crepitation, Dsc. 5.159.
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. Romans 1:29(30)), 2 Corinthians 12:20; Clement of Rome, 30, 3 [ET]; 35, 5 [ET]. (Plutarch; the Sept. for לַחַשׁ, of the magical murmuring of a charmer of snakes, Ecclesiastes 10:11.)
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† ψιθυρισμός , -οῦ , ὁ
(< ψιθυρίζω , to whisper),
[in LXX: Ecclesiastes 10:11 (H3908) *;]
a whispering;
(a) of secret slander, 2 Corinthians 12:20 (Plut.);
(b) of a murmured enchantment, Ec, l.c.†
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