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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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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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 - And Joseph H3130 remembered H2142 the dreams H2472 which H834 he [fn]had H2492 about them, and he said H559 to them, “You are spies H7270; you have come H935 to look H7200 at the [fn]undefended H6172 parts H6172 of our land H776.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:11 - “We are all H3605 sons H1121 of one H259 man H376; we are honest H3651 men H3651, your servants H5650 are not spies H7270.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:14 - Yet Joseph H3130 said H559 to them, “It is as I said H1696 [fn]to you, you are spies H7270;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:16 - “Send H7971 one H259 of you and have him get H3947 your brother H251, while you remain confined H631, so that your words H1697 may be tested H974, whether there is truth H571 in you. But if H518 not, by the life H2416 of Pharaoh H6547, you are certainly H3588 spies H7270!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:30 - “The man H376, the lord H113 of the land H776, spoke H1696 harshly H7186 with us, and took H5414 us for spies H7270 of the country H776.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:31 - “But we said H559 to him, ‘We are honest H3651 men H3651; we are not spies H7270.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:34 - ‘But bring H935 your youngest H6996 brother H251 to me so that I may know H3045 that you are not spies H7270, but [fn]honest H3651 men H3651. I will give H5414 your brother H251 to you, and you may trade H5503 in the land H776.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:32 - Now Moses H4872 sent H7971 men to spy H7270 out H7270 Jazer H3270, and they captured H3920 its villages H1323 and dispossessed H3423 the Amorites H567 who H834 were there H8033.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:24 - “Then they turned H6437 and went H5927 up H5927 into the hill H2022 country H2022, and came H935 to the Valley H5158 of Eshcol H812, and spied H7270 it out H7270.

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Then Joshua H3091 the son H1121 of Nun H5126 sent H7971 two H8147 men H376 as spies H7270 secretly H2791 from Shittim H7851, saying H559, “Go H1980, view H7200 the land H776, especially H853 Jericho H3405.” So they went H1980 and entered H935 the house H1004 of a prostitute H2181 whose name H8034 was Rahab H7343, and rested H7901 there H8033.

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And Joshua H3091 said H559 to the two H8147 men H376 who had spied H7270 out H7270 the land H776, “Go H935 into the prostitute’s H2181 house H1004 and bring H3318 the woman H802 and all H3605 she has out H3318 of there H8033, just H834 as H834 you have sworn H7650 to her.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:23 - So the young H5288 men H5288 who were spies H7270 went H935 in H935 and brought H3318 out H3318 Rahab H7343, her father H1, her mother H517, her brothers H251, and all H3605 she had; they also brought H3318 out H3318 all H3605 her relatives H4940, and placed H5117 them outside H4480 H2351 the camp H4264 of Israel H3478.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:25 - However, Rahab H7343 the prostitute H2181 and her father’s H1 household H1004 and all H3605 she had, Joshua H3091 [fn]spared H2421; and she has lived H3427 in the midst H7130 of Israel H3478 to this H2088 day H3117, because H3588 she hid H2244 the messengers H4397 whom H834 Joshua H3091 sent H7971 to spy H7270 out H7270 Jericho H3405.

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Now Joshua H3091 sent H7971 men H376 from Jericho H3405 to Ai H5857, which H834 is near H5973 Beth-aven H1007, east H6924 of Bethel H1008, and said H559 to them, “[fn]Go H5927 up H5927 and spy H7270 out H7270 the land H776.” So the men H376 went H5927 up H5927 and spied H7270 out H7270 Ai H5857.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:7 - “I was forty H705 years H8141 old H1121 when Moses H4872 the servant H5650 of the LORD H3068 sent H7971 me from Kadesh-barnea H6947 to spy H7270 out H7270 the land H776, and I brought H7725 word H1697 back H7725 to him as it was in my heart H3824.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:2 - So the sons H1121 of Dan H1835 sent H7971 from their family H4940 five H2568 men H376 out H7971 of their whole H7098 number H7098, [fn]valiant H2428 men H376 from Zorah H6881 and Eshtaol H847, to spy H7270 out H7270 the land H776 and to explore H2713 it; and they said H559 to them, “Go H1980, explore H2713 the land H776.” And they came H935 to the hill H2022 country H2022 of Ephraim H669, to the house H1004 of Micah H4318, and stayed H3885 overnight H3885 there H8033.

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Then the five H2568 men H376 who went H1980 to spy H7270 out H7270 the country H776 of Laish H3919 [fn]said H559 to their kinsmen H251, “Do you know H3045 that there H3426 are H3426 in these H428 houses H1004 an ephod H646 and [fn]household H8655 idols H8655, and a carved H6459 image H6459 and a cast H4541 metal H4541 image H4541? Now H6258 then, consider H3045 what H4100 you should do H6213.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:17 - Now the five H2568 men H376 who went H1980 to spy H7270 out H7270 the land H776 went H5927 up H5927 and entered H935 there H8033; they took H3947 the carved H6459 image H6459, the ephod H646, the [fn]household H8655 idols H8655, and the cast H4541 metal H4541 image H4541, while the priest H3548 was standing H5324 at the entrance H6607 of the gate H8179 with the six H8337 hundred H3967 men H376 armed H2296 with weapons H3627 of war H4421.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:4 - David H1732 sent H7971 out H7971 spies H7270, and he learned H3045 that Saul H7586 was definitely H3559 coming H935.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:3 - the commanders H8269 of the Ammonites H1121 H5983 said H559 to their lord H113 Hanun H2586, “[fn]Do you think H5869 that David H1732 is simply honoring H3513 your father H1 since H3588 he has sent H7971 you servants [fn]to console H5162 you? Has David H1732 not sent H7971 his servants H5650 to you in order H5668 to explore H2713 the city H5892, to spy H7270 it out H7270 and overthrow H2015 it?”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:10 - But Absalom H53 sent H7971 spies H7270 throughout H3605 the tribes H7626 of Israel H3478, saying H559, “As soon as you hear H8085 the sound H6963 of the trumpet H7782, then you shall say H559, ‘Absalom H53 is H4427 king H4427 in Hebron H2275!’”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:27 - “Furthermore, he has slandered H7270 your servant H5650 to my lord H113 the king H4428; but my lord H113 the king H4428 is like the angel H4397 of God H430, therefore do H6213 what H2896 is H2896 good H2896 in your sight H5869.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:3 - But the commanders H8269 among the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983 said H559 to Hanun H2586, “[fn]Do you think H5869 that David H1732 is honoring H3513 your father H1, in that he has sent H7971 comforters H5162 to you? Have his servants H5650 not come H935 to you to search H2713, to demolish H2015, and to spy H7270 out H7270 the land H776?”

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He does not slander H7270 [fn]with his tongue H3956,

Nor H3808 do H6213 evil H7451 to his neighbor H7453,

Nor H3808 bring H5375 shame H2781 on his friend H7453;

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