Raq — H7535

Definition

adverb

properly, leanness, i.e. (figuratively) limitation; only adverbial, merely, or conjunctional, although

1. only, altogether, surely
1. only
2. only, nought but, altogether (in limitation)
3. save, except (after a negative)
4. only, altogether, surely (with an affirmative)
5. if only, provided only (prefixed for emphasis)
6. only, exclusively (for emphasis)

Usually translated as

only, but, nothing but, nevertheless, save, surely, notwithstanding, yet, even, except, howbeit howsoever, at the least, so, in any wise

Origin

the same as H7534 as a noun

• Same as Raq (H7534)

Greek equivalents

• ektós (G1622)
• epimelōs (G1960)
• idoú (G2400)
• mónon (G3440)
• mónos (G3441)
• plḗn (G4133)

Occurrences

Raq occurs 107 times in 105 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (10), Exodus (8), Numbers (2), Deuteronomy (20), Joshua (14), Judges (4), 1 Samuel (2), 1 Kings (12), 2 Kings (11), 2 Chronicles (11), Job (5), Psalms (2), Proverbs (1), Isaiah (2), Amos (1)

• Genesis 6:5 — And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only (רַ֥ק) evil continually.
• Genesis 14:24 — Save only (רַ֚ק) that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men which went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their portion.
• Genesis 19:8 — Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes: only (רַ֠ק) unto these men do nothing; for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof.
• Genesis 20:11 — And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely (רַ֚ק) the fear of God is not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife’s sake.
• Genesis 24:8 — And if the woman will not be willing to follow thee, then thou shalt be clear from this my oath: only (רַ֣ק) bring not my son thither again.
• Genesis 26:29 — That thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee, and as we have done unto thee nothing but (רַק) good, and have sent thee away in peace: thou art now the blessed of the LORD.
• Genesis 41:40 — Thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled: only (רַ֥ק) in the throne will I be greater than thou.
• Genesis 47:22 — Only (רַ֛ק) the land of the priests bought he not; for the priests had a portion assigned them of Pharaoh, and did eat their portion which Pharaoh gave them: wherefore they sold not their lands.
• Genesis 47:26 — And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt unto this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth part; except (רַ֞ק) the land of the priests only, which became not Pharaoh’s.
• Genesis 50:8 — And all the house of Joseph, and his brethren, and his father’s house: only (רַ֗ק) their little ones, and their flocks, and their herds, they left in the land of Goshen.
• Exodus 8:9 — And Moses said unto Pharaoh, Glory over me: when shall I intreat for thee, and for thy servants, and for thy people, to destroy the frogs from thee and thy houses, that they may remain in the river only (רַ֥ק)?
• Exodus 8:11 — And the frogs shall depart from thee, and from thy houses, and from thy servants, and from thy people; they shall remain in the river only (רַ֥ק).
• Exodus 8:28 — And Pharaoh said, I will let you go, that ye may sacrifice to the LORD your God in the wilderness; only (רַ֛ק) ye shall not go very far away: intreat for me.
• Exodus 8:29 — And Moses said, Behold, I go out from thee, and I will intreat the LORD that the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people, to morrow: but (רַ֗ק) let not Pharaoh deal deceitfully any more in not letting the people go to sacrifice to the LORD.
• Exodus 9:26 — Only (רַ֚ק) in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel were, was there no hail.
• Exodus 10:17 — Now therefore forgive, I pray thee, my sin only this once, and intreat the LORD your God, that he may take away from me this death only (רַ֖ק).
• Exodus 10:24 — And Pharaoh called unto Moses, and said, Go ye, serve the LORD; only (רַ֛ק) let your flocks and your herds be stayed: let your little ones also go with you.
• Exodus 21:19 — If he rise again, and walk abroad upon his staff, then shall he that smote him be quit: only (רַ֥ק) he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall cause him to be thoroughly healed.
• Numbers 12:2 — And they said, Hath the LORD indeed spoken only (הֲרַ֤ק) by Moses? hath he not spoken also by us? And the LORD heard it.
• Numbers 20:19 — And the children of Israel said unto him, We will go by the high way: and if I and my cattle drink of thy water, then I will pay for it: I will only (רַ֥ק), without doing any thing else, go through on my feet.
• Deuteronomy 2:28 — Thou shalt sell me meat for money, that I may eat; and give me water for money, that I may drink: only (רַ֖ק) I will pass through on my feet;
• Deuteronomy 2:35 — Only (רַ֥ק) the cattle we took for a prey unto ourselves, and the spoil of the cities which we took.
• Deuteronomy 2:37 — Only (רַ֛ק) unto the land of the children of Ammon thou camest not, nor unto any place of the river Jabbok, nor unto the cities in the mountains, nor unto whatsoever the LORD our God forbad us.
