Word

רָגַע

râgaʻ · H7280 · Hebrew · 13 occurrences

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Meanings

for a moment

Literally: until I will wink; hence: state in which an event lasts for a very short length of time

Examples
Proverbs 12:19 Truthful lips will endure forever, But a lying tongue is only for a moment.
to act in a moment, to act suddenly

Action by which humans or deities perform an action at an unexpected moment and with speed

Examples
Isaiah 51:4 “Pay attention to Me, My people, And listen to Me, My nation; For a law will go out from Me, And I will bring My justice as a light of the peoples.
Jeremiah 49:19 “Behold, one will come up like a lion from the thicket of the Jordan to a perennially watered pasture; for in an instant I will chase him away from it, and I will appoint over it whoever is chosen. For who is like Me, and who will summon Me into court? And who then is the shepherd who can stand against Me?”
Jeremiah 50:44 “Behold, one will come up like a lion from the thicket of the Jordan to a perennially watered pasture; for in an instant I will chase them away from it, and I will appoint over it whoever is chosen. For who is like Me, and who will summon Me into court? And who then is the shepherd who can stand against Me?”
to stir up

Causative process by which a liquid mass is agitated

Examples
Isaiah 51:15 “For I am the LORD your God, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar (the LORD of armies is His name).
Jeremiah 31:35 This is what the LORD says, He who gives the sun for light by day And the fixed order of the moon and the stars for light by night, Who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar— The LORD of armies is His name:
to settle, to rest

Process by which animals or objects in motion stop moving

Examples
Isaiah 34:14 The desert creatures will meet with the wolves, The goat also will cry to its kind. Yes, the night-bird will settle there And will find herself a resting place.
Jeremiah 47:6 “Ah, sword of the LORD, How long will you not be quiet? Withdraw into your sheath; Rest and stay still.
to find rest

Literally: to rest; hence: process by which humans with an agitated and fearful mind find new confidence

Examples
Jeremiah 31:2 This is what the LORD says: “The people who survived the sword Found grace in the wilderness— Israel, when it went to find its rest.”
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

Examples
Jeremiah 50:34 “Their Redeemer is strong, the LORD of armies is His name; He will vigorously plead their case So that He may bring rest to their land, But turmoil to the inhabitants of Babylon.
to harden

Meaning unknown; literally, possibly: to find rest; hence: process by which a relatively soft surface hardens

Examples
Job 7:5 “My flesh is clothed with maggots and a crust of dirt, My skin hardens and oozes.
to still

Literally: to give rest; hence: causative action by which deities causes an agitated mass to come to become still

Examples
Job 26:12 “With His power He quieted the sea, And by His understanding He shattered Rahab.
to be broken, to be cracked

Meaning unknown; possibly: process by which a hard surface develops cracks

Examples
Job 7:5 “My flesh is clothed with maggots and a crust of dirt, My skin hardens and oozes.

How it’s used In 7 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

13 occurrences in 8 groups

Not stated: I 4
Not stated: you (one person) 2
Not stated (participle) 2
לִילִיתtawny owl 1
עוֹרskin 1
וֹhim 1

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

5 occurrences in 3 groups

יָםsea 3
מִשְׁפָּטjustice, judgment, ordinance 1
אֶרֶץland, earth, ground 1

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

3 occurrences in 3 groups

בin/on/with+ גּוֹיnation, people 1
בin/on/with+ כֹּחַstrength 1
לto/for+ אוֹרlight 1

With adverbsAdverbs

2 occurrences in 2 groups

לֹאnot 1
אַךְonly 1

Named alongside itApposition

2 occurrences in 1 groups

יְהֹוָהthe LORD, YHWH 2

What is said to be itIt is the predicate

1 occurrences in 1 groups

לָשׁוֹןtongue, language 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

1 occurrences in 1 groups

לto/for 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Near synonyms 1 word

דָּמַם dâmam · H1826 · to stand still, to be still, to wait: Both words include "rest" among their senses (דָּמַם (dâmam, H1826): "rest, be still, be silent"; רָגַע (râgaʻ, H7280): "rest, find ease"), overlapping around cessation of motion and rest. רָגַע (râgaʻ, H7280) also carries senses of time, impact and unsteadiness that דָּמַם (dâmam, H1826) lacks, so the overlap is partial.

In the other Testament 1 word

ἀναπαύω anapaúō · G373 · to cause to rest, to give rest, rest: Greek ἀναπαύω renders Hebrew רָגַע in contexts emphasizing cessation of activity and repose; both terms denote a state of rest or respite, with ἀναπαύω specifically capturing the 'rest' and 'find ease' senses of רָגַע's broader semantic range (which also includes 'break/divide' and temporal 'moment' senses not typically rendered by ἀναπαύω).

