katalaleo - meaning, definition, and linked Bible usage across the indexed canon, including Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where this Strong's number appears.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H2635 — chacaph (“clay”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G2635 καταλαλέω (katalaleo) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. katalaleo (kat-al-al-eh'-o) v. 1. to be a traducer, i.e. to slander [from G2637] It has 16 linked Bible usages across 9 books. Visible English usage signals include speak. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
katalaleo (kat-al-al-eh'-o) v. 1. to be a traducer, i.e. to slander [from G2637] KJV: speak against (evil of) Root(s): G2637
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G2635. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
to slander
Usage: κατα-λαλέω, -ῶ [in LXX chiefly for דָבַר ni., pi. ;] to speak evil of, rail at: in cl., with accusative; in LXX, __(a) with genitive, __(b) before κατά, with genitive; in NT, with genitive (M, Pr., 65): Jas.4:11, 1Pe.2:12; pass., 1Pe.3:16,† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render katalaleo, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and New Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G2635 (καταλαλέω) appears 13 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.
3 indexed usages in New Testament.
Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.
Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.
Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ.
13 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
I will speak to him mouth to mouth apparently, and not in dark speeches; and he has seen the glory of the Lord; and why were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?
And the people spoke against God and against Moses, saying, Why is this? Hast thou brought us out of Egypt to slay us in the wilderness? for there is not bread nor water; and our soul loathes this light bread.
And the people came to Moses and said, We have sinned, for we have spoken against the Lord, and against thee: pray therefore to the Lord, and let him take away the serpent from us.
First 16 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G2635.
I will speak to him mouth to mouth apparently, and not in dark speeches; and he has seen the glory of the Lord; and why were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?
And the people spoke against God and against Moses, saying, Why is this? Hast thou brought us out of Egypt to slay us in the wilderness? for there is not bread nor water; and our soul loathes this light bread.
And the people came to Moses and said, We have sinned, for we have spoken against the Lord, and against thee: pray therefore to the Lord, and let him take away the serpent from us.
Ye speak against me; ye do not feel for me, but bear hard upon me.
Thou didst sit and speak against thy brother, And didst scandalize thy mother’s son.
They spoke also against God, and said, Will God be able to prepare a table in the wilderness?
Him that privily speaks against his neighbor, him have I driven from me: He that is proud in look and insatiable in heart—with him I have not eaten.
For princes sat and spoke against me: But thy servant was meditating on thine ordinances.
Open thine eyes, and be filled with bread.
Woe to them! for they have started aside from me: they are cowards; for they have sinned against me: yet I redeemed them, but they spoke falsehoods against me.
And the seers of night visions shall be ashamed, and the prophets shall be laughed to scorn: and all the people shall speak against them, because there shall be none to hearken to them.
Ye have spoken grievous words against me, saith the Lord. Yet ye said, Wherein have we spoken against thee?
Thus spoke they that feared the Lord, every one to his neighbor: and the Lord gave heed, and hearkened, and he wrote a book of remembrance before him for them that feared the Lord and reverenced his name.
Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.
Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.
Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G2635, grouped by book.
Strong's G2635 is a Greek entry for G2635 καταλαλέω (katalaleo). katalaleo (kat-al-al-eh'-o) v. 1. to be a traducer, i.e. to slander [from G2637]
This page currently indexes 16 linked usages for Strong's G2635 across 9 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G2635 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as speak. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 13 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament for Strong's G2635, with linked reader references where each row is available.