Raʻash — H7494

Definition

masculine noun

vibration, bounding, uproar

1. quaking, rattling, shaking
1. earthquake
2. quaking, trembling (of person)
3. shaking, quivering (of dart)

Usually translated as

earthquake, rushing, shaking, commotion, confused noise, fierceness, quaking, rattling

Origin

from H7493

• Derived from Râʻash (H7493)

Greek equivalents

• dólos (G1388)
• éntromos (G1790)
• odýnē (G3601)
• seismós (G4578)

Occurrences

Raʻash occurs 17 times in 16 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Kings (2), Job (2), Isaiah (2), Jeremiah (2), Ezekiel (5), Amos (1), Nahum (1), Zechariah (1)

• 1 Kings 19:11 — And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the LORD. And, behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the LORD; but the LORD was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake (רַ֔עַשׁ); but the LORD was not in the earthquake:
• 1 Kings 19:11 — And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the LORD. And, behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the LORD; but the LORD was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the LORD was not in the earthquake (בָרַ֖עַשׁ):
• 1 Kings 19:12 — And after the earthquake (הָרַ֙עַשׁ֙) a fire; but the LORD was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.
• Job 39:24 — He swalloweth the ground with fierceness (בְּרַ֣עַשׁ) and rage: neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet.
• Job 41:29 — Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking (לְרַ֣עַשׁ) of a spear.
• Isaiah 9:5 — For every battle of the warrior is with confused noise (בְּרַ֔עַשׁ), and garments rolled in blood; but this shall be with burning and fuel of fire.
• Isaiah 29:6 — Thou shalt be visited of the LORD of hosts with thunder, and with earthquake (וּבְרַ֖עַשׁ), and great noise, with storm and tempest, and the flame of devouring fire.
• Jeremiah 10:22 — Behold, the noise of the bruit is come, and a great commotion (וְרַ֥עַשׁ) out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah desolate, and a den of dragons.
• Jeremiah 47:3 — At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his strong horses, at the rushing (מֵרַ֣עַשׁ) of his chariots, and at the rumbling of his wheels, the fathers shall not look back to their children for feebleness of hands;
• Ezekiel 3:12 — Then the spirit took me up, and I heard behind me a voice of a great rushing (רַ֣עַשׁ), saying, Blessed be the glory of the LORD from his place.
• Ezekiel 3:13 — I heard also the noise of the wings of the living creatures that touched one another, and the noise of the wheels over against them, and a noise of a great rushing (רַ֥עַשׁ).
• Ezekiel 12:18 — Son of man, eat thy bread with quaking (בְּרַ֣עַשׁ), and drink thy water with trembling and with carefulness;
• Ezekiel 37:7 — So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and behold a shaking (רַ֔עַשׁ), and the bones came together, bone to his bone.
• Ezekiel 38:19 — For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking (רַ֣עַשׁ) in the land of Israel;
• Amos 1:1 — The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the earthquake (הָרָֽעַשׁ).
• Nahum 3:2 — The noise of a whip, and the noise of the rattling (רַ֣עַשׁ) of the wheels, and of the pransing horses, and of the jumping chariots.
• Zechariah 14:5 — And ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake (הָרַ֔עַשׁ) in the days of Uzziah king of Judah: and the LORD my God shall come, and all the saints with thee.