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רָעַשׁ H7493
H7493 is the Hebrew word רָעַשׁ, transliterated râʻash and said raw-ash. The King James Version most often renders it shake.
What it means
to undulate (as the earth, the sky, etc.; also a field of grain), particularly through fear; specifically, to spring (as a locust).
Where it comes from
a primitive root.
How the King James Version translates it
Across 28 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: make afraid, (re-) move, quake, (make to) shake, (make to) tremble.
Verses using רָעַשׁ
All 28 verses, quoted in full.
Judges 5:4 · KJV
LORD, when thou wentest out of Seir, when thou marchedst out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heavens dropped, the clouds also dropped water.
2 Samuel 22:8 · KJV
Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth.
Job 39:20 · KJV
Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils is terrible.
Psalm 18:7 · KJV
Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.
Psalm 46:3 · KJV
Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.
Psalm 60:2 · KJV
Thou hast made the earth to tremble; thou hast broken it: heal the breaches thereof; for it shaketh.
Psalm 68:8 · KJV
The earth shook, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God: even Sinai itself was moved at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
Psalm 72:16 · KJV
There shall be an handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: and they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.
Isaiah 13:13 · KJV
Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.
Isaiah 14:16 · KJV
They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms;
Jeremiah 4:24 · KJV
I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly.
Jeremiah 8:16 · KJV
The snorting of his horses was heard from Dan: the whole land trembled at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones; for they are come, and have devoured the land, and all that is in it; the city, and those that dwell therein.
Jeremiah 10:10 · KJV
But the LORD is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation.
Jeremiah 49:21 · KJV
The earth is moved at the noise of their fall, at the cry the noise thereof was heard in the Red sea.
Jeremiah 50:46 · KJV
At the noise of the taking of Babylon the earth is moved, and the cry is heard among the nations.
Jeremiah 51:29 · KJV
And the land shall tremble and sorrow: for every purpose of the LORD shall be performed against Babylon, to make the land of Babylon a desolation without an inhabitant.
Ezekiel 26:10 · KJV
By reason of the abundance of his horses their dust shall cover thee: thy walls shall shake at the noise of the horsemen, and of the wheels, and of the chariots, when he shall enter into thy gates, as men enter into a city wherein is made a breach.
Ezekiel 26:15 · KJV
Thus saith the Lord GOD to Tyrus; Shall not the isles shake at the sound of thy fall, when the wounded cry, when the slaughter is made in the midst of thee?
Ezekiel 27:28 · KJV
The suburbs shall shake at the sound of the cry of thy pilots.
Ezekiel 31:16 · KJV
I made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall, when I cast him down to hell with them that descend into the pit: and all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, shall be comforted in the nether parts of the earth.
Ezekiel 38:20 · KJV
So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and all the men that are upon the face of the earth, shall shake at my presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground.
Joel 2:10 · KJV
The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: the sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining:
Joel 3:16 · KJV
The LORD also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the LORD will be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel.
Amos 9:1 · KJV
I saw the LORD standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head, all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he that fleeth of them shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them shall not be delivered.
Nahum 1:5 · KJV
The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.
Haggai 2:6 · KJV
For thus saith the LORD of hosts; Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land;
Haggai 2:7 · KJV
And I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come: and I will fill this house with glory, saith the LORD of hosts.
Haggai 2:21 · KJV
Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying, I will shake the heavens and the earth;
Common questions
What does Strong's H7493 mean?
H7493 is the Hebrew word רָעַשׁ (râʻash), meaning to undulate (as the earth, the sky, etc.; also a field of grain), particularly through fear; specifically, to spring (as a locust).
How is H7493 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it shake (12 times), trembled (4 times), tremble (4 times), moved (2 times), canst thou make him afraid (1 time), among others.
How many times does H7493 appear in the Bible?
רָעַשׁ (râʻash) is tagged in 28 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H7493 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: a primitive root.
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