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Lexicon :: Strong's H7554 - rāqaʿ

Aa
רָקַע
Transliteration
rāqaʿ
Pronunciation
raw-kah'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 2217

Strong’s Definitions

רָקַע râqaʻ, raw-kah'; a primitive root; to pound the earth (as a sign of passion); by analogy to expand (by hammering); by implication, to overlay (with thin sheets of metal):—beat, make broad, spread abroad (forth, over, out, into plates), stamp, stretch.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x

The KJV translates Strong's H7554 in the following manner: spread... (6x), stamp (2x), stretch (1x), beat (1x), made broad (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x
The KJV translates Strong's H7554 in the following manner: spread... (6x), stamp (2x), stretch (1x), beat (1x), made broad (1x).

  1. to beat, stamp, beat out, spread out, stretch

    1. (Qal)

      1. to stamp, beat out

      2. one who beats out (participle)

    2. (Piel) to overlay, beat out (for plating)

    3. (Pual) beaten out (participle)

    4. (Hiphil) to make a spreading (of clouds)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
רָקַע râqaʻ, raw-kah'; a primitive root; to pound the earth (as a sign of passion); by analogy to expand (by hammering); by implication, to overlay (with thin sheets of metal):—beat, make broad, spread abroad (forth, over, out, into plates), stamp, stretch.
STRONGS H7554: Abbreviations
† [רָקַע] verb beat, stamp, beat out, spread out (Late Hebrew id.; Hiph., Aramaic רְקַע Aph`el, both spread out, and derivatives; Syriac bdb095507 press down (Luke 6:38 Syriac Version), spread out, also consolidate; Arabic bdb095508 patch, put on a patch, repair, compare Christian-Palestinian Aramaic bdb095509 patch, bdb095510 swaddling-bands, SchwIdioticon 90; Phoenician מרקע platter, or bowl, of gold CISi. 90, 1); —
Qal Imperfect 1st person singular suffix אֶרְקָעֵם 2 Samuel 22:43 I will stamp them down (probably gloss to אֲדִקֵּם preceding, of. BaePs 18:43); Imperative רְקַע בְּדַגְלְךָ Ezekiel 6:11 beat (stamp) with thy foot, in token of contemptuous pleasure, compare Da (|| בְכַפְּךָ הַכֵּה); so Infinitive construct suffix רַקְעֲךָ בְּרָ֑גֶל Ezekiel 25:6 (|| מַחְאֲךָ יָד); Participle active as substantive construct (Ges§ 65 d) רֹקַע הָאָרֶץ (i.e. י׳) he that (beateth out) spreadeth out the earth Isaiah 42:5, רֹקַע הַא׳ Isaiah 44:24, רוֺקַע הָא׳ Psalm 136:6.
Pi. Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular suffix בַּזָּהָב יְרַקְּעֶנּוּ Isaiah 40:19 a goldsmith with gold over-layeth it (literally beateth it out 3rd person masculine plural אֶת־ וַיְרַקְּעוּ הַזָּהָב פַּחֵי Exodus 39:3 they beat out the plates of gold; suffix צִפּוּי וַיְרַקְּעוּם Numbers 17:4 they beat them out as plating.
Pu. Participle כֶּסֶף מְרֻקָּ֑ע Jeremiah 10:9 silver beaten out.
Hiph. Imperfect 2nd person masculine singular תַּרְקִיעַ עִמּוֺ לִשְׁחָקִים Job 37:18 canst thou make with (= like) him a spreading for clouds (spread out clouds; cf, רָקִיעַ)?
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

39:3

Numbers

17:4

2 Samuel

22:43

Job

37:18

Psalms

18:43; 136:6

Isaiah

40:19; 42:5; 44:24

Jeremiah

10:9

Ezekiel

6:11; 25:6

Luke

6:38

H7554

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Strong's Number H7554 matches the Hebrew רָקַע (rāqaʿ),
which occurs 11 times in 11 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:3 - Then they hammered H7554 out H7554 gold H2091 sheets H6341 and cut H7112 them into threads H6616 [fn]to be woven H6213 in with the violet H8504, the purple H713, and the scarlet H8144 material, and the fine H8336 linen H8336, the work H4639 of a skilled H2803 embroiderer H2803.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:39 - So the priest H3548 Eleazar H499 took H3947 the bronze H5178 censers H4289 which H834 the men who were burned H8313 had offered H7126, and they hammered H7554 them out H7554 as plating H6826 for the altar H4196,

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“Then I pulverized H7833 them as the dust H6083 of the earth H776;

I crushed H1854 and trampled H7554 them like the mud H2916 of the streets H2351.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:18 -

“Can you, with Him, spread H7554 out H7554 the skies H7834,

Strong H2389 as a cast H3332 metal H3332 mirror H7209?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:6 -

To Him who spread H7554 out H7554 the earth H776 above H5921 the waters H4325,

For His faithfulness H2617 is everlasting H5769;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:19 -

As for the [fn]idol H6459, a craftsman H2796 casts H5258 it,

A goldsmith H6884 plates H7554 it with gold H2091,

And a silversmith H6884 fashions chains H7577 of silver H3701.

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This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 God H410 the LORD H3068 says H559,

Who created H1254 the heavens H8064 and stretched H5186 them out H5186,

Who spread H7554 out H7554 the earth H776 and its [fn]offspring H6631,

Who gives H5414 breath H5397 to the people H5971 on it

And spirit H7307 to those who walk H1980 in it:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:24 -

This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 says H559, He who is your Redeemer H1350, and the One who formed H3335 you from the womb H990:

“I, the LORD H3068, am the Maker H6213 of all H3605 things H3605,

Stretching H5186 out H5186 the heavens H8064 by Myself H905

And spreading H7554 out H7554 the earth H776 [fn]alone H4480 H854,

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Beaten H7554 silver H3701 is brought H935 from Tarshish H8659,

And gold H2091 from Uphaz H210,

The work H4639 of a craftsman H2796 and of the hands H3027 of a goldsmith H6884;

Their clothing H3830 is of violet H8504 and purple H713;

They are all H3605 the work H4639 of skilled H2450 people H2450.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:11 -

“This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the Lord H136 [fn]GOD H3068 says H559: ‘Clap H5221 your hands H3709, stamp H7554 your foot H7272 and say H559, “Woe H253, because H413 of all H3605 the evil H7451 abominations H8441 of the house H1004 of Israel H3478, which H834 will fall H5307 by the sword H2719, famine H7458, and plague H1698!

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:6 - ‘For this H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the Lord H136 GOD H3068 says H559: “Because H3282 you have clapped H4222 your hands H3027 and stamped H7554 your feet H7272, and have rejoiced H8055 with all H3605 the malice H7589 in your soul H5315 against H413 the land H127 of Israel H3478,
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