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Bible Lexicons

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Strong's #7400 - רָכִיל

Transliteration

râkîyl

Phonetics

raw-keel'

Origin

from (H7402) a scandal-monger (as travelling about)

Parts of Speech

masculine noun

TWOT

2165b

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

slander, slanderer, tale bearer, informer

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 1388 ‑ δόλος (dol'‑os);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (5)

Leviticus 1

Proverbs 1

Jeremiah 2

Ezekiel 1

BSB (6)

Leviticus 1

Proverbs 2

Jeremiah 2

Ezekiel 1

CSB (4)

Leviticus 1

Proverbs 2

Jeremiah 2

Ezekiel 1

ESV (5)

Leviticus 1

Proverbs 2

Jeremiah 2

Ezekiel 1

KJV (6)

Leviticus 1

Proverbs 2

Jeremiah 2

Ezekiel 1

LEB (6)

Leviticus 1

Proverbs 2

Jeremiah 2

Ezekiel 1

LSB (6)

Leviticus 1

Proverbs 2

Jeremiah 2

Ezekiel 1

N95 (6)

Leviticus 1

Proverbs 2

Jeremiah 2

Ezekiel 1

NAS (6)

Leviticus 1

Proverbs 2

Jeremiah 2

Ezekiel 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (5)

Leviticus 1

Proverbs 1

Jeremiah 2

Ezekiel 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2770) l k r (רכל RKL) AC: Trade CO: ? AB: ?: [from: hr- traveling]

V) l k r (רכל RKL) - Trade: KJV (17): (vf: Paal, Participle) merchant - Strongs: H7402 (רָכַל)

N^f1) e l k r (רכלה RKLH) - Merchandise: Goods for trading. KJV (4): merchandise, traffick - Strongs: H7404 (רְכֻלָּה)

b^m) l i k r (רכיל RKYL) - I. Talebearer:A traveler selling stories and songs. II. Slanderer:As a talebearer. KJV (6): slander, talebearer, tales - Strongs: H7400 (רָכִיל)

ac^f2) t l f k r m (מרכולת MRKWLT) - Merchandise: KJV (1): merchandise - Strongs: H4819 (מַרְכֹּלֶת)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

רָכִיל noun [masculine] slander, > tale-bearer, in-former; — always ׳ר absolute; — יַהֲלֹךְ׳ר Jeremiah 9:3, ׳תֵּלֵךְ ר Leviticus 9:16 (H), ׳הוֺלֵךְ ר Proverbs 11:13; Proverbs 20:19, all of going about in slander, as slander (Ges^{§ 118q}); ׳הֹלְבֵי ר Jeremiah 6:28 goers of slander (slanderous persons) (compare הָלַךְ); ׳אַנְשֵׁי ר Ezekiel 22:9 men of slander, informers.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

רָכִיל m., slander, detraction; seek רָכַל No. 2; whence אַנְשֵׁי רָכִיל slanderers, Ezekiel 22:9. הָלַךְ רָכִיל to go about for the sake of slandering, Leviticus 19:16; Proverbs 11:13, 20:19.

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List of Word Forms

רָ֭כִיל רָכִ֑יל רָכִ֖יל רָכִ֛יל רָכִ֥יל רָכִיל֙ רכיל rā·ḵîl raChil rāḵîl