H7493 רָעַשׁ (râʻash) raw-ash

Hebrew

Verb (Hebrew)

Quick Definition

to shake

Strong's Definition

to undulate (as the earth, the sky, etc.; also a field of grain), particularly through fear; specifically, to spring (as a locust)

Derivation: a primitive root;

KJV Usage: make afraid, (re-) move, quake, (make to) shake, (make to) tremble.

TWOT Reference: 2195

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) to quake, shake

1a) (Qal) to quake, shake

1b) (Niphal) to be made to quake

1c)(Hiphil)

1c1) to cause to quake

1c2) to cause to spring or leap (of horse)

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G4579 G5015 G5399

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

רָעַשׁ (ra.ash) — to shake. 1) to quake, shake 1a) (Qal) to quake, shake 1b) (Niphal) to be made to quake 1c)(Hiphil) 1c1) to cause to quake 1c2) to cause to spring or leap (of horse)

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

רעשׁ (H7493)

verb · רַעַשׁ

Unsteady | verb qal, verb nif

to tremble, to quake, to shake = process by which humans or objects shake involuntarily, ◄ often as an involuntary response to divine intervention

JDG 5:4 · 2SA 22:8 · PSA 18:8 · PSA 46:4 · PSA 68:9 · PSA 77:19 · ISA 13:13 · ISA 24:18 · JER 4:24 · JER 8:16 · JER 10:10 · JER 49:21 · JER 50:46 · JER 51:29 · EZK 26:10 · EZK 26:15 · EZK 27:28 · EZK 38:20 · JOL 2:10 · JOL 4:16 · AMO 9:1 · NAM 1:5

Unsteady | verb qal

to sway meaning unsure; possibly: = process by which objects move back and forth ◄ when agitated by an outside force

PSA 72:16

Unsteady | verb hif

to shake, to cause to tremble, to cause to quake = causative process by which humans or deities cause humans, animals, or objects to shake involuntarily, ◄ often as an involuntary response to divine intervention

JOB 39:20 · PSA 60:4 · ISA 14:16 · EZK 31:16 · HAG 2:6 · HAG 2:7 · HAG 2:21

verb

Quantity | verb qal

to be abundant meaning unsure, possibly: = state in which an object is available in a very large quantity

PSA 72:16

¹ PSA 72:16 RSV NRSV ESV "wave" NIV "sway" NJB "waving" = [1a] | NJPS "thrive" REB "growing thickly" = [2a]

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

[רָעַשׁ] vb. quake, shake Qal quake, shake

Niph. is made to quake

Hiph. cause to quake

cause (horse) to spring, leap (like locust)

base

Bible Occurrences (30)

5:4

22:8

39:20

18:7 46:3 60:2 68:8 72:16 77:18

13:13 14:16 24:18

4:24 8:16 10:10 49:21 50:46 51:29

26:10 26:15 27:28 31:16 38:20

2:10 3:16

9:1

1:5

2:6 2:7 2:21

Judges 5:4

O LORD, when You went out from Seir, when You marched from the land of Edom, the earth trembled, the heavens poured [out rain], and the clouds poured down water.

2 Samuel 22:8

Then the earth shook and quaked; the foundations of the heavens trembled; they were shaken because He burned with anger.

Job 39:20

Do you make him leap like a locust, [striking] terror with his proud snorting?

Isaiah 13:13

Therefore... I will make the heavens tremble, and the earth will be shaken from its place at the wrath of the LORD of Hosts on the day of His burning anger....

Isaiah 14:16

Those who see you will stare -; they will ponder your fate: Is this the man who shook the earth [and] made the kingdoms tremble,

Isaiah 24:18

Whoever flees the sound of panic will fall into the pit, and whoever climbs from the pit will be caught in the snare. For the windows of heaven are open, and the foundations of the earth are shaken.

Jeremiah 4:24

I looked at the mountains, and behold, they were quaking; all the hills were swaying.

Jeremiah 8:16

The snorting of [enemy] horses is heard from Dan. At the sound of the neighing of mighty steeds, the whole land quakes. They come to devour the land and everything in it, the city and all who dwell in it.