Quick Definition
to beat
Strong's Definition
to pound the earth (as a sign of passion); by analogy to expand (by hammering); by implication, to overlay (with thin sheets of metal)
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: beat, make broad, spread abroad (forth, over, out, into plates), stamp, stretch.
TWOT Reference: 2217
Outline of Biblical Usage
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)
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
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 Hebrew Lexicon
רָקַע
râqa‛
BDB Definition:
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)
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: a primitive root
Same Word by TWOT Number: 2217
Total KJV Occurrences: 13