Quick Definition
to boil
Strong's Definition
to boil
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: boil.
TWOT Reference: 2225
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
רָתַח (ra.tach) — to boil. 1) to boil 1a) (Piel) to cause to boil 1b) (Pual) to be made to boil 1c) (Hiphil) to cause to boil
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · רֶתַח
Hot | verb pi
to cause to boil = causative action by which humans bring water to a temperature in which it starts bubbling
Grieve | verb pu'al
Collocation: מֵעִים רתח
to be in turmoil literally: (one's) inner parts are boiling; hence: = process by which humans go through a phase of strong grief and distress
Unsteady | verb hif
to cause to churn = causative action by which a large animal causes water to start bubbling as if it is boiling
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[רָתַח] vb. boil Pi. cause to boil
Pu. my bowels have been made to boil without quiet
Hiph. (the crocod.) maketh the depth boil like the pot.
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