רָגַל (ra.gal) means “to spy” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: raw-gal' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
רָגַל · ra.gal · to spy
1) to go on foot, spy out, foot it, go about, walk along, move the feet 1a) (Qal) to be a tale-bearer, slander, go about 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to slander 1b2) to go about as explorer, spy 1c) (Tiphel) to teach to walk Also means: tir.gal (תִּרְגַּל "to teach" H8637)
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a primitive root; also as denominative from H7272 (רֶגֶל) to walk along; but only in specifically, applications, to reconnoiter, to be atale-bearer (i.e. slander); to lead about
KJV glosses: backbite, search, slander, (e-) spy (out), teach to go, view.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| spies | 8 |
| to spy out | 5 |
| are spies | 3 |
| spy it out | 2 |
| and accused us of spying | 1 |
| and he has slandered | 1 |
| and spied out | 1 |
| and spied out the land | 1 |
| and spy out | 1 |
| slander | 1 |
| who had spied out | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| spies | 5 |
| to spy out | 4 |
| to spy | 2 |
| and he hath slandered | 1 |
| and searched it out | 1 |
| and to spy it out | 1 |
| and to spy out | 1 |
| and view | 1 |
| and viewed | 1 |
| are no spies | 1 |
| backbiteth | 1 |
| no spies | 1 |
| that had spied out | 1 |
| that were spies | 1 |
| to espy out | 1 |
| us for spies | 1 |
| we are no spies | 1 |
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Joseph remembered his dreams about them and said, “You are spies! You have come to see if our land is vulnerable.”
Read word by wordWe are all sons of one man. Your servants are honest men, not spies.”
Read word by wordThen Joseph declared, “Just as I said, you are spies!
Read word by wordSend one of your number to get your brother; the rest of you will be confined so that the truth of your words may be tested. If they are untrue, then as surely as Pharaoh lives, you are spies!”
Read word by word“The man who is lord of the land spoke harshly to us and accused us of spying on the country.
Read word by wordBut we told him, ‘We are honest men, not spies.
Read word by wordBut bring your youngest brother back to me so I will know that you are not spies but honest men. Then I will give your brother back to you, and you can trade in the land.’”
Read word by wordAfter Moses had sent spies to Jazer, Israel captured its villages and drove out the Amorites who were there.
Read word by wordThey left and went up into the hill country, and came to the Valley of Eshcol and spied out the land.
Read word by wordThen Joshua son of Nun secretly sent two spies from Shittim, saying, “Go, inspect the land, especially Jericho.” So they went and entered the house of a prostitute named Rahab and stayed there.
Read word by wordMeanwhile, Joshua told the two men who had spied out the land, “Go into the house of the prostitute and bring out the woman and all who are with her, just as you promised her.”
Read word by wordSo the young spies went in and brought out Rahab, her father and mother and brothers, and all who belonged to her. They brought out her whole family and settled them outside the camp of Israel.
Read word by wordAnd Joshua spared Rahab the prostitute, with her father’s household and all who belonged to her, because she hid the men Joshua had sent to spy out Jericho. So she has lived among the Israelites to this day.
Read word by wordMeanwhile, Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is near Beth-aven to the east of Bethel, and told them, “Go up and spy out the land.” So the men went up and spied out Ai.
Read word by wordI was forty years old when Moses the servant of the LORD sent me from Kadesh-barnea to spy out the land, and I brought back to him an honest report.
Read word by wordSo the Danites sent out five men from their clans, men of valor from Zorah and Eshtaol, to spy out the land and explore it. “Go and explore the land,” they told them. The men entered the hill country of Ephraim and came to the house of Micah, where they spent the night.
Read word by wordThen the five men who had gone to spy out the land of Laish said to their brothers, “Did you know that one of these houses has an ephod, household gods, a graven image, and a molten idol? Now think about what you should do.”
Read word by wordAnd the five men who had gone to spy out the land went inside and took the graven image, the ephod, the household idols, and the molten idol, while the priest stood at the entrance of the gate with the six hundred armed men.
Read word by wordDavid sent out spies to verify that Saul had arrived.
Read word by wordthe princes of the Ammonites said to Hanun their lord, “Just because David has sent you comforters, do you really believe he is showing respect for your father? Has not David instead sent his servants to explore the city, spy it out, and overthrow it?”
Read word by wordThen Absalom sent spies throughout the tribes of Israel with this message: “When you hear the sound of the horn, you are to say, ‘Absalom reigns in Hebron!’”
Read word by wordand he has slandered your servant to my lord the king. Yet my lord the king is like the angel of God, so do what is good in your eyes.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 19.28
the princes of the Ammonites said to Hanun, “Just because David has sent you comforters, do you really believe he is showing respect for your father? Have not his servants come to you to explore the land, spy it out, and overthrow it?”
Read word by wordwho has no slander on his tongue, who does no harm to his neighbor, who casts no scorn on his friend,
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