Quick Definition
to flash
Strong's Definition
to twinkle the eye (in mockery)
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: wink.
TWOT Reference: 2141
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
רָזַם (ra.zam) — to flash. (Qal) to wink, flash (of eyes)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb
verb
Unable | verb qal
Collocation: עֵינַיִם רזם
to grow dim, to fail meaning unsure; possibly: = process by which one's eyes gradually lose their ability to function as they should
1 JOB 15:12 RSV NIV NRSV REB ESV "(your eyes) flash" GNT "glare" = [1a] | NJPS "have failed" = [2a] | NJB "roll (your eyes)"
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[רָזַם] vb. wink, flash (of eyes) base