• Deuteronomy 3:11 — For only (רַק) Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants; behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbath of the children of Ammon? nine cubits was the length thereof, and four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man.
• Deuteronomy 3:19 — But (רַ֠ק) your wives, and your little ones, and your cattle, (for I know that ye have much cattle,) shall abide in your cities which I have given you;
• Deuteronomy 4:6 — Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely (רַ֚ק) this great nation is a wise and understanding people.
• Deuteronomy 4:9 — Only (רַ֡ק) take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons’ sons;
• Deuteronomy 10:15 — Only (רַ֧ק) the LORD had a delight in thy fathers to love them, and he chose their seed after them, even you above all people, as it is this day.
• Deuteronomy 12:15 — Notwithstanding (רַק֩) thou mayest kill and eat flesh in all thy gates, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, according to the blessing of the LORD thy God which he hath given thee: the unclean and the clean may eat thereof, as of the roebuck, and as of the hart.
• Deuteronomy 12:16 — Only (רַ֥ק) ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it upon the earth as water.
• Deuteronomy 12:23 — Only (רַ֣ק) be sure that thou eat not the blood: for the blood is the life; and thou mayest not eat the life with the flesh.
• Deuteronomy 12:26 — Only (רַ֧ק) thy holy things which thou hast, and thy vows, thou shalt take, and go unto the place which the LORD shall choose:
• Deuteronomy 15:5 — Only (רַ֚ק) if thou carefully hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all these commandments which I command thee this day.
• Deuteronomy 15:23 — Only (רַ֥ק) thou shalt not eat the blood thereof; thou shalt pour it upon the ground as water.
• Deuteronomy 17:16 — But (רַק֮) he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses: forasmuch as the LORD hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no more that way.
• Deuteronomy 20:14 — But (רַ֣ק) the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, even all the spoil thereof, shalt thou take unto thyself; and thou shalt eat the spoil of thine enemies, which the LORD thy God hath given thee.
• Deuteronomy 20:16 — But (רַ֗ק) of the cities of these people, which the LORD thy God doth give thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth:
• Deuteronomy 20:20 — Only (רַ֞ק) the trees which thou knowest that they be not trees for meat, thou shalt destroy and cut them down; and thou shalt build bulwarks against the city that maketh war with thee, until it be subdued.
• Deuteronomy 28:13 — And the LORD shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only (רַ֣ק), and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou hearken unto the commandments of the LORD thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do them:
• Deuteronomy 28:33 — The fruit of thy land, and all thy labours, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be only (רַ֛ק) oppressed and crushed alway:
• Joshua 1:7 — Only (רַק֩) be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest.
• Joshua 1:17 — According as we hearkened unto Moses in all things, so will we hearken unto thee: only (רַ֠ק) the LORD thy God be with thee, as he was with Moses.
• Joshua 1:18 — Whosoever he be that doth rebel against thy commandment, and will not hearken unto thy words in all that thou commandest him, he shall be put to death: only (רַ֖ק) be strong and of a good courage.
• Joshua 6:15 — And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they rose early about the dawning of the day, and compassed the city after the same manner seven times: only (רַ֚ק) on that day they compassed the city seven times.
• Joshua 6:17 — And the city shall be accursed, even it, and all that are therein, to the LORD: only (רַק֩) Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent.
• Joshua 6:24 — And they burnt the city with fire, and all that was therein: only (רַ֣ק) the silver, and the gold, and the vessels of brass and of iron, they put into the treasury of the house of the LORD.
• Joshua 8:2 — And thou shalt do to Ai and her king as thou didst unto Jericho and her king: only (רַק) the spoil thereof, and the cattle thereof, shall ye take for a prey unto yourselves: lay thee an ambush for the city behind it.
• Joshua 8:27 — Only (רַ֣ק) the cattle and the spoil of that city Israel took for a prey unto themselves, according unto the word of the LORD which he commanded Joshua.
• Joshua 11:13 — But (רַ֣ק) as for the cities that stood still in their strength, Israel burned none of them, save Hazor only; that did Joshua burn.
• Joshua 11:14 — And all the spoil of these cities, and the cattle, the children of Israel took for a prey unto themselves; but (רַ֣ק) every man they smote with the edge of the sword, until they had destroyed them, neither left they any to breathe.