Define

• Hebrew: word and meaning
  rāḵîl (רָכִיל) — talebearer, slanderer, gossip, one who goes about slandering (equivalent Old Testament term for slanderer or reviler, e.g., Leviticus 19:16, Proverbs 11:13, Ezekiel 22:9)

• Greek:
  loidoros (λοίδορος) — reviler, railer, slanderer, abusive person, one who uses insulting or abusive speech

Related words

• loidoreō (λοιδορέω) — to revile, to abuse verbally, to slander (related verb form)

Additional Info

• In 1 Corinthians 5:11, loidoros (λοίδορος) is used to describe the reviler (or slanderer) among those believers should not associate with if claiming to be a brother, listed alongside the sexually immoral, covetous, idolaters, drunkards, and swindlers.
• Whilst oral communication is the most common form of verbal abuse, it includes abusive words in written form.

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