Biblical Hebrew

hebrew #7400 - רָכִיל rakil (slander)

Original Word:	רָכִיל
Transliteration:	rakil
Definition:	slander
Part of Speech:	Noun Masculine
Phonetic Spelling:	(raw-keel')
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

slander, carry tales, talebearer

From rakal a scandal-monger (as travelling about) -- slander, carry tales, talebearer.

see HEBREW rakal

Englishman's Concordance

1) slander, slanderer, tale bearer, informer
Part of Speech: noun masculine
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from H7402 a scandal-monger (as travelling about)
Same Word by TWOT Number: 2165b

Brown-Driver-Briggs

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

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 7400. רָכִיל (rakil) — 6 Occurrences

Leviticus 19:16
HEB:לֹא־ תֵלֵ֤ךְ רָכִיל֙ בְּעַמֶּ֔יךָ לֹ֥א
NAS: You shall not go about as a slanderer among your people,
KJV: Thou shalt not go up and down [as] a talebearer among thy people:
INT: shall not go A slanderer your people are not

Proverbs 11:13
HEB: הוֹלֵ֣ךְ רָ֭כִיל מְגַלֶּה־ סּ֑וֹד
NAS: He who goes about as a talebearer reveals
INT: goes A talebearer reveals secrets

Proverbs 20:19
HEB:סּ֭וֹד הוֹלֵ֣ךְ רָכִ֑יל וּלְפֹתֶ֥ה שְׂ֝פָתָ֗יו
NAS: He who goes about as a slanderer reveals
KJV: He that goeth about [as] a talebearer revealeth
INT: secrets goes A slanderer flattereth his lips

Jeremiah 6:28
HEB:סֽוֹרְרִ֔ים הֹלְכֵ֥י רָכִ֖יל נְחֹ֣שֶׁת וּבַרְזֶ֑ל
NAS: Going about as a talebearer. [They are] bronze
KJV: walking with slanders: [they are] brass
INT: are stubbornly Going A talebearer bronze and iron

Jeremiah 9:4
HEB:וְכָל־ רֵ֖עַ רָכִ֥יל יַהֲלֹֽךְ׃
NAS: neighbor goes about as a slanderer.
KJV: will walk with slanders.
INT: and every neighbor A slanderer goes

Ezekiel 22:9
HEB: אַנְשֵׁ֥י רָכִ֛יל הָ֥יוּ בָ֖ךְ
NAS:Slanderous men have been
KJV: In thee are men that carry tales to shed
INT: are men Slanderous have been the purpose

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