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verb

Greekδιαβάλλω (diaballō)
Biblang

diaballomō

Strong’sG1225

I slander, complain of, accuse

stem diaball-once in the New Testament1 forms occur

What it means

What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.

δια-βάλλω

[in LXX: Da LXX 3:8, Da TH 3:8 6:24 (25) (אֲכַל קְרַץ), II Mac 3:11, IV Mac 4:1 *;]

1. to throw across.
2. To slander, defame, accuse falsely or maliciously: Lk 16:1 (Cremer, 120).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G1225 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saiddee-ab-al'-lo

(figuratively) to traduce

Fromfrom G1223 and G906;

King Jamesaccuse.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
διαβάλλω,
future -βᾰλῶ: perfect -βέβληκα:— throw or carry over or across, νέας Refs 5th c.BC+; in wrestling, Refs 5th c.BC+
2 more frequently intransitive, pass over, cross, ἐκ.. ἐς.. Refs 5th c.BC+
3 put through, τῆς θύρας δάκτυλον Refs 4th c.BC+
II in Refs 5th c.BC+ whatever scraps they threw to him, with a play on signification see
III set at variance, ἐμὲ καὶ Ἀγάθωνα Refs 5th c.BC+; set against, τινὰς πρὸς τὰ πάθη, πρὸς τὴν βρῶσιν, Refs 1st c.AD+; bring into discredit, μή με διαβάλῃς στρατῷ Refs 5th c.BC+:— passive, to be at variance with, τινί Refs; to be filled with suspicion and resentment against another, Refs 5th c.BC+; to be brought into discredit, ἐς τοὺς ξυμμάχους Refs 5th c.BC+discredited, Refs 5th c.BC+
IV put off with evasions, δ. τινὰ μίαν (i.e. ἡμέραν) ἐκ μιᾶς Refs 2nd c.AD+
V attack a man's character, calumniate, δ. τοὺς Ἀθηναίους πρὸς τὸν Ἀρταφρένεα Refs 5th c.BC+; διέβαλλον τοὺς Ἴωνας ὡς δι᾽ ἐκείνους ἀπολοίατο αἱ νέες Refs 5th c.BC+; accuse, complain of, without implied malice or falsehood, Refs 2nd c.BC+: with dative of things, reproach a man with.., τῇ ἀτυχίᾳ Refs 5th c.BC+; δ. τινὰ εἴς or πρός τι, Refs 2nd c.AD+:—passive, διεβλήθη ὡς NT+2nd c.AD+
V.2 with accusative of things, misrepresent, Refs 4th c.BC+: speak or state slanderously, ὡς οὗτος διέβαλλεν Refs; τοῦτό μου διαβάλλει Refsgive hostile information, without any insinuation of falsehood, Refs 5th c.BC+
V.3 δ. τι εἴς τινα lay the blame for a thing on.., Refs 6th c.AD+
V.4 disprove a scientific or philosophical doctrine, Refs 2nd c.AD+:—passive, Refs 1st c.AD+
V.5 δ. ἔπος declare it spurious, Refs
VI deceive by false accounts, impose upon, mislead, τινά Refs 5th c.BC+:—middle, Refs 5th c.BC+:—passive, Refs 5th c.BC+
VII divert from a course of action, πρὸς τὴν κακίαν τινάς Refs:—passive, ψυχὴ -βέβληται πρὸς μάχην Refs 2nd c.AD+
VIII middle, contract an obligation (?), Refs
IX διαβάλλεσθαι ἀστραγάλοις πρός τινα throw against him, Refs 1st c.AD+

H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.

Translated as

Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.

charges … brought1×

Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.

Biblang forms

What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.

Form and the Greek behind itWhat it isUsuallyTimes
diaballitaδιεβλήθηhappened · he/she/itaorist passive indicative 3rd person singularcharges … brought1×

Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.

Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, 1 occurrence

acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice

Who personhappening now presentwas happening imperfecthas happened perfecthad happened pluperfect
I 1st person singulardiaballomōdiaballomediaballomēdiaballomelē
you 2nd person singulardiaballosōdiaballosediaballosēdiaballoselē
he/she/it 3rd person singulardiaballotōdiaballotediaballotēdiaballotelē
we 1st person pluraldiaballonōdiaballonediaballonēdiaballonelē
ye 2nd person pluraldiaballovōdiaballovediaballovēdiaballovelē
they 3rd person pluraldiaballolōdiaballolediaballolēdiaballolelē

acted on passive voice

Who personwill happen futurehappened aorist
I 1st person singulardiaballimidiaballima
you 2nd person singulardiaballisidiaballisa
he/she/it 3rd person singulardiaballitidiaballita1×διεβλήθη
we 1st person pluraldiaballinidiaballina
ye 2nd person pluraldiaballividiaballiva
they 3rd person pluraldiaballilidiaballila
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences

acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice

Who personhappening now presenthas happened perfect
I 1st person singulardiaballomeiōdiaballomeiē
you 2nd person singulardiaballoseiōdiaballoseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singulardiaballoteiōdiaballoteiē
we 1st person pluraldiaballoneiōdiaballoneiē
ye 2nd person pluraldiaballoveiōdiaballoveiē
they 3rd person pluraldiaballoleiōdiaballoleiē

acted on passive voice

Who personhappened aorist
I 1st person singulardiaballimeia
you 2nd person singulardiaballiseia
he/she/it 3rd person singulardiaballiteia
we 1st person pluraldiaballineia
ye 2nd person pluraldiaballiveia
they 3rd person pluraldiaballileia
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences

acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice

Who personhappening now presenthas happened perfect
you 2nd person singulardiaballosōrdiaballosēr
he/she/it 3rd person singulardiaballotōrdiaballotēr
ye 2nd person pluraldiaballovōrdiaballovēr
they 3rd person pluraldiaballolōrdiaballolēr

acted on passive voice

Who personhappened aorist
you 2nd person singulardiaballisar
he/she/it 3rd person singulardiaballitar
ye 2nd person pluraldiaballivar
they 3rd person pluraldiaballilar
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences

acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice

Who personhappening now present
I 1st person singulardiaballomoiō
you 2nd person singulardiaballosoiō
he/she/it 3rd person singulardiaballotoiō
we 1st person pluraldiaballonoiō
ye 2nd person pluraldiaballovoiō
they 3rd person pluraldiaballoloiō

acted on passive voice

Who personhappened aorist
I 1st person singulardiaballimoia
you 2nd person singulardiaballisoia
he/she/it 3rd person singulardiaballitoia
we 1st person pluraldiaballinoia
ye 2nd person pluraldiaballivoia
they 3rd person pluraldiaballiloia
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
Who is acting voicehappening now presentwill happen futurehappened aoristhas happened perfect
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voicediaballorōdiaballorē
acted on passive voicediaballiridiaballira
Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences
Who is acting voicehappening now presentwill happen futurehappened aoristhas happened perfect
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voicediaballorōntosdiaballorēntos
acted on passive voicediaballirintosdiaballirantos

Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.

How every form is built — the slots that make them
diaballstem+aoeiwho is acting voice+mstnvl—who person+—eiroistatement, command, wish mood+ōeiaēelēwhen tense+—ntthen it declines+—ogender+—sits job in the sentence case

diaball is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

diaballita“charges … brought”happened · he/she/itaorist passive indicative 3rd person singular1×

Luke 16:1“charges … brought”… plousios hos echate oikonomon, kai houtos diaballita auto hōs diaskorpizarōntos teim huparcharōnteim autou.… was a rich man whose manager was accused of wasting his possessions.