רָכִיל
râkîyl · raw-keel'
a scandal-monger (as travelling about)
Lexicon
Derivation: from H7402 (רָכַל)
a scandal-monger (as travelling about)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: slander, carry tales, talebearer.
Letters
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the head, the highest › the open hand that covers › the hand that works › authority, the one who leads
The head, the highest of the open hand that covers of the hand that works of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of רָכִיל above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
6 occurrences · 6 OT · 0 NT · 6 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- with slanders2 · 33%
- up and down as a talebearer1 · 17%
- a talebearer1 · 17%
- as a talebearer1 · 17%
- that carry tales1 · 17%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.