King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H7400
Transliteration: rakil
Phonetic Spelling: (raw-keel')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: slander
Meaning: a scandal-monger
Word Summary
rakil: slander
Original Word: רָכִילTransliteration: rakil
Phonetic Spelling: (raw-keel')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: slander
Meaning: a scandal-monger
Strong's Concordance
slander, carry tales, talebearer From rakal a scandal-monger (as travelling about) -- slander, carry tales, talebearer.
see HEBREW rakal
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H7400. rakil
רָכִיל noun [masculine] slander, > tale-bearer, in-former; — always ׳ר absolute; — ׳ר יַהֲלֹךְ Jeremiah 9:3, ר ׳תֵּלֵךְ Leviticus 9:16 (H), ר ׳הוֺלֵךְ Proverbs 11:13; 20:19, all of going about in slander, as slander (Ges§ 118q); ר ׳הֹלְבֵי Jeremiah 6:28 goers of slander (slanderous persons) (compare הָלַךְ); ר ׳אַנְשֵׁי Ezekiel 22:9 men of slander, informers.