Word Study · Strong's H7273 · Hebrew
רַגְלִי
ragli
rag-lee'
Strong's 1890 spelling: raglîy
“a footman (soldier)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a footman (soldier)
Rendered in the KJV as
(on) foot(-man).
- 12occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 9 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 6inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 12 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 6
- רַגְלִ֑י5
- רַגְלִ֔י2
- רַגְלִ֖י2
- רַגְלִ֛י1
- רַגְלִֽי׃1
- רַגְלִ֥ים׀1
How it is rendered · 3
- foot soldier[s]7
- on foot4
- foot soldiers1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- adjective · masculine singular11
- adjective · masculine plural1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HAamsa · 11
- HAampa · 1
All 12, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- 1 Samuel2 of 12 · 17%
- 2 Samuel2 of 12 · 17%
- 1 Chronicles2 of 12 · 17%
- Exodus1 of 12 · 8%
- Numbers1 of 12 · 8%
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1 Samuel2 occurrences
- 1 Samuel 4:10רַגְלִֽי׃ragliadjective · masculine singularSo the Philistines fought, and Israel was defeated, and each man fled to his tent. The slaughter was very great—thirty thousand foot soldiers of Israel fell.here: foot soldier[s]
- 1 Samuel 15:4רַגְלִ֑יragliadjective · masculine singularSo Saul summoned the troops and numbered them at Telaim—200,000 foot soldiers and 10,000 men of Judah.here: foot soldier[s]
2 Samuel2 occurrences
- 2 Samuel 8:4רַגְלִ֑יragliadjective · masculine singularDavid captured from him a thousand chariots, seven thousand charioteers, and twenty thousand foot soldiers, and he hamstrung all the horses except a hundred he kept for the chariots.here: on foot
- 2 Samuel 10:6רַגְלִ֔יragliadjective · masculine singularWhen the Ammonites realized that they had become a stench to David, they hired twenty thousand Aramean foot soldiers from Beth-rehob and Zoba, as well as a thousand men from the king of Maacah and twelve thousand men from Tob.here: foot soldier[s]
1 Chronicles2 occurrences
- 1 Chronicles 18:4רַגְלִ֑יragliadjective · masculine singularDavid captured from him a thousand chariots, seven thousand charioteers, and twenty thousand foot soldiers, and he hamstrung all the horses except a hundred he kept for the chariots.here: on foot
- 1 Chronicles 19:18רַגְלִ֑יragliadjective · masculine singularBut the Arameans fled before Israel, and David killed seven thousand of their charioteers and forty thousand foot soldiers. He also killed Shophach the commander of their army.here: on foot