H5372 נִרְגָּן
nirgân — a slanderer
KJV: talebearer, whisperer.
Occurs 3 times. Every verse with this word
Brown–Driver–Briggs
- רָגַן vb. murmur, whisper
- 1 murmur (rebelliously)
- Qal murmurers;
- Niph. and they murmured in their tents
- 2 whisper (maliciously), backbite, slander:
- Niph. backbiter
Where it occurs
- Proverbs 18:8 — The words of a gossip are like dainty morsels: they go down into a person’s innermost parts.
- Proverbs 26:20 — For lack of wood a fire goes out. Without gossip, a quarrel dies down.
- Proverbs 26:22 — The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, they go down into the innermost parts.