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Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary

Strong's #07554 - רָקַע

Transliteration

râqaʻ

Phonetics

raw-kah'

Origin

a primitive root

Parts of Speech

Verb

TWOT

2217

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs'

1) to beat, stamp, beat out, spread out, stretch

1a) (Qal)

1a1) to stamp, beat out

1a2) one who beats out (participle)

1b) (Piel) to overlay, beat out (for plating)

1c) (Pual) beaten out (participle)

1d) (Hiphil) to make a spreading (of clouds)

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 4732 ‑ στερεόω (ster‑eh‑o'‑o);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

KJV (11)

Exodus

Numbers

2 Samuel

Job

Psalms

Isaiah

Jeremiah

Ezekiel

NAS (11)

Exodus

Numbers

2 Samuel

Job

Psalms

Isaiah

Jeremiah

Ezekiel

HCS (11)

Exodus

Numbers

2 Samuel

Job

Psalms

Isaiah

Jeremiah

Ezekiel

BSB (11)

Exodus

Numbers

2 Samuel

Job

Psalms

Isaiah

Jeremiah

Ezekiel

ESV (10)

Numbers

2 Samuel

Job

Psalms

Isaiah

Jeremiah

Ezekiel

WEB (10)

Exodus

Numbers

2 Samuel

Job

Psalms

Isaiah

Jeremiah

Ezekiel

Verse Results

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2797) o q r (רקאה RQAh) AC: Hammer CO: Sheet AB: ?: The pounding of a metal such as gold with a hammer to flatten it out for a metal sheet.

V) o q r (רקאה RQAh) - Hammer: To beat with a hammer to flatten out. KJV (11): (vf: Paal, Hiphil, Pual, Piel, Participle) spread, stamp, stretch, beat, broad - Strongs: H7554 (רָקַע)

b^m) o i q r (רקיאה RQYAh) - Sheet: As hammered out flat. KJV (17): firmament - Strongs: H7549 (רָקִיעַ)

ed^m) o f q i r (ריקואה RYQWAh) - Flat: As hammered out flat. KJV (1): broad - Strongs: H7555 (רִקֻּעַ)

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

רָקַע (cogn. to רָקַק)

(1) to beat, to strike the earth with the feet, as in indignation, Ezekiel 6:11 in exultation, 25:6.

(2) to spread out by beating, (see Piel), and simply, to spread out, e.g. God the earth, Psalms 136:6; Isaiah 42:5, 44:24. (Syr. to make firm, to found.)

(3) to tread down, 2 Samuel 22:43.

Piel, to spread out by beating, as a thin plate, Exodus 39:3; Numbers 17:4 hence to overlay with a thin plate, Isaiah 40:19.

Pual, part. spread out (with the hammer), Jeremiah 10:9.

Hiphil, i.q. Kal No. 2, to spread out (heaven), Job 37:18.

Derivatives, רָקִיעַ and

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List of Word Forms

אֶרְקָעֵֽם׃ ארקעם׃ וְרַקְעֲךָ֖ וַֽיְרַקְּע֖וּם וַֽיְרַקְּע֞וּ וּרְקַ֤ע וירקעו וירקעום ורקע ורקעך יְרַקְּעֶ֑נּוּ ירקענו לְרֹקַ֣ע לרקע מְרֻקָּ֞ע מרקע רֹקַ֥ע רקע תַּרְקִ֣יעַ תרקיע ’er·qā·‘êm ’erqā‘êm erkaEm lə·rō·qa‘ leroKa lərōqa‘ mə·ruq·qā‘ merukKa məruqqā‘ rō·qa‘ roKa rōqa‘ tar·qî·a‘ tarKia tarqîa‘ ū·rə·qa‘ ureKa ūrəqa‘ vayrakkeU vayrakkeUm verakaCha way·raq·qə·‘ū way·raq·qə·‘ūm wayraqqə‘ū wayraqqə‘ūm wə·raq·‘ă·ḵā wəraq‘ăḵā yə·raq·qə·‘en·nū yerakkeEnnu yəraqqə‘ennū

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