Hebrew noun (masculine) · H7400
רָכִיל
rakilraw-keel'
slander
6 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: râkîyl
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H7400is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 4 of 39Old Testament books
- 6spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H7400
a scandal-monger (as travelling about)
The King James renders it: slander, carry tales, talebearer.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
rakil is rendered "slander". It stands 6 times in the Hebrew text, across four books.
- Two of the uses stand in Proverbs, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Leviticus 19:16You must not go about spreading slander among your people. You must not endanger the life of your neighbor. I am the LORD.
- The Greek text spells it six different ways.
The first use
You must not go about spreading slander among your people. You must not endanger the life of your neighbor. I am the LORD.
Leviticus 19:16רָכִיל֙
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Two of the word's six uses are in Proverbs.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- a slanderer4
- slander2
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 6, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
6 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- רָכִיל֙1
- רָ֭כִיל1
- רָכִ֑יל1
- רָכִ֖יל1
- רָכִ֥יל1
- רָכִ֛יל1
The grammar of each form
- noun · masculine singular6HNcmsa
Leviticus
one use
You must not go about spreading slander among your people. You must not endanger the life of your neighbor. I am the LORD.
- רָכִיל֙rakhilnoun · masculine singulartagged: a slanderer
Proverbs
two uses
A gossip reveals a secret, but a trustworthy person keeps a confidence.
- רָ֭כִילrakhilnoun · masculine singulartagged: a slanderer
He who reveals secrets is a constant gossip; avoid the one who babbles with his lips.
- רָכִ֑ילrakhilnoun · masculine singulartagged: a slanderer
Jeremiah
two uses
All are hardened rebels, walking around as slanderers. They are bronze and iron; all of them are corrupt.
- רָכִ֖ילrakhilnoun · masculine singulartagged: slander
“Let everyone guard against his neighbor; do not trust any brother, for every brother deals craftily, and every friend spreads slander.
- רָכִ֥ילrakhilnoun · masculine singulartagged: a slanderer
Ezekiel
one use
Among you are slanderous men bent on bloodshed; within you are those who eat on the mountain shrines and commit acts of indecency.
- רָכִ֛ילrakhilnoun · masculine singulartagged: slander
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.