Strong Hebrew #5372 - נִרְגָּן nirgan (talebearer)
| Original Word: | נִרְגָּן |
| Transliteration: | nirgan |
| Definition: | talebearer, whisperer |
| Part of Speech: | Verb |
| Phonetic Spelling: | (neer-gawn') |
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
talebearer, whisperer
From an unused root meaning to roll to pieces; a slanderer -- talebearer, whisperer.
Englishman's Concordance
1) to murmur, whisper
1a) murmurers
1b) backbite, slander, talebearer, backbiter
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from an unused root meaning to roll to pieces
Same Word by TWOT Number: 2115
Brown-Driver-Briggs
not used
Englishman's Concordance (References)
Strong's Hebrew: 5372. נִרְגָּן (nirgan) — 4 Occurrences
Proverbs 16:28
HEB:יְשַׁלַּ֣ח מָד֑וֹן וְ֝נִרְגָּ֗ seg type='small'>ן seg> מַפְרִ֥יד אַלּֽוּף׃
KJV: strife: and a whisperer separateth
INT: spreads strife whisperer separates intimate
Proverbs 18:8
HEB: דִּבְרֵ֣י נִ֭רְגָּן כְּמִֽתְלַהֲמִ֑ים וְ֝הֵ֗ם
KJV: The words of a talebearer [are] as wounds,
INT: the words of a talebearer dainty and they
Proverbs 26:20
HEB:אֵ֑שׁ וּבְאֵ֥ין נִ֝רְגָּ֗ן יִשְׁתֹּ֥ק מָדֽוֹן׃
KJV: goeth out: so where [there is] no talebearer, the strife
INT: the fire there talebearer quiets contention
Proverbs 26:22
HEB: דִּבְרֵ֣י נִ֭רְגָּן כְּמִֽתְלַהֲמִ֑ים וְ֝הֵ֗ם
KJV: The words of a talebearer [are] as wounds,
INT: the words of a talebearer dainty and they