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THE HOLY BIBLE KING JAMES VERSION — with Greek & Hebrew Lexicons and Commentary
Strong’s Hebrew

H5372 — nirgan

The entry below is Strong’s own definition (1890, public domain), and every verse where the word occurs.

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נִרְגָּן

nirgan — pronounced neer-gawn

from an unused root meaning to roll to pieces; a slanderer:--talebearer, whisperer.

4 occurrences in the KJV.

Proverbs 16:28

A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.

Proverbs 18:8

The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.

Proverbs 26:20

Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.

Proverbs 26:22

The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.

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