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רָגַל H7270
H7270 is the Hebrew word רָגַל, transliterated râgal and said raw-gal'. The King James Version most often renders it spies.
What it means
to walk along; but only in specifically, applications, to reconnoiter, to be atale-bearer (i.e. slander); to lead about.
Where it comes from
a primitive root; also as denominative from H7272 (רֶגֶל).
How the King James Version translates it
Across 20 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: backbite, search, slander, (e-) spy (out), teach to go, view.
Verses using רָגַל
All 19 verses, quoted in full.
Genesis 42:9 · KJV
And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said unto them, Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.
Genesis 42:30 · KJV
The man, who is the lord of the land, spake roughly to us, and took us for spies of the country.
Genesis 42:34 · KJV
And bring your youngest brother unto me: then shall I know that ye are no spies, but that ye are true men: so will I deliver you your brother, and ye shall traffick in the land.
Numbers 21:32 · KJV
And Moses sent to spy out Jaazer, and they took the villages thereof, and drove out the Amorites that were there.
Joshua 2:1 · KJV
And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into an harlot’s house, named Rahab, and lodged there.
Joshua 6:22 · KJV
But Joshua had said unto the two men that had spied out the country, Go into the harlot’s house, and bring out thence the woman, and all that she hath, as ye sware unto her.
Joshua 6:23 · KJV
And the young men that were spies went in, and brought out Rahab, and her father, and her mother, and her brethren, and all that she had; and they brought out all her kindred, and left them without the camp of Israel.
Joshua 6:25 · KJV
And Joshua saved Rahab the harlot alive, and her father’s household, and all that she had; and she dwelleth in Israel even unto this day; because she hid the messengers, which Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.
Joshua 7:2 · KJV
And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Bethaven, on the east side of Bethel, and spake unto them, saying, Go up and view the country. And the men went up and viewed Ai.
Joshua 14:7 · KJV
Forty years old was I when Moses the servant of the LORD sent me from Kadeshbarnea to espy out the land; and I brought him word again as it was in mine heart.
Judges 18:2 · KJV
And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from their coasts, men of valour, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, and to search it; and they said unto them, Go, search the land: who when they came to mount Ephraim, to the house of Micah, they lodged there.
Judges 18:14 · KJV
Then answered the five men that went to spy out the country of Laish, and said unto their brethren, Do ye know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven image, and a molten image? now therefore consider what ye have to do.
Judges 18:17 · KJV
And the five men that went to spy out the land went up, and came in thither, and took the graven image, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image: and the priest stood in the entering of the gate with the six hundred men that were appointed with weapons of war.
1 Samuel 26:4 · KJV
David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul was come in very deed.
2 Samuel 10:3 · KJV
And the princes of the children of Ammon said unto Hanun their lord, Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? hath not David rather sent his servants unto thee, to search the city, and to spy it out, and to overthrow it?
2 Samuel 15:10 · KJV
But Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, As soon as ye hear the sound of the trumpet, then ye shall say, Absalom reigneth in Hebron.
2 Samuel 19:27 · KJV
And he hath slandered thy servant unto my lord the king; but my lord the king is as an angel of God: do therefore what is good in thine eyes.
1 Chronicles 19:3 · KJV
But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? are not his servants come unto thee for to search, and to overthrow, and to spy out the land?
Psalm 15:3 · KJV
He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.
Common questions
What does Strong's H7270 mean?
H7270 is the Hebrew word רָגַל (râgal), meaning to walk along; but only in specifically, applications, to reconnoiter, to be atale-bearer (i.e. slander); to lead about.
How is H7270 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it spies (5 times), spy out (5 times), spy (2 times), no spies (1 time), spied out (1 time), among others.
How many times does H7270 appear in the Bible?
רָגַל (râgal) is tagged in 19 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H7270 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: a primitive root; also as denominative from H7272 (רֶגֶל).
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