Ragal means “slander” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Strong's H7270 רָגַל (ragal) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. ragal (raw-gal') v. 1. to walk along 2. (but only in specific applications) to reconnoiter, to be a tale-bearer (i.e. slander) It has 24 linked Bible usages across 9 books. Visible English usage signals include are, but, and spies. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
ragal (raw-gal') v. 1. to walk along 2. (but only in specific applications) to reconnoiter, to be a tale-bearer (i.e. slander) 3. (as denominative from H7272) to lead about [a primitive root] KJV: backbite, search, slander, (e-)spy (out), teach to go, view. See also: H7272
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to spy
Usage: 1) to go on foot, spy out, foot it, go about, walk along, move the feet 1a) (Qal) to be a tale-bearer, slander, go about 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to slander 1b2) to go about as explorer, spy 1c) (Tiphel) to teach to walk Also means: tir.gal (תִּרְגַּל "to teach" H8637)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render ragal, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
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24 indexed usages in Old Testament.
And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said unto them, Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.
We are all one man's sons; we are true men, thy servants are no spies.
And Joseph said unto them, That is it that I spake unto you, saying, Ye are spies:
First 24 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H7270.
And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said unto them, Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.
We are all one man's sons; we are true men, thy servants are no spies.
And Joseph said unto them, That is it that I spake unto you, saying, Ye are spies:
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.
The man, who is the lord of the land, spake roughly to us, and took us for spies of the country.
And we said unto him, We are true men; we are no spies:
And bring your youngest brother unto me: then shall I know that ye are no spies, but that ye are true men: so will I deliver you your brother, and ye shall traffick in the land.
And Moses sent to spy out Jaazer, and they took the villages thereof, and drove out the Amorites that were there.
And they turned and went up into the mountain, and came unto the valley of Eshcol, and searched it out.
And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into an harlot's house, named Rahab, and lodged there.
But Joshua had said unto the two men that had spied out the country, Go into the harlot's house, and bring out thence the woman, and all that she hath, as ye sware unto her.
And the young men that were spies 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.
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 Jericho.
And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Bethaven, on the east of Bethel, and spake unto them, saying, Go up and view the country. And the men went up and viewed Ai.
Forty years old was I when Moses the servant of the LORD sent me from Kadeshbarnea to espy out the land; and I brought him word again as it was in mine heart.
And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from their coasts, men of valour, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy 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.
Then answered the five men that went to spy out 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.
And the five men that went to spy out 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.
David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul was come in very deed.
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, and to overthrow it?
But Absalom sent spies 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.
And he hath slandered 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.
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 the land?
He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.
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Ragal (Strong's H7270) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "slander". ragal (raw-gal') v. 1. to walk along 2. (but only in specific applications) to reconnoiter, to be a tale-bearer (i.e. slander)
This page currently indexes 24 linked usages for Strong's H7270 across 9 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H7270 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as are, but, and spies. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.