ragam · stone

What it means

ragam (רָגַם) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “stone”.

To death: kill someone by throwing stones at him; in the Law the whole people carried it out.

How to say it

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

1. To kill someone by pelting with rocks.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• stone ×9
• stoned ×6
• shall surely ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Leviticus×6
• Numbers×3
• Deuteronomy×1
• Joshua×1
• 1 Kings×1
• 2 Chronicles×2
• Ezekiel×2

• Leviticus 20:2

  “And you shall say to the sons of Israel: Any man of the sons of Israel or of the resident aliens who reside in Israel who gives any of his offspring to Molech shall surely be put to death; the people of the land shall stone him with stones.

• Leviticus 20:27

  And a man or a woman in whom there is a spirit of the dead or a spirit of divination shall surely be put to death; they shall stone them with stones; their blood is on them.”

• Leviticus 24:14

  “Bring the one who cursed outside the camp, and let all who heard lay their hands on his head, and let all the community stone him.

• Leviticus 24:16

  And whoever blasphemes the name of YHWH shall surely be put to death; all the community shall surely stone him; the resident alien as well as the native, when he blasphemes the Name, shall be put to death.

• Leviticus 24:23

  And Moses spoke to the sons of Israel, and they brought out the one who cursed to outside the camp and stoned him with stones. And the sons of Israel did as YHWH had commanded Moses.

• Numbers 14:10

  But all the community said to stone them with stones. Then the glory of YHWH appeared in the tent of meeting to all the sons of Israel.

• Numbers 15:35

  And YHWH said to Moses, “The man shall surely be put to death; all the community shall stone him with stones outside the camp.”

• Numbers 15:36

  So all the community brought him outside the camp and stoned him with stones, and he died, as YHWH had commanded Moses.

• Deuteronomy 21:21

  Then all the men of his city shall stone him with stones so that he dies. So you shall remove the evil from among you, and all Israel shall hear and fear.

• Joshua 7:25

  And Joshua said, “Why have you brought ruin on us? YHWH will bring ruin on you this day.” And all Israel stoned him with stones, and they burned them with fire and stoned them with stones.

• 1 Kings 12:18

  King Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was over the forced labor, and all Israel stoned him with stones, and he died. And King Rehoboam hurried to get up into the chariot to flee to Jerusalem.

• 2 Chronicles 10:18

  King Rehoboam sent Hadoram, who was over the forced labor, and the sons of Israel stoned him with stones, and he died. And King Rehoboam hurried to get up into the chariot to flee to Jerusalem.

• 2 Chronicles 24:21

  They conspired against him and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of YHWH.

• Ezekiel 16:40

  And they will bring up against you an assembly, and they will stone you with stones and cut you to pieces with their swords.

• Ezekiel 23:47

  And the assembly will stone them with stones, and cut them down with their swords; their sons and their daughters they will kill, and their houses they will burn with fire.

And 1 more times.