KJV Dictionary Definition: backbite

backbite

BACK'BITE, v.t. back and bite To censure, slander, reproach, or speak evil of the absent. Prov.xxv.

backbiter

BACK'BITER, n. One who slanders, calumniates or speaks ill of the absent.

backbiting

BACK'BITING, n. The act of slandering the absent; secret calumny. 2Cor.xii.

backbitingly

BACKBI'TINGLY, adv. With secret slander.