What does דִּבָּה (dibāh) mean in the Bible?
דִּבָּה (dibāh): Malicious whispering or rumor designed to damage reputation; carries connotation of secretive, damaging speech
Hebrew · H1681
דִּבָּה
Slander
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דִּבָּה H1681
Pronunciation dibāh
What does דִּבָּה (dibāh) mean in the Bible?
דִּבָּה (dibāh): Malicious whispering or rumor designed to damage reputation; carries connotation of secretive, damaging speech
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H1681?
The BSB source-word alignment has 9 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include a bad report (2), report (2), and your infamy (1), in slander (1), slander (1).
Where does דִּבָּה (dibāh) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Genesis 37:2. Its strongest book concentrations include Numbers (3), Proverbs (2), Ezekiel (1), Genesis (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It a bad report 2× Numbers 13:32, Numbers 14:36
report 2× Genesis 37:2, Numbers 14:37
and your infamy 1× Proverbs 25:10
in slander 1× Ezekiel 36:3
slander 1× Proverbs 10:18
the slander 1× Psalms 31:13
the whispering 1× Jeremiah 20:10
Show sample aligned rows
Genesis 37:2 דִּבָּתָ֥ם to report Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural Numbers 13:32 דִּבַּ֤ת to a bad report Noun - feminine singular construct Numbers 14:36 דִבָּ֖ה to a bad report Noun - feminine singular Numbers 14:37 דִבַּת־ to report Noun - feminine singular construct Psalms 31:13 דִּבַּ֥ת to the slander Noun - feminine singular construct Proverbs 10:18 דִ֝בָּ֗ה to slander Noun - feminine singular Proverbs 25:10 וְ֝דִבָּתְךָ֗ to and your infamy Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular Jeremiah 20:10 דִּבַּ֣ת to the whispering Noun - feminine singular construct Ezekiel 36:3 וְדִבַּת־ to in slander Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Genesis 37:2
Aligned rows 9
Books represented 6
Genesis 1 Numbers 3 Psalms 1 Proverbs 2 Jeremiah 1 Ezekiel 1
Source forms
דִבָּ֖ה 1x ḏib·bāh Numbers 14:36
דִ֝בָּ֗ה 1x ḏib·bāh Proverbs 10:18
דִּבַּ֤ת 1x dib·baṯ Numbers 13:32
דִּבַּ֥ת 1x dib·baṯ Psalms 31:13
דִּבַּ֣ת 1x dib·baṯ Jeremiah 20:10
דִבַּת־ 1x ḏib·baṯ- Numbers 14:37
דִּבָּתָ֥ם 1x dib·bā·ṯām Genesis 37:2
וְדִבַּת־ 1x wə·ḏib·baṯ- Ezekiel 36:3
Parsing patterns
Noun - feminine singular construct 4x Numbers 13:32, Numbers 14:37, Psalms 31:13, Jeremiah 20:10
Noun - feminine singular 2x Numbers 14:36, Proverbs 10:18
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct 1x Ezekiel 36:3
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular 1x Proverbs 25:10
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural 1x Genesis 37:2
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. Malicious whispering or rumor designed to damage reputation; carries connotation of secretive, damaging speech
Source Gloss
slander
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
Malicious whispering or rumor designed to damage reputation; carries connotation of secretive, damaging speech
slander BDB: whispering Usage: defaming, evil report, infamy, slander.
Grammatical Forms
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Selected Scripture Witness
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Biblical Witnesses
Concealing hatred through false speech and spreading evil reports
Showing 1 selected witness from 9 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
דִּבָּה is built from this root:
דָּבַב H1680
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain