רַק
raq · rak
properly, leanness, i.e. (figuratively) limitation; only adverbial, merely, or conjunctional, although
Lexicon
Derivation: the same as H7534 (רַק) as a noun;
properly, leanness, i.e. (figuratively) limitation; only adverbial, merely, or conjunctional, although
- properly, leanness, i.e. (figuratively) limitation
- only adverbial, merely, or conjunctional, although
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: but, even, except, howbeit howsoever, at the least, nevertheless, nothing but, notwithstanding, only, save, so (that), surely, yet (so), in any wise.
Letters
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the head, the highest › what comes behind, the returning cycle
The head, the highest of what comes behind, the returning cycle.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of רַק 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
109 occurrences · 109 OT · 0 NT · 20 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- was only1 · 6%
- surely1 · 6%
- unto thee nothing but1 · 6%
- part; except1 · 6%
- but1 · 6%
- and ye, in any wise1 · 6%
- only that1 · 6%
- be with thee; howsoever1 · 6%
- save1 · 6%
- nevertheless1 · 6%
- so1 · 6%
- howbeit1 · 6%
- yet1 · 6%
- notwithstanding1 · 6%
- yet so1 · 6%
- unto you: but are there not with you, even1 · 6%
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.