Râgaʻ — H7280

Definition

verb

properly, to toss violently and suddenly (the sea with waves, the skin with boils); figuratively (in a favorable manner) to settle, i.e. quiet; specifically, to wink (from the motion of the eye-lids)

1. to act in an instant, stir up, disturb
1. (Qal) to stir up, disturb
2. (Hiphil) to make a twinkling
2. to rest or repose, be at rest or repose, settle, quiet, give rest
1. (Niphal)
1. to cause to rest (of sword, of the sea)
2. to wink (with prep)
2. (Hiphil)
1. to give rest to
2. to rest, repose
3. to harden

Usually translated as

rest, make suddenly, find ease, be a moment, break, divide

Origin

a primitive root

Greek equivalents

• anapaúō (G373)
• exaírō (G1808)
• katapaúō (G2664)
• kraugḗ (G2906)
• tarássō (G5015)
• tachéōs (G5030)
• táchion (G5032)
• tachý (G5035)
• tachýs (G5036)

Occurrences

Râgaʻ occurs 13 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Deuteronomy (1), Job (2), Proverbs (1), Isaiah (3), Jeremiah (6)

• Deuteronomy 28:65 — And among these nations shalt thou find no ease (תַרְגִּ֔יעַ), neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest: but the LORD shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind:
• Job 7:5 — My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken (רָ֝גַ֗ע), and become loathsome.
• Job 26:12 — He divideth (רָגַ֣ע) the sea with his power, and by his understanding he smiteth through the proud.
• Proverbs 12:19 — The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment (אַ֝רְגִּ֗יעָה).
• Isaiah 34:14 — The wild beasts of the desert shall also meet with the wild beasts of the island, and the satyr shall cry to his fellow; the screech owl also shall rest (הִרְגִּ֣יעָה) there, and find for herself a place of rest.
• Isaiah 51:4 — Hearken unto me, my people; and give ear unto me, O my nation: for a law shall proceed from me, and I will make my judgment to rest (אַרְגִּֽיעַ) for a light of the people.
• Isaiah 51:15 — But I am the LORD thy God, that divided (רֹגַ֣ע) the sea, whose waves roared: The LORD of hosts is his name.
• Jeremiah 31:2 — Thus saith the LORD, The people which were left of the sword found grace in the wilderness; even Israel, when I went to cause him to rest (לְהַרְגִּיע֖וֹ).
• Jeremiah 31:35 — Thus saith the LORD, which giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth (רֹגַ֤ע) the sea when the waves thereof roar; The LORD of hosts is his name:
• Jeremiah 47:6 — O thou sword of the LORD, how long will it be ere thou be quiet? put up thyself into thy scabbard, rest (הֵרָגְעִ֖י), and be still.
• Jeremiah 49:19 — Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan against the habitation of the strong: but I will suddenly (אַרְגִּ֤יעָה) make him run away from her: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her? for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who is that shepherd that will stand before me?
• Jeremiah 50:34 — Their Redeemer is strong; the LORD of hosts is his name: he shall throughly plead their cause, that he may give rest (הִרְגִּ֣יעַ) to the land, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.
• Jeremiah 50:44 — Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan unto the habitation of the strong: but I will make them suddenly (אַרְגִּ֤עָה) run away from her: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her? for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who is that shepherd that will stand before me?