King James Bible
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STRONGS NUMBER H7493
Transliteration: raash
Phonetic Spelling: (raw-ash)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to quake, shake
Meaning: to undulate, through fear, to spring
Word Summary
raash: to quake, shake
Original Word: רָעַשׁTransliteration: raash
Phonetic Spelling: (raw-ash)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to quake, shake
Meaning: to undulate, through fear, to spring
Strong's Concordance
make afraid, remove, quake, make to shake, make to tremble A primitive root; to undulate (as the earth, the sky, etc.; also a field of grain), partic. Through fear; specifically, to spring (as a locust) -- make afraid, (re-)move, quake, (make to) shake, (make to) tremble.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H7493. raash
[רָעַשׁ] verb quake, shake, intransitive (Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew, so Aramaic (rare), and (once) רְשְַׁ toss, rage (of sea); Arabic , usually , , (loan-word?), tremble, quiver, quake; compare perhaps Assyrian rêšu, exult); —
Qal Perfect3feminine singular רָעֲשָׁה Jeremiah 8:16; 49:21, רָעָ֑שָׁה Judges 5:4; Psalm 68:9; 3plural רָעֲשׁוּ Joel 2:10 +, etc. Imperfect3masculine singular יִרְעַשׁ Psalm 72:16, 3feminine plural תִּרְעַשְׁנָה Ezekiel 26:10, etc.; Participle plural רֹעֲשִׁים Jeremiah 4:24; — quake, shake, of earth Judges 5:4 = Psalm 68:9, 2 Samuel 22:8 ("" רגז) = Psalm 18:8 ("" id.), 77:19 (+ רגז), also Isaiah 13:13 (with עַלכֵּֿן, + מִמְּקוֺמוֺ, pregnantly; "" רָגַז), Jeremiah 51:29; with מִן causative 8:16; 10:10; 49:21; of אָ֑רֶץ מוֺסְדֵי Isaiah 24:18; of heavens Joel 2:10 (לִפְנֵי causative; "" רָגַז); heavens and earth Joel 4:16; mountains Jeremiah 4:24; Nahum 1:5 (מִן person causative ), Psalm 46:4 (ב causative ); walls Ezekiel 26:10 (מִן causative ); אִיִּים 26:15 (id.); מִגְרשׁוֺת 27:28 (ל causative ); הַסִּמִּים Amos 9:1; all living things Ezekiel 38:20 (מִמָּנַי causative ); of waving grain Psalm 72:16.
Niph`al הָאָרֶץ נִרְעֲשָׁה Jeremiah 50:46 is made to quake (מִקּוֺל).
Hiph`il Perfect2masculine singular הִרְעַשְׁתָּה Psalm 60:4; 1singular הַרְעַשְׁתִּי Ezekiel 31:16; ׳וְהִר consecutive Haggai 2:7; Imperfect2masculine singular suffix 3 masculine singular (הֲ)תַרְעִישֶׁנּוּ Job 39:20; Participle מַרְעִישׁ Isaiah 14:16 2t.; —
1 cause to quake, subject ׳י, with accusative of heavens, earth, nations, etc., Haggai 2:6-7, 21, compare Psalm 60:4; nations + מִקּוֺל Ezekiel 31:16; subject man, with accusative of kingdoms Isaiah 14:16 ("" מַרְגִּיז).
2 cause (horse) to spring, leap (like locust), man subject, Job 39:20.