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Lexicon

רָקַע

ra.qato beatHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentVerb11 occurrences8 books11 verses

Definition

a primitive root; to pound the earth (as a sign of passion); by analogy to expand (by hammering); by implication, to overlay (with thin sheets of metal)
Traditional renderings: beat, make broad, spread abroad (forth, over, out, into plates), stamp, stretch.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders רָקַע:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

11 total
  1. Exodus 39:3וַֽיְרַקְּע֞וּ · They hammered out
    They hammered out thin sheets of gold and cut threads from them to interweave with the blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and fine linen—the work of a skilled craftsman.
  2. Numbers 16:39וַֽיְרַקְּע֖וּם · and he had them hammered out
    So Eleazar the priest took the bronze censers brought by those who had been burned up, and he had them hammered out to overlay the altar,
  3. 2 Samuel 22:43אֶרְקָעֵֽם׃ · and trampled them
    I ground them as the dust of the earth; I crushed and trampled them like mud in the streets.
  4. Job 37:18תַּרְקִ֣יעַ · spread out
    …can you, like Him, spread out the skies, as strong as a mirror of bronze?
  5. Psalm 136:6לְרֹקַ֣ע · He spread out
    He spread out the earth upon the waters. His loving devotion endures forever.
  6. Isaiah 40:19יְרַקְּעֶ֑נּוּ · overlays
    To an idol that a craftsman casts and a metalworker overlays with gold and fits with silver chains?
  7. Isaiah 42:5רֹקַ֥ע · who spread out
    This is what God the LORD says—He who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and its offspring, who gives breath to the people on it and life to those who walk in it:
  8. Isaiah 44:24רֹקַ֥ע · spread out
    Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer who formed you from the womb: “I am the LORD, who has made all things, who alone stretched out the heavens, who by Myself spread out the earth,
  9. Jeremiah 10:9מְרֻקָּ֞ע · Hammered
    Hammered silver is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz—the work of a craftsman from the hands of a goldsmith. Their clothes are blue and purple, all fashioned by skilled workers.
  10. Ezekiel 6:11וּרְקַ֤ע · stomp
    This is what the Lord GOD says: Clap your hands, stomp your feet, and cry out “Alas!” because of all the wicked abominations of the house of Israel, who will fall by sword and famine and plague.
  11. Ezekiel 25:6וְרַקְעֲךָ֖ · and stomped
    For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because you clapped your hands and stomped your feet and rejoiced over the land of Israel with a heart full of contempt,