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Lexicon :: Strong's H7270 - rāḡal

Aa
רָגַל
Transliteration
rāḡal
Pronunciation
raw-gal'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 2113

Strong’s Definitions

רָגַל râgal, raw-gal'; a primitive root; also as denominative from H7272 to walk along; but only in specifically, applications, to reconnoiter, to be a tale-bearer (i.e. slander); to lead about:—backbite, search, slander, (e-) spy (out), teach to go, view.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 25x

The KJV translates Strong's H7270 in the following manner: spy (12x), spy out (8x), view (2x), backbiteth (1x), espy out (1x), slandered (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 25x
The KJV translates Strong's H7270 in the following manner: spy (12x), spy out (8x), view (2x), backbiteth (1x), espy out (1x), slandered (1x).

  1. to go on foot, spy out, foot it, go about, walk along, move the feet

    1. (Qal) to be a tale-bearer, slander, go about

    2. (Piel)

      1. to slander

      2. to go about as explorer, spy

    3. (Tiphel) to teach to walk

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
רָגַל râgal, raw-gal'; a primitive root; also as denominative from H7272 to walk along; but only in specifically, applications, to reconnoiter, to be a tale-bearer (i.e. slander); to lead about:—backbite, search, slander, (e-) spy (out), teach to go, view.
STRONGS H7270: Abbreviations
† רָגַל verb denominative foot it, go about; —
Qal go about (maliciously, as slanderer; compare Arabic bdb092001 and bdb092002 slanderer, from √√ bdb092003 walk along, bdb092004 walk quickly), slander, Perfect 3rd person masculine singular עַללֿשֹׁנוֺ לאֹרֿ׳ Psalm 15:3, he talks no slander upon his tongue (|| דֹּבֵר אֱמֶת Psalm 15:2).
Pi. Imperfect 3rd person masculine singularוַיְרַגֵּל 2 Samuel 19:28, 3rd person masculine plural וַיְרַגְּלוּ Deuteronomy 1:24; Joshua 7:2; Imperative masculine plural רַגְּלוּ Joshua 7:2; Infinitive construct לְרֵגֵּל Numbers 21:32 + 5 times; suffix לְרַגְּלָהּ 2 Samuel 10:3; Participle plural מְרַגְּלִים Genesis 42:9 + 11 times; —
1. slander (compare Qal), בְּעַבְדְךָ אֶל וַיְר׳ 2 Samuel 19:28.
2. go about as explorer, spy, with accusative of location Numbers 21:32; Joshua 6:25; Joshua 7:2 (twice in verse); Joshua 14:7 (all J E), Judges 18:2 (|| חָקַר), Judges 18:14; Judges 18:17; 2 Samuel 10:3 (|| חָקַר), 1 Chronicles 19:3, so also participle Genesis 42:30 (E), Joshua 6:22 (JE); participle, accusative omitted, as adjective, אֲנָשִׁים מְרַגְּלִים Joshua 2:1, compare Joshua 6:23 (both J E); as substantive, spies 1 Samuel 26:4; 2 Samuel 15:10, and so perhaps (as predicate) Genesis 42:9, 11, 14, 16, 31, 34 (all E).
Tiph. Perfect 1st person singular תִּרְגַּלְתִּי לְאֶפְרַיִם [H8637 Hosea 11:3] I taught Ephraim to walk (si vera lectio; see Ges§ 55h).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

42:9; 42:9; 42:11; 42:14; 42:16; 42:30; 42:31; 42:34

Numbers

21:32; 21:32

Deuteronomy

1:24

Joshua

2:1; 6:22; 6:23; 6:25; 7:2; 7:2; 7:2; 14:7

Judges

18:2; 18:14; 18:17

1 Samuel

26:4

2 Samuel

10:3; 10:3; 15:10; 19:28; 19:28

1 Chronicles

19:3

Psalms

15:2; 15:3

H7270

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Strong's Number H7270 matches the Hebrew רָגַל (rāḡal),
which occurs 25 times in 24 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:9 - Then the memory of his dreams about them came back to Joseph, and he said to them, You have come secretly to see how poor the land is.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:11 - We are all one man's sons, we are true men; we have not come with any secret purpose.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:14 - And Joseph said, It is as I said; you have come with some secret purpose;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:16 - Send one of your number to get your brother, and the rest of you will be kept in prison, so that your words may be tested to see if you are true; if not, by the life of Pharaoh, your purpose is certainly secret.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:30 - The man who is the ruler of the country was rough with us and put us in prison, saying that we had come with a secret evil purpose.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:31 - And we said to him, We are true men, we have no evil designs;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:34

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:34 - And come back to me with your youngest brother: then I will be certain that you are true men, and I will give your brother back to you and let you do trade in the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:32

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:32 - And Moses sent men secretly to Jazer, and they took its towns, driving out the Amorites who were living there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:24 - And they went up into the hill-country and came to the valley of Eshcol, and saw what was there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:1 - Then Joshua, the son of Nun, sent two men from Shittim secretly, with the purpose of searching out the land, and Jericho. So they went and came to the house of a loose woman of the town, named Rahab, where they took their rest for the night.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:22 - Then Joshua said to the two men who had been sent to make a search through the land, Go into the house of the loose woman, and get her out, and all who are with her, as you gave her your oath.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:23 - So the searchers went in and got out Rahab and her father and mother and her brothers and all she had, and they got out all her family; and they took them outside the tents of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:25 - But Joshua kept Rahab, the loose woman, and her father's family and all she had, from death, and so she got a living-place among the children of Israel to this day; because she kept safe the men whom Joshua had sent to make a search through the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:2 - Now Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is by the side of Beth-aven, on the east side of Beth-el, and said to them, Go up and make a search through the land. And the men went up and saw how Ai was placed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:7 - I was forty years old when Moses, the servant of the Lord, sent me from Kadesh-barnea to make a search through the land; and the account which I gave him was in keeping with his desire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:2 - So the children of Dan sent five men from among their number, strong men, from Zorah and from Eshtaol, to take a look at the land and make a search through it; and they said to them, Go and make a search through the land; and they came to the hill-country of Ephraim, to the house of Micah, where they made a stop for the night.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:14 - Then the five men who had gone to make a search through the country of Laish, said to their brothers, Have you knowledge that in these houses there is an ephod and family gods and a pictured image and a metal image? So now you see what to do.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:17 - Then the five men who had gone to make a search through the land, went in and took the pictured image and the ephod and the family gods and the metal image; and the priest was by the doorway with the six hundred armed men.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:4 - And so David sent out watchers, and got word from them that Saul was certainly coming.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:3 - But the chiefs of the children of Ammon said to Hanun their lord, Does it seem to you that David is honouring your father by sending comforters to you? has he not sent his servants to go through the town and make secret observation of it, and overcome it?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:10 - But Absalom at the same time sent watchers through all the tribes of Israel to say, At the sound of the horn you are to say, Absalom is king in Hebron.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:27 - He has given you a false account of me: but my lord the king is like the angel of God: do then whatever seems good to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:3 - But the chiefs of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, Does it seem to you that David is honouring your father, by sending comforters to you? is it not clear that these men have only come to go through the land and to make secret observation of it so that they may overcome it?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 15:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 15:3 - Whose tongue is not false, who does no evil to his friend, and does not take away the good name of his neighbour;
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