H7494 רַעַשׁ (raʻash) rah'-ash

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

quaking

Strong's Definition

vibration, bounding, uproar

Derivation: from H7493 (רָעַשׁ);

KJV Usage: commotion, confused noise, earthquake, fierceness, quaking, rattling, rushing, shaking.

TWOT Reference: 2195a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) quaking, rattling, shaking

1a) earthquake

1b) quaking, trembling (of person)

1c) shaking, quivering (of dart)

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G1388 G1790 G3601 G4578

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

רַ֫עַשׁ (ra.ash) — quaking. 1) quaking, rattling, shaking 1a) earthquake 1b) quaking, trembling (of person) 1c) shaking, quivering (of dart)

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

רַעַשׁ (H7494)

noun m · רעשׁ

Unsteady | ≈ דְּאָגָה · רָגְזָה

earthquake, trembling, quaking, shaking = process by which humans, animals, or objects shake involuntarily, ◄ often as an involuntary response to divine intervention

1KI 19:11 · 1KI 19:11 · 1KI 19:12 · JOB 39:24 · JOB 41:21 · ISA 9:4 · ISA 29:6 · JER 10:22 · JER 47:3 · EZK 3:12 · EZK 3:13 · EZK 12:18 · EZK 37:7 · EZK 38:19 · AMO 1:1 · NAM 3:2 · ZEC 14:5

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

רַ֫עַשׁ n.m. quaking, shaking specif. earthquake

quaking, trembling

shaking, quivering

base

Bible Occurrences (16)

19:11 19:12

39:24 41:29

9:5 29:6

10:22 47:3

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

1:1

3:2

14:5

1 Kings 19:11

Then [the LORD] said, Go out and stand on the mountain before the LORD. Behold, the LORD is about to pass by. And a great and mighty wind tore into the mountains and shattered the rocks before the LORD, but the LORD was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake.

1 Kings 19:12

After the earthquake there was a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire. And after the fire came a still, small voice.

Job 39:24

Trembling with excitement, he devours the distance; he cannot stand still... when the ram’s horn sounds.

Job 41:29

A club is regarded as straw, and he laughs at the sound of the lance.

Isaiah 9:5

For every trampling boot of battle and [every] garment rolled in blood will be burned as fuel for the fire.

Isaiah 29:6

you will be visited by the LORD of Hosts with thunder and earthquake and loud noise, with windstorm and tempest and consuming flame of fire.

Jeremiah 10:22

Listen! The sound of a report is coming — a great commotion from the land to the north. It will make the cities of Judah a desolation, a haunt for jackals.

Jeremiah 47:3

at the sound of the galloping hooves of stallions, the rumbling of chariots, and the clatter of their wheels. The fathers will not turn back for their sons; their hands will hang limp.