# נִרְגָּן (nirgan)

Israeli respelling: nir-gan. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H5372. 3 Old Testament occurrences.

a slanderer

King James renderings: talebearer, whisperer.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/nirgan-h5372

## Occurrences

- [Proverbs 18:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/26/20) — Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.
- [Proverbs 26:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/26/22) — The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.