What does רָכִיל · διάβολος mean in the Bible?
רָכִיל · διάβολος is a Hebrew phrase meaning "a talebearer or slanderer who spreads rumors".
Hebrew · H7400, G1228
רָכִיל
A scandal-monger (as travelling about) · a traducer; specially, Satan (compare )
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רָכִיל H7400 a scandal-monger (as travelling about)
Pronunciation rakil
Serial gossip who spreads rumors by traveling—emphasizes mobile distribution of damaging speech within community
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διάβολος G1228 a traducer; specially, Satan (compare )
Pronunciation diábolos
Accuser and slanderer; Satan as the supreme false accuser who opposes God's people through deception.
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What does רָכִיל (rakil) mean in the Bible?
רָכִיל · διάβολος is a Hebrew phrase meaning "a talebearer or slanderer who spreads rumors".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H7400, G1228?
H7400, G1228 is connected to 6 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. a talebearer or slanderer who spreads rumors
Strong's H7400, G1228
Lexical occurrences 6 verses Source Gloss
a talebearer or slanderer who spreads rumors
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
רָכִיל is built from this root:
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Greek words that correspond to or develop the meaning of this Hebrew word in the New Testament.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain