King James Bible Dictionary

See Busybody; Slander; Talebearer
Busybody; Slander; Talebearer

WHISPER, verb intransitive [Latin 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. Psalms 41:7.

WHISPER, verb transitive

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, noun

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, participle passive Uttered in a low voice; uttered with suspicion or caution.

A slanderer.
Romans 1:29; 2 Corinthians 12:20
Slander; Speaking, Evil

WHISPERER, noun

1. One who whispers.

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

3. A backbiter; one who slanders secretly. Proverbs 16:28.

WHISPERING, participle present tense Speaking in a low voice; telling secretly; backbiting.

WHISPERING, noun The act of speaking with a low voice; the telling of tales, and exciting of suspicions; a backbiting.

WHISPERINGLY, adverb In a low voice.