רָכִיל
rachil · slanderer
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H7400 · appears 6 times in the Bible
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rachil (רָכִיל) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “slanderer”.
Gossip, slander; one who goes about telling things about others.
How to say it
ra·chil
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 goes around telling things about others to harm them.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- slandering ×3
- as a gossip ×2
- gossip ×1
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Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Leviticus 19:16
You shall not go about slandering among your people. You shall not stand idly by over the blood of your neighbor. I am YHWH.
- Proverbs 11:13
One who goes about as a gossip reveals a secret, but one who is faithful in spirit covers a matter.
- Proverbs 20:19
One who reveals a secret goes about as a gossip, so with one who opens his lips do not mix.
- Jeremiah 6:28
All of them are rebels among the stubborn, going about slandering; bronze and iron, all of them are corrupters.
- Jeremiah 9:4
Beware, each of his neighbor, and in no brother put your trust; for every brother utterly supplants, and every neighbor goes about slandering.
- Ezekiel 22:9
Men of gossip have been in you to shed blood; and on the mountains they have eaten in you; infamy they have committed in your midst.