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Lexicon :: Strong's H7494 - raʿaš

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רַעַשׁ
Transliteration
raʿaš
Pronunciation
rah'-ash
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 2195a

Strong’s Definitions

רַעַשׁ raʻash, rah'-ash; from H7493; vibration, bounding, uproar:—commotion, confused noise, earthquake, fierceness, quaking, rattling, rushing, shaking.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x

The KJV translates Strong's H7494 in the following manner: earthquake (6x), rushing (3x), shake (3x), fierceness (1x), confused noise (1x), commotion (1x), rattling (1x), quaking (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x
The KJV translates Strong's H7494 in the following manner: earthquake (6x), rushing (3x), shake (3x), fierceness (1x), confused noise (1x), commotion (1x), rattling (1x), quaking (1x).

  1. quaking, rattling, shaking

    1. earthquake

    2. quaking, trembling (of person)

    3. shaking, quivering (of dart)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
רַעַשׁ raʻash, rah'-ash; from H7493; vibration, bounding, uproar:—commotion, confused noise, earthquake, fierceness, quaking, rattling, rushing, shaking.
STRONGS H7494: Abbreviations
† רַ֫עַשׁ noun masculineJeremiah 10:22 quaking, shaking; — ר׳ absolute 1 Kings 19:11 +, construct Nahum 3:2; Job 41:21; —
1. specifically earthquake, Amos 1:1; Zechariah 14:5; 1 Kings 19:11 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 19:12; figurative of י׳'s judgement Isaiah 29:6; Ezekiel 38:19; compare (in vision) קוֺל גָּרוֺל ר׳ Ezekiel 3:12, 13; probably also Ezekiel 37:7 (Greek Version of the LXX Thes Co Krae; > rustling, rattling, Hi-Sm Toy); hence hyperbole of shaking of earth by tramping of warriors Isaiah 9:4, by war-chariots Jeremiah 47:3, compare Jeremiah 10:22, or wheels Nahum 3:2.
2. quaking, trembling, of person Ezekiel 12:18.
3. shaking, quivering, of horse eager to start Job 39:24 (+ רֹגֶז), of dart Job 41:21 (others rushing sound).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Kings

19:11; 19:11; 19:12

Job

39:24; 41:21; 41:21

Isaiah

9:4; 29:6

Jeremiah

10:22; 10:22; 47:3

Ezekiel

3:12; 3:13; 12:18; 37:7; 38:19

Amos

1:1

Nahum

3:2; 3:2

Zechariah

14:5

H7494

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7494 matches the Hebrew רַעַשׁ (raʿaš),
which occurs 17 times in 16 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 19:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:11 - And he said, “Go out and stand on the mount before the LORD.” And behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind tore the mountains and broke in pieces the rocks before the LORD, but the LORD was not in the wind. And after the wind an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 19:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:12 - And after the earthquake a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire. And after the fire the sound of a low whisper.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 39:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:24 - With fierceness and rage he swallows the ground;
he cannot stand still at the sound of the trumpet.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 41:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:29 - Clubs are counted as stubble;
he laughs at the rattle of javelins.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 9:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:5 - For every boot of the tramping warrior in battle tumult
and every garment rolled in blood
will be burned as fuel for the fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 29:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:6 - you will be visited by the LORD of hosts
with thunder and with earthquake and great noise,
with whirlwind and tempest, and the flame of a devouring fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 10:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:22 - A voice, a rumor! Behold, it comes!—
a great commotion out of the north country
to make the cities of Judah a desolation,
a lair of jackals.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 47:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 47:3 - At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his stallions,
at the rushing of his chariots, at the rumbling of their wheels,
the fathers look not back to their children,
so feeble are their hands,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:12 - Then the Spirit[fn] lifted me up, and I heard behind me the voice[fn] of a great earthquake: “Blessed be the glory of the LORD from its place!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:13 - It was the sound of the wings of the living creatures as they touched one another, and the sound of the wheels beside them, and the sound of a great earthquake.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 12:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:18 - “Son of man, eat your bread with quaking, and drink water with trembling and with anxiety.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 37:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:7 - So I prophesied as I was commanded. And as I prophesied, there was a sound, and behold, a rattling,[fn] and the bones came together, bone to its bone.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 38:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:19 - For in my jealousy and in my blazing wrath I declare, On that day there shall be a great earthquake in the land of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:1 - The words of Amos, who was among the shepherds[fn] of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel, two years[fn] before the earthquake.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:2 - The crack of the whip, and rumble of the wheel,
galloping horse and bounding chariot!

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 14:5

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:5 - And you shall flee to the valley of my mountains, for the valley of the mountains shall reach to Azal. And you shall flee as you fled from the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Then the LORD my God will come, and all the holy ones with him.[fn]
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