רֶגַע
regaʻ · reh'-gah
a wink (of the eyes), i.e. a very short space of time
Lexicon
Derivation: from H7280 (רָגַע).
a wink (of the eyes), i.e. a very short space of time
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: instant, moment, space, 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 רֶגַע 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
22 occurrences · 22 OT · 0 NT · 20 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- moment3 · 14%
- in a moment2 · 9%
- as in a moment2 · 9%
- at every moment2 · 9%
- them in a moment1 · 5%
- them as in a moment1 · 5%
- space1 · 5%
- him every moment1 · 5%
- but for a moment1 · 5%
- and in a moment1 · 5%
- suddenly1 · 5%
- endureth but a moment1 · 5%
- it every moment1 · 5%
- to thee in a moment1 · 5%
- from thee for a moment1 · 5%
- at what instant1 · 5%
- and at what instant1 · 5%
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.