Strong’s H7400 · Hebrew
רָכִיל
râkîyl · raw-keel'
Origin from רָכַל (H7402)
Meaning a scandal-monger (as travelling about)
In the King James Version slander, carry tales, talebearer.
In 5 verses of the King James Version
- Leviticus 19:16Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour: I am the LORD.
- Proverbs 20:19He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.
- Jeremiah 6:28They are all grievous revolters, walking with slanders: they are brass and iron; they are all corrupters.
- Jeremiah 9:4Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbour will walk with slanders.
- Ezekiel 22:9In thee are men that carry tales to shed blood: and in thee they eat upon the mountains: in the midst of thee they commit lewdness.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.