7270. ragal
Strong's Lexicon
ragal: To spy, to explore, to go about on foot, to slander

Original Word: רָגַל
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: ragal
Pronunciation: rah-GAHL
Phonetic Spelling: (raw-gal')
Definition: To spy, to explore, to go about on foot, to slander
Meaning: to walk along, to reconnoiter, to be a, tale-bearer, to lead about

Word Origin: A primitive root

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - G2684 (kataskopeo): To spy out, to inspect

- G2635 (katalalia): Slander, defamation

Usage: The Hebrew verb "ragal" primarily means to spy or explore, often with the connotation of gathering information covertly. It can also mean to go about on foot, indicating a sense of movement or travel. Additionally, it carries the meaning of slandering or speaking ill of someone, suggesting a verbal exploration or probing into another's character.

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Israel, espionage was a critical component of military strategy, as seen in the accounts of spies sent to gather intelligence on enemy territories. The act of spying was not only a tactical maneuver but also a test of faith and obedience to God's commands. The term "ragal" reflects the importance of reconnaissance in both physical and moral realms, as it also pertains to the spreading of slander, which could undermine community cohesion and trust.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
denominative verb from regel
Definition
to go about on foot
NASB Translation
slander (1), slandered (1), spied (3), spies (11), spy (9), taught to walk (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
רָגַל verb denominative foot it, go about; —

Qal go about (maliciously, as slanderer; compare Arabic and slanderer, from √ √ wallk along, walk quickly), slander, Perfect3masculine singular עַללֿשֹׁנוֺ ׳לאֹרֿ Psalm 15:3, he talks no slander upon his tongue ("" דֹּבֵר אֱמֶת Psalm 15:2).

Pi`elImperfect3masculine singularוַיְרַגֵּל 2 Samuel 19:28, 3masculine plural וַיְרַגְּלוּ Deuteronomy 1:24; Joshua 7:2; Imperative masculine plural רַגְּלוּ Joshua 7:2; Infinitive construct לְרֵגֵּל Numbers 21:32 5t.; suffix לְרַגְּלָהּ 2 Samuel 10:3; Participle plural מְרַגְּלִים Genesis 42:9 11t.; —

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`el, Perfect1singular תִּרְגַּלְתִּי לְאֶפְרַיִם Hosea 11:3 I taught Ephraim to walk (si vera 1.; see Ges§ 55h).

רִגֵל (treader, fuller (compare כבס), so Thes SS and others) see ׳עֵין ר, II. עַיִן

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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
backbite, slander, espy out, teach to go, view

A primitive root; to walk along; but only in specifically, applications, to reconnoiter, to be a tale-bearer (i.e. Slander); also (as denominative from regel) to lead about -- backbite, search, slander, (e-)spy (out), teach to go, view.

see HEBREW regel

Forms and Transliterations
הַֽמְרַגְּלִ֗ים הַֽמְרַגְּלִ֤ים המרגלים וְרַגְּל֣וּ וַֽיְרַגְּל֖וּ וַיְרַגֵּ֣ל וּלְרַגְּלָ֣הּ וּלְרַגֵּל֙ וירגל וירגלו ולרגל ולרגלה ורגלו כִּֽמְרַגְּלִ֖ים כמרגלים לְרַגֵּ֣ל לְרַגֵּ֤ל לְרַגֵּ֥ל לְרַגֵּל֮ לרגל מְרַגְּלִ֑ים מְרַגְּלִ֔ים מְרַגְּלִ֖ים מְרַגְּלִ֣ים מְרַגְּלִ֥ים מְרַגְּלִֽים׃ מְרַגְּלִים֙ מרגלים מרגלים׃ רָגַ֨ל ׀ רגל תִרְגַּ֙לְתִּי֙ תרגלתי ham·rag·gə·lîm hamraggeLim hamraggəlîm kim·rag·gə·lîm kimraggeLim kimraggəlîm lə·rag·gêl leragGel ləraggêl mə·rag·gə·lîm meraggeLim məraggəlîm rā·ḡal raGal rāḡal ṯir·gal·tî tirGalti ṯirgaltî ū·lə·rag·gə·lāh ū·lə·rag·gêl uleragGel ūləraggêl uleraggeLah ūləraggəlāh vayragGel vayraggeLu veraggeLu way·rag·gə·lū way·rag·gêl wayraggêl wayraggəlū wə·rag·gə·lū wəraggəlū
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Genesis 42:9
HEB: וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֲלֵהֶם֙ מְרַגְּלִ֣ים אַתֶּ֔ם לִרְא֛וֹת
NAS: about them, and said to them, You are spies; you have come
KJV: of them, and said unto them, Ye [are] spies; to see
INT: and said to are spies you to look

