רָגַל ragal
Hebrew word for “to spy” · Strong’s H7270 · used 25 times in 24 verses
Meaning
1) to go on foot, spy out, foot it, go about, walk along, move the feet;
How it is translated
Glosses given for ragal in context, with how often each is used:
- spies 9
- spy out 8
- spied out 2
- who had spied out 2
- like those who spy out 1
- spy on 1
- has slandered 1
- takes slander 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Genesis | 7 | 0.3 | |
| Joshua | 7 | 0.7 | |
| Judges | 3 | 0.3 | |
| 2 Samuel | 3 | 0.3 | |
| Numbers | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Deuteronomy | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 1 Samuel | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 1 Chronicles | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Psalms | 1 | 0.1 |
Chapters where it is used most
Genesis 42 (7), Joshua 6 (3), Judges 18 (3), Numbers 21 (1), Deuteronomy 1 (1), Joshua 2 (1), Joshua 7 (1), Joshua 14 (1), 1 Samuel 26 (1), 2 Samuel 10 (1)
Forms
- מרגלים 9
- לרגל 6
- וירגלו 2
- המרגלים 2
- כמרגלים 1
- ורגלו 1
- ולרגלה 1
- וירגל 1
- ולרגל 1
- רגל 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with ragal more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- שָׁלַח shalach “to send” 11
- רָחָב rachav “Rahab” 3
- אֱנוֹשׁ enosh “human” 6
- חָקַר chaqar “to search” 3
- יְהוֹשׁוּעַ yehoshua “Joshua” 4
- יְרִיחוֹ yericho “Jericho” 3
- עֶבֶד eved “servant/slave” 5
- שָׁם sham “there” 5
- זָנָה zanah “to fornicate” 3
- חָנוּן chanun “Hanun” 2
- אָח ach “brother” 4
- תְּרָפִים teraphim “teraphim” 2
Key verses
The verses using ragal that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Genesis 42:9 — 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.
- Joshua 2:1 — 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,…
- Joshua 6:22 — 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…
- Joshua 6:23 — 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…
- Joshua 7:2 — And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Beth-aven, on the east side of Beth-el, and spake unto them, saying, Go up and view the country. And…
- Judges 18:2 — 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;…
- Judges 18:14 — 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…
- Judges 18:17 — 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:…
- 2 Samuel 15:10 — 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 — 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 — 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…
- Psalms 15:3 — He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.
See all 24 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.