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Strong H5372נִרְגָּן

whisperer

Transliteration
nirgân
Pronunciation
neer-gawn'
Morphology
Hebrew Verb

Definition

From an unused root meaning to roll to pieces; a slanderer: - {talebearer} whisperer.

Detailed definition

1) to murmur, whisper
1a) murmurers
1b) backbite, slander, talebearer, backbiter

In the Bible

Strong H5372 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • talebearer3
  • whisperer1

First verses

  1. Proverbs 16:28
    A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.
  2. Proverbs 18:8
    The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
  3. Proverbs 26:20
    Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.
  4. Proverbs 26:22
    The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
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