Quick Definition
except
Strong's Definition
raq rak The same as H7534 as a noun; properly leanness , that is, (figuratively) limitation; only adverbially merely , or conjugationally although: - but, even, except, howbeit howsoever, at the least, nevertheless, nothing but, notwithstanding, only, save, so [that], surely, yet (so), in any wise. LXX related word(s) G3441 monos G1622 ektos G1960 epimelos G2400 idou G4133 plen
Derivation: the same as H7534 (רַק) as a noun;
KJV Usage: but, even, except, howbeit howsoever, at the least, nevertheless, nothing but, notwithstanding, only, save, so (that), surely, yet (so), in any wise.
TWOT Reference: 2218a
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
רַק (raq) — except. 1) only, altogether, surely 1a) only 1b) only, nought but, altogether (in limitation) 1c) save, except (after a negative) 1d) only, altogether, surely (with an affirmative) 1e) if only, provided only (prefixed for emphasis) 1f) only, exclusively (for emphasis)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
adj · רָקִיק
adv · רקק
Restrictors | ≈ אַךְ
only, just, except = particle marking an element as representing a limited number of entities
GEN 14:24 · GEN 41:40 · GEN 47:22 · GEN 47:26 · GEN 50:8 · EXO 8:5 · EXO 8:7 · EXO 9:26 · EXO 10:17 · EXO 10:24 · NUM 12:2 · DEU 2:35 · DEU 3:11 · DEU 3:19 · DEU 12:16 · DEU 15:23 · DEU 20:20 · JOS 6:15 · JOS 6:17 · JOS 6:24 · JOS 8:2 · JOS 8:27 · JOS 11:14 · JOS 11:22 · JOS 13:14 · JDG 3:2 · JDG 3:2 · JDG 6:39 · JDG 11:34 · 1SA 1:13 · 1SA 5:4 · 1KI 3:3 · 1KI 8:9 · 1KI 15:5 · 1KI 22:16 · 2KI 3:3 · 2KI 10:29 · 2KI 12:4 · 2KI 14:3 · 2KI 14:4 · 2KI 15:4 · 2KI 15:35 · 2KI 17:18 · 2CH 5:10 · 2CH 18:15 · 2CH 27:2 · 2CH 33:17 · JOB 1:12 · JOB 1:15 · JOB 1:16 · JOB 1:17 · JOB 1:19 · PSA 91:8 · AMO 3:2
Contrastors | ≈ אַךְ
but = particle marking an element as contrastive, and so limiting the scope or impact of what was stated before
GEN 19:8 · GEN 24:8 · EXO 8:24 · EXO 21:19 · DEU 2:37 · DEU 10:15 · DEU 12:15 · DEU 12:26 · DEU 20:14 · DEU 20:16 · JOS 6:18 · JOS 11:13 · 1KI 3:2 · 1KI 8:19 · 1KI 11:13 · 1KI 15:14 · 1KI 15:23 · 2KI 3:2 · 2KI 17:2 · 2CH 6:9 · 2CH 15:17 · 2CH 25:2 · 2CH 29:34
Identifiers | ≈ אַךְ
nothing but, abundantly, utterly = particle marking an element as prominent, as if limiting the focus to a restricted number of entities
GEN 6:5 · GEN 26:29 · DEU 28:13 · DEU 28:33 · JDG 14:16 · 1KI 14:8 · PRO 13:10 · ISA 28:19
Stipulators | ≈ אַךְ
if only = particle marking an event as a condition, and so limiting the scope or impact of what was stated before by making it dependent on another event
EXO 8:25 · NUM 20:19 · DEU 2:28 · DEU 4:9 · DEU 12:23 · DEU 15:5 · DEU 17:16 · JOS 1:7 · JOS 1:17 · JOS 1:18 · JOS 13:6 · JOS 22:5 · JDG 19:20 · JDG 19:20 · 1KI 8:25 · 2KI 21:8 · 2CH 6:16 · 2CH 33:8 · ISA 4:1
Affirmers | ≈ אַךְ
surely = particle limiting the focus to one element and so enhancing its truth value
NO DATA YET meaning unsure
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
רַק adj. thin
adv. with restrictive force, only, altogether, surely
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