H5372 נִרְגָּן

Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 4 KJV occurrences

נִרְגָּן

nirgân · neer-gawn'

Definition

a slanderer

KJV Renderings

talebearer, whisperer.

Derivation / Etymology

from an unused root meaning to roll to pieces;

KJV Verses (4)

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