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Lexicon :: Strong's H7270 - rāḡal

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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 Box Gen 42:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:9 - And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said unto them, Ye are spies; H7270 to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:11 - We are all one man's sons; we are true men, thy servants are no spies. H7270

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:14 - And Joseph said unto them, That is it that I spake unto you, saying, Ye are spies: H7270

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:16 - Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall be kept in prison, that your words may be proved, whether there be any truth in you: or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye are spies. H7270

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:30 - The man, who is the lord of the land, spake roughly to us, and took us for spies H7270 of the country.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:31 - And we said unto him, We are true men; we are no spies: H7270

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:34

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:34 - And bring your youngest brother unto me: then shall I know that ye are no spies, H7270 but that ye are true men: so will I deliver you your brother, and ye shall traffick in the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:32 - And Moses sent to spy out H7270 Jaazer, and they took the villages thereof, and drove out the Amorites that were there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:24 - And they turned and went up into the mountain, and came unto the valley of Eshcol, and searched it out. H7270

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:1 - And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy H7270 secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into an harlot's house, named Rahab, and lodged there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 6:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:22 - But Joshua had said unto the two men that had spied out H7270 the country, Go into the harlot's house, and bring out thence the woman, and all that she hath, as ye sware unto her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 6:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:23 - And the young men that were spies H7270 went in, and brought out Rahab, and her father, and her mother, and her brethren, and all that she had; and they brought out all her kindred, and left them without the camp of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:25 - And Joshua saved Rahab the harlot alive, and her father's household, and all that she had; and she dwelleth in Israel even unto this day; because she hid the messengers, which Joshua sent to spy out H7270 Jericho.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 7:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:2 - And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Bethaven, on the east side of Bethel, and spake unto them, saying, Go up and view H7270 the country. And the men went up and viewed H7270 Ai.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 14:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:7 - Forty years old was I when Moses the servant of the LORD sent me from Kadeshbarnea to espy out H7270 the land; and I brought him word again as it was in mine heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 18:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:2 - And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from their coasts, men of valour, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy H7270 out the land, and to search it; and they said unto them, Go, search the land: who when they came to mount Ephraim, to the house of Micah, they lodged there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 18:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:14 - Then answered the five men that went to spy out H7270 the country of Laish, and said unto their brethren, Do ye know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven image, and a molten image? now therefore consider what ye have to do.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 18:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:17 - And the five men that went to spy out H7270 the land went up, and came in thither, and took the graven image, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image: and the priest stood in the entering of the gate with the six hundred men that were appointed with weapons of war.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 26:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:4 - David therefore sent out spies, H7270 and understood that Saul was come in very deed.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 10:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:3 - And the princes of the children of Ammon said unto Hanun their lord, Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? hath not David rather sent his servants unto thee, to search the city, and to spy it out, H7270 and to overthrow it?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 15:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:10 - But Absalom sent spies H7270 throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, As soon as ye hear the sound of the trumpet, then ye shall say, Absalom reigneth in Hebron.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 19:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:27 - And he hath slandered H7270 thy servant unto my lord the king; but my lord the king is as an angel of God: do therefore what is good in thine eyes.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:3 - But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? are not his servants come unto thee for to search, and to overthrow, and to spy out H7270 the land?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 15:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 15:3 - He that backbiteth H7270 not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.
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