Genesis 42:11
HEB: הָי֥וּ עֲבָדֶ֖יךָ מְרַגְּלִֽים׃
NAS: your servants are not spies.
KJV: [men], thy servants are no spies.
INT: become your servants spies

Genesis 42:14
HEB: אֲלֵכֶ֛ם לֵאמֹ֖ר מְרַגְּלִ֥ים אַתֶּֽם׃
NAS: to them, It is as I said to you, you are spies;
KJV: unto you, saying, Ye [are] spies:
INT: about said are spies you

Genesis 42:16
HEB: פַרְעֹ֔ה כִּ֥י מְרַגְּלִ֖ים אַתֶּֽם׃
NAS: of Pharaoh, surely you are spies.
KJV: of Pharaoh surely ye [are] spies.
INT: of Pharaoh surely are spies he

Genesis 42:30
HEB: וַיִּתֵּ֣ן אֹתָ֔נוּ כִּֽמְרַגְּלִ֖ים אֶת־ הָאָֽרֶץ׃
NAS: with us, and took us for spies of the country.
KJV: to us, and took us for spies of the country.
INT: harshly and took spies of the country

Genesis 42:31
HEB: לֹ֥א הָיִ֖ינוּ מְרַגְּלִֽים׃
NAS: to him, 'We are honest men; we are not spies.
KJV: unto him, We [are] true [men]; we are no spies:
INT: not are not spies

Genesis 42:34
HEB: כִּ֣י לֹ֤א מְרַגְּלִים֙ אַתֶּ֔ם כִּ֥י
NAS: to me that I may know that you are not spies, but honest men.
KJV: unto me: then shall I know that ye [are] no spies, but [that] ye [are] true
INT: for you are not spies you for

Numbers 21:32
HEB: וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח מֹשֶׁה֙ לְרַגֵּ֣ל אֶת־ יַעְזֵ֔ר
NAS: sent to spy out Jazer,
KJV: sent to spy out Jaazer,
INT: sent Moses to spy Jazer captured

Deuteronomy 1:24
HEB: נַ֣חַל אֶשְׁכֹּ֑ל וַֽיְרַגְּל֖וּ אֹתָֽהּ׃
NAS: of Eshcol and spied it out.
KJV: of Eshcol, and searched it out.
INT: to the valley of Eshcol and spied

Joshua 2:1
HEB: שְׁנַֽיִם־ אֲנָשִׁ֤ים מְרַגְּלִים֙ חֶ֣רֶשׁ לֵאמֹ֔ר
NAS: men as spies secretly
KJV: two men to spy secretly, saying,
INT: two men spies secretly saying

Joshua 6:22
HEB: וְלִשְׁנַ֨יִם הָאֲנָשִׁ֜ים הַֽמְרַגְּלִ֤ים אֶת־ הָאָ֙רֶץ֙
NAS: men who had spied out the land,
KJV: men that had spied out the country,
INT: to the two men had spied the land said

Joshua 6:23
HEB: וַיָּבֹ֜אוּ הַנְּעָרִ֣ים הַֽמְרַגְּלִ֗ים וַיֹּצִ֡יאוּ אֶת־
NAS: So the young men who were spies went
KJV: And the young men that were spies went in,
INT: went the young were spies and brought Rahab

Joshua 6:25
HEB: שָׁלַ֥ח יְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ לְרַגֵּ֥ל אֶת־ יְרִיחֽוֹ׃
NAS: Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.
KJV: which Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.
INT: sent Joshua to spy Jericho

