רָגַםrâgam
stone, kill by stoning, denominative? compare סקל; or originally = throw, hurl?
Pronunciation: raw-gam' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7275
Meanings
Qal: stone (Leviticus 24:14; Deuteronomy 21:21; Leviticus 20:16)
Same root
- רֶגֶבregeb · H7263a lump of clay
- רוּעַrûwaʻ · H7321to mar (especially by breaking); figuratively, to split the ears (with sound), i.e. shout (for alarm or joy)
- רָקַםrâqam · H7551to variegate color, i.e. embroider; by implication, to fabricate
- מַרְגֵּמָהmargêmâh · H4773a stone-heap
- רֶגֶםRegem · H7276Regem, an Israelite
- תִּרְגַּםtirgam · H8638to transfer, i.e. translate
Where it appears
Appears 16 times in the Bible.
- Leviticus 20:2 “Give the people of Israel these instructions, which apply both to native Israelites and to the foreigners living in Israel. “If any of them offer their children as a sacrifice to Molech, they must be put to death. The people of the community must stone them to death.
- Leviticus 20:27 “Men and women among you who act as mediums or who consult the spirits of the dead must be put to death by stoning. They are guilty of a capital offense.”
- Leviticus 24:14 “Take the blasphemer outside the camp, and tell all those who heard the curse to lay their hands on his head. Then let the entire community stone him to death.
- Leviticus 24:16 Anyone who blasphemes the Name of the Lord must be stoned to death by the whole community of Israel. Any native-born Israelite or foreigner among you who blasphemes the Name of the Lord must be put to death.
- Leviticus 24:23 After Moses gave all these instructions to the Israelites, they took the blasphemer outside the camp and stoned him to death. The Israelites did just as the Lord had commanded Moses.
- Numbers 14:10 But the whole community began to talk about stoning Joshua and Caleb. Then the glorious presence of the Lord appeared to all the Israelites at the Tabernacle.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).