# H5372 נִרְגָּן

נִרְגָּן (nirgân), Strong’s H5372: a slanderer KJV: talebearer, whisperer.. Occurs 3 times.

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*nirgân* — a slanderer

KJV: talebearer, whisperer.

Occurs 3 times.

## 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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/18?v=8) — The words of a gossip are like dainty morsels: they go down into a person’s innermost parts.
- [Proverbs 26:20](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/26?v=20) — For lack of wood a fire goes out. Without gossip, a quarrel dies down.
- [Proverbs 26:22](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/26?v=22) — The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, they go down into the innermost parts.