Semantic domains 7 entries

Time002002002010: The word's "moment" sense is directly illustrated by a lying tongue lasting "only for a moment" (Proverbs 12:19).
Unsteady002001001067: This domain is not independently illustrated by the sampled citations, which concern hardening, stilling, or rest rather than agitation.
Non-Move002002001013: The word's "still, quiet" sense is directly illustrated by God who "quieted the sea" with His power (Job 26:12) and the desert creatures finding themselves "a resting place" (Isaiah 34:14).
Confident002001002003: The desert creatures' settling into "a resting place" (Isaiah 34:14) reflects a state of secure rest, though this domain is not more directly distinguished from Non-Move in the sampled citations.
Solid002001001058: The word's "harden" sense is directly illustrated by Job's description of his own skin, "My flesh is clothed with maggots and a crust of dirt, My skin hardens and oozes" (Job 7:5).
Steady002001001062: This domain is not independently illustrated by the sampled citations, which concern momentary duration, hardening, or stillness rather than steadiness.
Impact002001001024: This domain is not independently illustrated by the sampled citations.

Word family 5 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

רָגַעrâgaʻ · H7280רֶגַע regaʻ · H7281 · moment, tranquility, rest · 22×מַרְגּוֹעַ margôwaʻ · H4771 · rest · 1×מַרְגֵּעָה margêʻâh · H4774 · rest · 1×רָגֵעַ râgêaʻ · H7282 · quiet · 1×

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H7280. raga ' רָגַע verb disturb (Late Hebrew Hiph`il move to and fro; perhaps transposed…

H7280. raga
' רָגַע verb disturb (Late Hebrew Hiph`il move to and fro; perhaps transposed from Arabic disturb, BaES 8); —
Qal Perfect Job 26:12 הַיָם רָגַע בְּכֹחוֺ; Participle construct (Ges65d. 116 g. x), Jer 31:35 = Isa 51:15 גַלָּיו וַיֶהֱמוּ הַיָם רֹגַע.
Hiph`il denominative from רֶגַע make a twinkling, only 1 singular Imperfect cohortative שָׁ֑קֶר לְשׁוֺן אִרְגִּ֫יעָה וְעַד and while I would twinkle (= only for a moment: compare Job 20:5) is the false tongue opposed to לָעַד תִּכּוֺן, Pro 12:19 (compare De); and אִרְגִּ֫יעָה כִּי. מֵעָלֶיתָ אֲרִיעֶנּוּ I will twinkle and (= I will in a moment, Ges§ 120g; compare Hi) chase them away from it, Jer 49:19 = Jer 50:44. (Ba§ 86 as substantive = רֶגַע, of the very rare type 'aqtîl; ה-; as Ges§ 90 f.)
II. רָגַע verb be at rest, repose (probably = Arabic return, properly return to rest, after wanderings, etc.); —
Niph`al imperative2feminine singular Jer 47:6 (of sword) be gathered into thy scabbard, וָדֹ֫מִּי הֵרָֽגְעִי repose, and be still.
Hiph`il a. transitive give rest to; — Infinitive construct Jer 31:2 לְהַרְגִּיעוֺ הָלוֺךְ I will go to give him (Israel) rest, Jer 50:34 אתהֿאדץ הִרְגִּיעַ לְמַעַן (on ׳הִ, see Ges§ 53l DrDeu 7:24; read probably ׳הַ); Isa 51:4 אַרְגִּיעַ עמים לאור ומשׁפטי usually I will cause my judgment (religion) to repose as, etc. (i.e. I will establish it; compare שִׂים Isa 42:4); but metaphor strange: hence Bachm Che Marti (joining to Isa 42:5) צִדְקִי (< אֲקָרֵב Isa 46:13) אַקְרִיב אַרְגִּיעַ in a moment (I. רָגַע Hiph`il) will I bring near, etc., Du קָרֵב הִרְגִּיעַ, Oort Ry Kit קָרֵב בְּרֶנַע (compare ᵐ5 ἐγγίζει ταχύ).
b. intransitive rest, repose, Deu 28:65 תַרְגִּיעַ לא ההם ובגוים, Isa 34:14 לִילִית הִרְגִּ֫יעָה שָׁם. So Ecclus 36:31.
III. רָגַע verb harden (Ethiopic coagulate, congeal: possibly a special development of √ see II. ׳ר); — Job 7:5 וַיִמָּאֵס עוֺרִי רָגַע my skin hardens, and (then) runs again (II. מָאַס), of the ulcers in elephantiasis.

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 7 entries

Impact1 occurrence Solid1 occurrence Steady1 occurrence Unsteady3 occurrences Confident3 occurrences Non-Move2 occurrences Time4 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0