διαβάλλωdiabállō
(figuratively) to traduce
Greek (New Testament) · G1225
Meanings
1. to throw across.
2. To slander, defame, accuse falsely or maliciously: Luke 16:1.
Same root
- διάdiá · G1223through (in very wide applications, local, causal, or occasional)
- βάλλωbállō · G906to throw (in various applications, more or less violent or intense)
- διάβολοςdiábolos · G1228a traducer; specially, Satan (compare H07854)
- διαφθείρωdiaphtheírō · G1311to rot thoroughly, i.e. (by implication) to ruin (passively, decay utterly, figuratively, pervert)
Where it appears
Appears 1 times in the Bible.
- Luke 16:1 Jesus told this story to his disciples: “There was a certain rich man who had a manager handling his affairs. One day a report came that the manager was wasting his employer’s money.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.