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.
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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).