noun · feminine

dusfēmias

Greekδυσφημία (dusfēmia)

Strong’sG1426

evil report, defamation

stem dusfēmi-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

slander1×

What it means

** δυσφημία, -ας, ἡ

(< δύσφημος, slanderous), [in LXX: I Mac 7:38, III Mac 2:20 *;]

evil-speaking, defamation: opp. to εὐφημία, II Co 6:8.†

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

Strong’s G1426 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saiddoos-fay-mee'-ah

defamation

Fromfrom a compound of G1418 and G5345;

King Jamesevil report.

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

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	dusfēmias	dusfēmiais
object accusative	dusfēmian	dusfēmiain
direct address vocative	dusfēmiar	dusfēmiair
of, belonging to genitive	dusfēmiau1×δυσφημίας	dusfēmiaiu
to, for dative	dusfēmia	dusfēmiai

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

dusfēmistem+agender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

dusfēmia 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

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

dusfēmiau“slander”of, belonging togenitive singular1×

2 Corinthians 6:8“slander”dia doxau kai atimiau, dia dusfēmiau kai eufēmiau; hōs planois kai alēthois,through glory and dishonor, slander and praise; viewed as imposters, yet genuine;