Word

רְעַע

rᵉʻaʻ · H7490 · Aramaic · 2 occurrences

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Meanings

to break, to crush, to bring to ruin

To break or crush, shattering an object or bringing people and nations to violent ruin

Examples
Daniel 2:40 “Then there will be a fourth kingdom as strong as iron; just as iron smashes and crushes everything, so, like iron that crushes, it will smash and crush all these things.

How it’s used In 3 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

2 occurrences in 2 groups

Not stated: he, she or it 1
Not stated (participle) 1

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

1 occurrences in 1 groups

אִלֵּיןthe 1

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

1 occurrences in 1 groups

כlike/as+ פַּרְזֶלiron 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

שָׁבַר shâbar · H7665 · to break, to shatter, to maul: Both words share the core sense of breaking and bruising and could substitute in contexts of physical breaking; שָׁבַר (shâbar, H7665) is the broader and far more frequent term, while רְעַע (rᵉʻaʻ, H7490) is rare.

Semantic domains 7 entries

Wrong002001003019: This Wrong code is inherited from the shared listing with רָעַע (râʻaʻ, H7489) (the broader Hebrew verb for acting wickedly or doing evil); it does not independently apply to this word's own attested iron crushing/smashing sense.
Angry002001002002: This Angry code is likewise inherited from the shared listing with רָעַע (râʻaʻ, H7489) and does not independently apply to the iron crushing/smashing sense.
Grieve002001002013: This Grieve code is likewise inherited from the shared listing with רָעַע (râʻaʻ, H7489) and does not independently apply to the iron crushing/smashing sense.
Unsafe002003003022: This Unsafe code is likewise inherited from the shared listing with רָעַע (râʻaʻ, H7489) and does not independently apply to the iron crushing/smashing sense.
Unwilling002001002031: This Unwilling code is likewise inherited from the shared listing with רָעַע (râʻaʻ, H7489) and does not independently apply to the iron crushing/smashing sense.
Impact002001001024: Daniel 2:40 recounts that “just as iron smashes and crushes everything... it will smash and crush all these things.”
Afraid002001002001: This Afraid code is likewise inherited from the shared listing with רָעַע (râʻaʻ, H7489) and does not independently apply to the iron crushing/smashing sense.

Word family 6 words

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

רָעַע râʻaʻ · H7489 · to act wickedly, to do wickedness, to do evil · 103×רַע raʻ · H7451 · bad, evil, wicked · 666×רֹעַ rôaʻ · H7455 · bad, ugly, sadness · 19×רְעַעrᵉʻaʻ · H7490מֵרַע mêraʻ · H4827 · to act wickedly, to do wickedness, to do evil · 1×רֹעָה rôʻâh · H7465 · to graze, to pasture, to feed · 0×

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H7490. rea [רְעַע] verb crush, shatter (ᵑ7 Syriac; see Biblical Hebrew רצץ); — Pe`al…

H7490. rea
[רְעַע] verb crush, shatter (ᵑ7 Syriac; see Biblical Hebrew רצץ); —
Pe`al Imperfect3feminine singular (וְ)תֵרֹעַ Dan 2:40 (object omitted).
Pa`el Participle active מִרָעַע Dan 2:40 (accusative of thing).

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

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