Strong's Definition
properly, to toss violently and suddenly (the sea with waves, the skin with boils); figuratively (in a favorable manner) to settle, i.e. quiet; specifically, to wink (from the motion of the eye-lids)
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: break, divide, find ease, be a moment, (cause, give, make to) rest, make suddenly.
TWOT Reference: 2116,2117,2118
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
רָגַע (ra.ga) — to disturb. 1) to act in an instant, stir up, disturb 1a) (Qal) to stir up, disturb 1b) (Hiphil) to make a twinkling
רָגַע (ra.ga) — to rest. 1) to rest or repose, be at rest or repose, settle, quiet, give rest 1a) (Niphal) 1a1) to cause to rest (of sword, of the sea) 1a2) to wink (with prep) 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to give rest to 1b2) to rest, repose
רָגַע (ra.ga) — to harden. to harden
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · רֶגַע
Time | verb hif
Collocation: עַד־אַרְגִּיעָה
for a moment literally: until I will wink; hence: = state in which an event lasts for a very short length of time
verb
verb · מַרְגֹּועַ · מַרְגֵּעָה · רֶגַע · רָגֵעַ
Non-Move | verb hif, verb nif | ≈ דמם · מצא מָנֹוחַ
to settle, to rest = process by which animals or objects in motion stop moving
Confident | verb hif
to find rest literally: to rest; hence: = process by which humans with an agitated and fearful mind find new confidence
Confident | verb hif
to give rest literally: to give rest; hence: = causative process by which deities cause humans with an agitated and fearful mind to find new confidence
Solid | verb qal
to harden meaning unknown; literally, possibly: to find rest; hence: = process by which a relatively soft surface hardens
Steady | verb qal
to still literally: to give rest; hence: = causative action by which deities causes an agitated mass to come to become still
verb
Impact | verb qal
to be broken, to be cracked meaning unknown; possibly: = process by which a hard surface develops cracks
1 ISA 51:4 RSV NIV "speedily" NJPS "in a moment" NJB "suddenly" NRSV "swiftly" REB "in an instant" | ESV "I will set" 2 JOB 26:12 NIV "churned up" = [2b] | RSV NRSV NJPS ESV "stilled" = [3d] | REB "cleft" | GNT CEV "conquered" 3 JOB 7:5 RSV NRSV ESV "hardens" = [3d] | NIV NJPS "is broken" NJB = "is cracked" = [4a]
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
רָגַע vb. disturb Qal
Hiph. denom. make a twinkilng
base
רָגַע vb. be at rest, repose Niph. (of sword) be gathered into thy scabbard, repose, and be still.
Hiph. trans. give rest to
intrans. rest, repose
base
רָגַע vb. harden;—Jb 7:5 ref