KJV Dictionary Definition: whisper

whisper

WHISPER, v.i. L. The word seems by its sound to be an onomatopy, as it expresses a sibilant sound or breathing.

1. To speak with a low hissing or sibilant voice. It is ill manners to whisper in company.

The hollow whispring breeze--

2. To speak with suspicion or timorous caution.

3. To plot secretly; to devise in mischief.

All that hate me whisper together against me. Psalm 41.

WHISPER, v.t.

1. To address in a low voice. He whispers the man in the ear. But this is elliptical for whispers to.

2. To utter in a low sibilant voice. He whispered a word in my ear.

3. To prompt secretly; as, the came to whisper Woolsey.

WHISPER, n.

1. A low soft sibilant voice; or words uttered with such a voice.

The whisper cannot give a tone.

Soft whispers through the assembly went.

2. A cautious or timorous speech.

3. A hissing or buzzing sound.

whispered

WHISPERED, pp. Uttered in a low voice; uttered with suspicion or caution.

whisperer

WHISPERER, n.

1. One who whispers.

2. A tattler; one who tells secrets; a conveyer of intelligence secretly.

3. A backbiter; one who slanders secretly. Proverbs 16.

whispering

WHISPERING, ppr. Speaking in a low voice; telling secretly; backbiting.

whisperingly

WHISPERINGLY, adv. In a low voice.

Definitions from Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language, 1828.
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