נִרְגָּן
nirgan · gossip, slanderer
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H5372 · appears 4 times in the Bible
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nirgan (נִרְגָּן) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “gossip, slanderer”.
A whisperer: one who goes about with gossip and sows discord.
How to say it
nir·gan
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- One who passes tales about others and sows discord.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
Where it appears
- Proverbs 16:28
A man of perversities spreads strife, and a grumbler separates close friends.
- Proverbs 18:8
The words of a grumbler are like delicious morsels, and they go down into the inner rooms of the belly.
- Proverbs 26:20
Without wood the fire goes out, and where there is no grumbler, strife quiets down.
- Proverbs 26:22
The words of a grumbler are like delicious morsels, and they go down into the inner rooms of the belly.