רֹכֶס
rôkeç · H7407 · Hebrew · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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plot, scheme, intrigue
Action by which someone exercises his mind in order to determine a course of action that will achieve a certain purpose; mostly associated with evil purposes
ExamplesPsalm 31:20 You hide them in the secret place of Your presence from the conspiracies of mankind; You keep them secretly in a shelter from the strife of tongues.
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- אִישׁman, person, each 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- מִןfrom 2
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 3 words
- גָּאוֹן gâʼôwn · H1347 · thicket, greatness, glory
- גָּאוֹן is the most common Hebrew term for pride/arrogance, frequently appearing in contexts describing human haughtiness; רֹכֶס (hapax) appears to share this semantic domain of pride/arrogance
- גַּאֲוָה gaʼăvâh · H1346 · rising, swelling, greatness
- גַּאֲוָה is a common synonym for pride/arrogance, closely related to גָּאוֹן; both share the semantic field of human pride that רֹכֶס appears to occupy
- זָדוֹן zâdôwn · H2087 · presumption, insolence
- זָדוֹן denotes presumptuous pride or arrogance, particularly willful defiance; overlaps semantically with רֹכֶס in the domain of prideful attitude
Contrasting words 2 words
- עֲנָוָה ʻănâvâh · H6038 · humility, meekness
- עֲנָוָה (humility/meekness) is the standard lexical opposite of pride terms in Hebrew; functions as antonym to רֹכֶס (pride)
- עָנָו ʻânâv · H6035 · afflicted, poor, humble
- עָנָו (humble/meek as adjective) contrasts with pride terms; represents the opposite character quality to רֹכֶס
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Think002004002013
- The sole sampled occurrence, Psalm 31:21, is given in translation as praise for the LORD's faithfulness in a besieged city and does not clearly render this word's own "pride" gloss in the excerpt provided, so the Think-domain attestation rests on the lexeme's own gloss rather than a directly visible rendering in this excerpt.
Word family 3 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H7407. rokes [רֹ֫כֶס] noun [masculine] dubious, Thes Hup-Now snare, or band (Dr banding…
[רֹ֫כֶס] noun [masculine] dubious, Thes Hup-Now snare, or band (Dr banding together), or (most) league, conspiracy (RV plottings); Ol reads derivatives of רכל = slander, so (רְכִילֵי) Che Du; Bae despairs; — plural construct רֻכְסֵיאִֿישׁ Psa 31:21 (|| לְשֹׁנוֺת דִיב).
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
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
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