רָגַןrâgan
murmur, whisper
Pronunciation: raw-gan' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7279
Meanings
1. murmur, (rebelliously)
Qal: murmurers (Isaiah 29:24)
Niph`al: and they murmured (Psalms 106:25; Deuteronomy 1:27)
2. whisper, (maliciously), backlite, slander
Niph`al: backbiter (Proverbs 16:28; Proverbs 18:8; Proverbs 26:20)
Where it appears
Appears 7 times in the Bible.
- Deuteronomy 1:27 You complained in your tents and said, ‘The Lord must hate us. That’s why he has brought us here from Egypt—to hand us over to the Amorites to be slaughtered.
- Psalms 106:25 Instead, they grumbled in their tents and refused to obey the Lord.
- Proverbs 16:28 A troublemaker plants seeds of strife; gossip separates the best of friends.
- Proverbs 18:8 Rumors are dainty morsels that sink deep into one’s heart.
- Proverbs 26:20 Fire goes out without wood, and quarrels disappear when gossip stops.
- Proverbs 26:22 Rumors are dainty morsels that sink deep into one’s heart.
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).