רַעַד
raʻad · H7461 · Hebrew · 6 occurrences
Meanings
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trembling
Process by which the human body shakes, as a result of fear
ExamplesExodus 15:15 “Then the chiefs of Edom were terrified; The leaders of Moab, trembling grips them; All the inhabitants of Canaan have despaired.
Psalm 55:5 Fear and trembling come upon me, And horror has overwhelmed me.
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
What it doesIt is the subject
5 occurrences in 3 groups
- אָחַזto seize, to hold 3
- קָרָאto meet, to happen 1
- בּוֹאto come, to go in, to bring 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- בin/on/with 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 5 words
- רַעַשׁ raʻash · H7494 · earthquake, trembling, quaking
- רַעַד (raʻad, H7461) denotes trembling; the other word denotes quaking, shaking or earthquake. Both describe unsteadiness.
- חֲרָדָה chărâdâh · H2731 · trembling, shock, terror
- Both denote trembling and fear, whether as a physical or emotional state.
- רׇגְזָה rogzâh · H7269 · trembling
- The semantic overlap is direct and genuine: they are plausible same-language near-synonyms.
- רְתֵת rᵉthêth · H7578 · trembling
- Both denote trembling.
- רֹגֶז rôgez · H7267 · turmoil, excitement, anger
- Both words describe states of instability and agitation, physical or emotional. רֹגֶז (rôgez, H7267) ranges over fear, rage, trouble and wrath with bodily or emotional disturbance, while רַעַד (raʻad, H7461) means trembling, physical shaking often from fear or disturbance.
In the other Testament 1 word
- τρόμος trómos · G5156 · to tremble, trembling, to quiver
- Greek τρόμος renders Hebrew רַעַד as a direct translation equivalent denoting physical trembling or quaking, particularly in contexts of fear or reverence before divine presence.
Semantic domains 2 entries
- Unsteady002001001067
- Exodus 15:15 describes how "trembling grips" the leaders of Moab, and Psalm 2:11 exhorts serving the LORD "with trembling," both directly attesting the sense of shaking.
- Afraid002001002001
- Exodus 15:15's account of Moab's leaders gripped by trembling as "the chiefs of Edom were terrified," and Job 4:14's "dread came upon me, and trembling," both directly attest the sense of fear.
Word family 2 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H7461. ra 'ad רַ֫עַד noun masculine trembling; — וָר ׳יִרְאָה בִי יָבאֹ Psa 55:6; רָ֑עַד…
'ad רַ֫עַד noun masculine trembling; — וָר ׳יִרְאָה בִי יָבאֹ Psa 55:6; רָ֑עַד יאֹחֲזֵמוֺ Exo 15:15.
רְעָדָה noun feminine id.; subject of אָֽחֲזָה Isa 33:14; Psa 48:7; || יִרְאָה Psa 2:11; || מַּחַד Job 4:14.
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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