Nirgân — H5372

Definition

verb

a slanderer

1. to murmur, whisper
1. murmurers
2. backbite, slander, talebearer, backbiter

Usually translated as

talebearer, whisperer

Origin

from an unused root meaning to roll to pieces

Occurrences

Nirgân occurs 4 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Proverbs (4)

• Proverbs 16:28 — A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.
• Proverbs 18:8 — The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
• Proverbs 26:20 — Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.
• Proverbs 26:22 — The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.