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Backbite
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915)
raghal; doloo: To slander the absent, like a dog biting behind the back, where one cannot see; to go about as a talebearer. "He that backbiteth [Revised Version, slandereth] not with his tongue" (
Backbiters bak’-bit-~rz (Greek katalaloi: Men who speak against. Vulgate, "detractors" (
Backbiting bak’-bit-ing: cether: Adj. "a backbiting tongue"; literally, "a tongue of secrecy" (