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backbiting

Meaning of “backbiting”

Slandering someone who is absent.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
1 occurrence1 verse1 bookKJV PCE

First occurrence: Proverbs 25:23

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Proverbs 25:23
The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Proverbs 25:23 · retained source text

The North winde driueth away raine: so doeth an angrie countenance a backbiting tongue.

1611 marginal noteOr, The Northwinde bringeth foorth raine, so doeth a backbiting tongue, an angry countenance.

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Historical English dictionary sources

Historical definitions

The act of slandering the absent; secret calumny.

Webster 1828 facsimile, volume 1, leaf 230