adjective

katalalos

Greekκατάλαλος (katalalos)

Strong’sG2637

slanderous, back-biting

stem katalal-once in the New Testament1 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

slanderers1×

What it means

*† κατά-λαλος, -ου, ὁ,

a railer, defamer: Ro 1:30.†

SYN.: (ψιθυριστής), a whisperer (v. Tr., Syn., § cvii, 15; Lft., Notes, 256).

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

Strong’s G2637 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidkat-al'-al-os

talkative against, i.e. a slanderer

Fromfrom G2596 and the base of G2980;

King Jamesbackbiter.

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	masculine singular	feminine singular	neuter singular	masculine plural	feminine plural	neuter plural
subject nominative	katalalos	katalalas	katalalem	katalalois	katalalais	katalaleim
object accusative	katalalon	katalalan		katalaloin1×καταλάλους	katalalain
direct address vocative	katalalor	katalalar		katalaloir	katalalair
of, belonging to genitive	katalalou	katalalau	katalaleu	katalaloiu	katalalaiu	katalaleiu
to, for dative	katalalo	katalala	katalale	katalaloi	katalalai	katalalei

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

katalalstem+oaegender+smnru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

katalal 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

Words built on the same stem

katalalamō — καταλαλέω, I speak evil of

Where it appears

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

katalaloin“slanderers”objectaccusative plural1×

Romans 1:30“slanderers”katalaloin, theostugoin, hubristoin, huperēfanoin, alazōnoin, efeuretoin kakeiu, gonevoi apeithoin,slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant, and boastful. They invent new forms of evil; they disobey their parents.