Râgal — H7270

Definition

verb

to walk along; but only in specifically, applications, to reconnoiter, to be atale-bearer (i.e. slander); to lead about

1. to go on foot, spy out, foot it, go about, walk along, move the feet
1. (Qal) to be a tale-bearer, slander, go about
2. (Piel)
1. to slander
2. to go about as explorer, spy
3. (Tiphel) to teach to walk

Usually translated as

spy, espy, view, backbite, search, slander, teach to go

Origin

a primitive root; also as denominative from H7272

• Derived from Regel (H7272)

Greek equivalents

• dolóō (G1389)
• kataskopéō (G2684)
• katáskopos (G2685)

Occurrences

Râgal occurs 25 times in 24 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (7), Numbers (1), Deuteronomy (1), Joshua (6), Judges (3), 1 Samuel (1), 2 Samuel (3), 1 Chronicles (1), Psalms (1)

• Genesis 42:9 — And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said unto them, Ye are spies (מְרַגְּלִ֣ים); to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.
• Genesis 42:11 — We are all one man’s sons; we are true men, thy servants are no spies (מְרַגְּלִֽים).
• Genesis 42:14 — And Joseph said unto them, That is it that I spake unto you, saying, Ye are spies (מְרַגְּלִ֥ים):
• Genesis 42:16 — Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall be kept in prison, that your words may be proved, whether there be any truth in you: or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye are spies (מְרַגְּלִ֖ים).
• Genesis 42:30 — The man, who is the lord of the land, spake roughly to us, and took us for spies (כִּֽמְרַגְּלִ֖ים) of the country.
• Genesis 42:31 — And we said unto him, We are true men; we are no spies (מְרַגְּלִֽים):
• Genesis 42:34 — And bring your youngest brother unto me: then shall I know that ye are no spies (מְרַגְּלִים֙), but that ye are true men: so will I deliver you your brother, and ye shall traffick in the land.
• Numbers 21:32 — And Moses sent to spy out (לְרַגֵּ֣ל) Jaazer, and they took the villages thereof, and drove out the Amorites that were there.
• Deuteronomy 1:24 — And they turned and went up into the mountain, and came unto the valley of Eshcol, and searched it out (וַֽיְרַגְּל֖וּ).
• Joshua 2:1 — And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy (מְרַגְּלִים֙) secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into an harlot’s house, named Rahab, and lodged there.
• Joshua 6:22 — But Joshua had said unto the two men that had spied out (הַֽמְרַגְּלִ֤ים) the country, Go into the harlot’s house, and bring out thence the woman, and all that she hath, as ye sware unto her.
• Joshua 6:23 — And the young men that were spies (הַֽמְרַגְּלִ֗ים) went in, and brought out Rahab, and her father, and her mother, and her brethren, and all that she had; and they brought out all her kindred, and left them without the camp of Israel.
• Joshua 6:25 — And Joshua saved Rahab the harlot alive, and her father’s household, and all that she had; and she dwelleth in Israel even unto this day; because she hid the messengers, which Joshua sent to spy out (לְרַגֵּ֥ל) Jericho.
• Joshua 7:2 — And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Beth-aven, on the east side of Beth-el, and spake unto them, saying, Go up and view (וְרַגְּל֣וּ) the country. And the men went up and viewed Ai.
• Joshua 7:2 — And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Beth-aven, on the east side of Beth-el, and spake unto them, saying, Go up and view the country. And the men went up and viewed (וַֽיְרַגְּל֖וּ) Ai.
• Joshua 14:7 — Forty years old was I when Moses the servant of the LORD sent me from Kadesh-barnea to espy out (לְרַגֵּ֣ל) the land; and I brought him word again as it was in mine heart.
• Judges 18:2 — And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from their coasts, men of valour, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out (לְרַגֵּ֤ל) the land, and to search it; and they said unto them, Go, search the land: who when they came to mount Ephraim, to the house of Micah, they lodged there.
• Judges 18:14 — Then answered the five men that went to spy out (לְרַגֵּל֮) the country of Laish, and said unto their brethren, Do ye know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven image, and a molten image? now therefore consider what ye have to do.
• Judges 18:17 — And the five men that went to spy out (לְרַגֵּ֣ל) the land went up, and came in thither, and took the graven image, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image: and the priest stood in the entering of the gate with the six hundred men that were appointed with weapons of war.
• 1 Samuel 26:4 — David therefore sent out spies (מְרַגְּלִ֑ים), and understood that Saul was come in very deed.
• 2 Samuel 10:3 — And the princes of the children of Ammon said unto Hanun their lord, Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? hath not David rather sent his servants unto thee, to search the city, and to spy it out (וּלְרַגְּלָ֣הּ), and to overthrow it?
• 2 Samuel 15:10 — But Absalom sent spies (מְרַגְּלִ֔ים) throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, As soon as ye hear the sound of the trumpet, then ye shall say, Absalom reigneth in Hebron.
• 2 Samuel 19:27 — And he hath slandered (וַיְרַגֵּ֣ל) thy servant unto my lord the king; but my lord the king is as an angel of God: do therefore what is good in thine eyes.
• 1 Chronicles 19:3 — But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? are not his servants come unto thee for to search, and to overthrow, and to spy out (וּלְרַגֵּל֙) the land?
• Psalms 15:3 — He that backbiteth (רָגַ֨ל) not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.