Noah Webster's Dictionary (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Defame. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia DEFAME; DEFAMING de-fam', de-fam'-ing: These words occur but twice in the King James Version, and are translations of dibbah, "slander," from dabhath, "to slander," or spread an evil report, and blasphemeo, "to speak injuriously" of anyone (Jeremiah 20:10 1 Corinthians 4:13). "To defame" differs from "to revile" in that the former refers to public slander, the latter to personal abuse.

Multi-Version Concordance Defaming (3 Occurrences) Psalms 31:13 For I have heard the defaming of many, Terror on every side: While they took counsel together against me, They devised to take away my life. (ASV) Jeremiah 20:10 For I have heard the defaming of many, terror on every side. Denounce, and we will denounce him, say all my familiar friends, those who watch for my fall; perhaps he will be persuaded, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him. (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS) Ezekiel 36:3 therefore prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because, yea, because they have made you desolate, and have swallowed you up on every side, that ye might be a possession unto the remnant of the nations, and ye are taken up in the lips of talkers, and in the defaming of the people: (DBY)