Joshua 7:2
HEB: לֵאמֹ֔ר עֲל֖וּ וְרַגְּל֣וּ אֶת־ הָאָ֑רֶץ
NAS: to them, Go up and spy out the land.
KJV: Go up and view the country.
INT: said Go and spy the land went

Joshua 7:2
HEB: וַֽיַּעֲלוּ֙ הָאֲנָשִׁ֔ים וַֽיְרַגְּל֖וּ אֶת־ הָעָֽי׃
NAS: So the men went up and spied out Ai.
KJV: And the men went up and viewed Ai.
INT: went the men and spied Ai

Joshua 14:7
HEB: מִקָּדֵ֥שׁ בַּרְנֵ֖עַ לְרַגֵּ֣ל אֶת־ הָאָ֑רֶץ
NAS: me from Kadesh-barnea to spy out the land,
KJV: me from Kadeshbarnea to espy out the land;
INT: of the LORD Kadesh-barnea to spy the land brought

Judges 18:2
HEB: מִצָּרְעָ֣ה וּמֵֽאֶשְׁתָּאֹ֗ל לְרַגֵּ֤ל אֶת־ הָאָ֙רֶץ֙
NAS: and Eshtaol, to spy out the land
KJV: and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land,
INT: Zorah and Eshtaol to spy the land search

Judges 18:14
HEB: הָאֲנָשִׁ֗ים הַהֹלְכִים֮ לְרַגֵּל֮ אֶת־ הָאָ֣רֶץ
NAS: who went to spy out the country
KJV: that went to spy out the country
INT: men went to spy the country of Laish

Judges 18:17
HEB: הָאֲנָשִׁ֗ים הַהֹלְכִים֮ לְרַגֵּ֣ל אֶת־ הָאָרֶץ֒
NAS: men who went to spy out the land went
KJV: that went to spy out the land
INT: men went to spy the land up entered

1 Samuel 26:4
HEB: וַיִּשְׁלַ֥ח דָּוִ֖ד מְרַגְּלִ֑ים וַיֵּ֕דַע כִּֽי־
NAS: sent out spies, and he knew
KJV: therefore sent out spies, and understood
INT: sent David spies knew for

2 Samuel 10:3
HEB: אֶת־ הָעִיר֙ וּלְרַגְּלָ֣הּ וּלְהָפְכָ֔הּ שָׁלַ֥ח
NAS: the city, to spy it out and overthrow
KJV: the city, and to spy it out, and to overthrow
INT: to search the city to spy and overthrow sent

2 Samuel 15:10
HEB: וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח אַבְשָׁלוֹם֙ מְרַגְּלִ֔ים בְּכָל־ שִׁבְטֵ֥י
NAS: sent spies throughout all
KJV: sent spies throughout all the tribes
INT: sent Absalom spies all the tribes

2 Samuel 19:27
HEB: וַיְרַגֵּ֣ל בְּעַבְדְּךָ֔ אֶל־
NAS: Moreover, he has slandered your servant
KJV: And he hath slandered thy servant
INT: has slandered your servant to

1 Chronicles 19:3
HEB: לַחְקֹ֨ר וְלַהֲפֹ֤ךְ וּלְרַגֵּל֙ הָאָ֔רֶץ בָּ֥אוּ
NAS: and to overthrow and to spy out the land?
KJV: and to overthrow, and to spy out the land?
INT: to search overthrow spy common come

Psalm 15:3
HEB: לֹֽא־ רָגַ֨ל ׀ עַל־ לְשֹׁנ֗וֹ
NAS: He does not slander with his tongue,
KJV: [He that] backbiteth not with his tongue,
INT: Nor slander against his tongue

26 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 7270
26 Occurrences


ham·rag·gə·lîm — 2 Occ.
kim·rag·gə·lîm — 1 Occ.
lə·rag·gêl — 6 Occ.
mə·rag·gə·lîm — 9 Occ.
rā·ḡal — 1 Occ.
ṯir·gal·tî — 1 Occ.
ū·lə·rag·gêl — 1 Occ.
ū·lə·rag·gə·lāh — 1 Occ.
way·rag·gêl — 1 Occ.
way·rag·gə·lū — 2 Occ.
wə·rag·gə·lū — 1 Occ.
















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