Definition

to walk along; but only in specifically, applications, to reconnoiter, to be atale-bearer (i.e. slander); to lead about

Etymology

a primitive root; also as denominative from H7272 (רֶגֶל)

Word family

• רֶגֶל regel

How the KJV renders it

• backbite
• search
• slander
• (e-) spy (out)
• teach to go
• view

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.