Râqaʻ — H7554

Definition

verb

to pound the earth (as a sign of passion); by analogy to expand (by hammering); by implication, to overlay (with thin sheets of metal)

1. to beat, stamp, beat out, spread out, stretch
1. (Qal)
1. to stamp, beat out
2. one who beats out (participle)
2. (Piel) to overlay, beat out (for plating)
3. (Pual) beaten out (participle)
4. (Hiphil) to make a spreading (of clouds)

Usually translated as

spread abroad, beat, make broad, stamp, stretch

Origin

a primitive root

Greek equivalents

• stereóō (G4732)

Occurrences

Râqaʻ occurs 11 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Exodus (1), Numbers (1), 2 Samuel (1), Job (1), Psalms (1), Isaiah (3), Jeremiah (1), Ezekiel (2)

• Exodus 39:3 — And they did beat (וַֽיְרַקְּע֞וּ) the gold into thin plates, and cut it into wires, to work it in the blue, and in the purple, and in the scarlet, and in the fine linen, with cunning work.
• Numbers 16:39 — And Eleazar the priest took the brasen censers, wherewith they that were burnt had offered; and they were made broad (וַֽיְרַקְּע֖וּם) plates for a covering of the altar:
• 2 Samuel 22:43 — Then did I beat them as small as the dust of the earth, I did stamp them as the mire of the street, and did spread them abroad (אֶרְקָעֵֽם).
• Job 37:18 — Hast thou with him spread out (תַּרְקִ֣יעַ) the sky, which is strong, and as a molten looking glass?
• Psalms 136:6 — To him that stretched out (לְרֹקַ֣ע) the earth above the waters: for his mercy endureth for ever.
• Isaiah 40:19 — The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over (יְרַקְּעֶ֑נּוּ) with gold, and casteth silver chains.
• Isaiah 42:5 — Thus saith God the LORD, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth (רֹקַ֥ע) the earth, and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein:
• Isaiah 44:24 — Thus saith the LORD, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I am the LORD that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad (רֹקַ֥ע) the earth by myself;
• Jeremiah 10:9 — Silver spread into plates (מְרֻקָּ֞ע) is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the workman, and of the hands of the founder: blue and purple is their clothing: they are all the work of cunning men.
• Ezekiel 6:11 — Thus saith the Lord GOD; Smite with thine hand, and stamp (וּרְקַ֤ע) with thy foot, and say, Alas for all the evil abominations of the house of Israel! for they shall fall by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence.
• Ezekiel 25:6 — For thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast clapped thine hands, and stamped (וְרַקְעֲךָ֖) with the feet, and rejoiced in heart with all thy despite against the land of Israel;