רַעַד
raʻad · rah'-ad
a shudder
Lexicon
Derivation: or (feminine) רְעָדָהxlit rᵉâdâh corrected to rᵉʻâdâh; from H7460 (רָעַד);
a shudder
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: trembling.
Letters
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the head, the highest › to see and know › the doorway, the way in
The head, the highest that works to see and know of the doorway, the way in.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of רַעַד 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
6 occurrences · 6 OT · 0 NT · 6 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- trembling1 · 17%
- upon me, and trembling1 · 17%
- with trembling1 · 17%
- fear1 · 17%
- and trembling1 · 17%
- fearfulness1 · 17%
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.