רָגַע
râgaʻ · raw-gah'
properly, to toss violently and suddenly (the sea with waves, the skin with boils); figuratively (in a favorable manner) to settle, i.e. quiet; specifically, to wink (from the motion of the eye-lids)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
properly, to toss violently and suddenly (the sea with waves, the skin with boils); figuratively (in a favorable manner) to settle, i.e. quiet; specifically, to wink (from the motion of the eye-lids)
- properly, to toss violently and suddenly (the sea with waves, the skin with boils)
- figuratively, (in a favorable manner) to settle, i.e. quiet
- specifically, to wink (from the motion of the eye-lids)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: break, divide, find ease, be a moment, (cause, give, make to) rest, make suddenly.
Letters
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- גGimel3
Picture: throwing stick (or camel)
- Concrete
- staff · throw stick · camel · foot
- Extended
- to carry · to gather up · walking · pride lifted up
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the head, the highest › to carry, to lift up › to see and know
The head, the highest that works to carry, to lift up that works to see and know.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of רָגַע above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
13 occurrences · 13 OT · 0 NT · 13 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- shalt thou find no ease1 · 8%
- is broken1 · 8%
- he divideth1 · 8%
- is but for a moment1 · 8%
- also shall rest1 · 8%
- to rest1 · 8%
- that divided1 · 8%
- to cause him to rest1 · 8%
- which divideth1 · 8%
- rest1 · 8%
- but i will suddenly1 · 8%
- that he may give rest1 · 8%
- them suddenly1 · 8%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.