רֶגַע rega

Hebrew word for “moment” · Strong’s H7281 · used 22 times in 22 verses

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Meaning

1) a moment; adv; 2) for a moment, at one moment...at another moment; with prep; 3) in a moment

How it is translated

Glosses given for rega in context, with how often each is used:

• moment 15
• moments 4
• like a moment 3

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Numbers 16 (2), Isaiah 54 (2), Jeremiah 18 (2), Exodus 33 (1), Ezra 9 (1), Job 7 (1), Job 20 (1), Job 21 (1), Job 34 (1), Psalms 6 (1)

Forms

• רגע 12
• לרגעים 4
• כרגע 3
• וברגע 1
• ברגע 1
• ורגע 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with rega more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• כָּלָה kalah “to end” 4
• חָרַד charad “to tremble” 2
• שָׁמֵם shamem “be desolate” 2
• מְעַט meat “little” 2
• מַמְלָכָה mamlakhah “kingdom” 2
• עֵדָה edah “congregation” 2
• בֹּקֶר boqer “morning” 2
• לַיְלָה laylah “night” 2
• פָּקַד paqad “to reckon” 2
• מְאֹד meod “much” 2
• סוּר sur “to turn aside” 2
• יָרַד yarad “to go down” 2

Key verses

The verses using rega that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Numbers 16:21 — Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment.
• Ezra 9:8 — And now for a little space grace hath been shewed from the LORD our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that our God…
• Job 20:5 — That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?
• Psalms 30:5 — For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.
• Psalms 73:19 — How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.
• Isaiah 26:20 — Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast.
• Isaiah 47:9 — But these two things shall come to thee in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood: they shall come upon thee in their perfection for the…
• Isaiah 54:7 — For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee.
• Isaiah 54:8 — In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the LORD thy Redeemer.
• Jeremiah 4:20 — Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is spoiled: suddenly are my tents spoiled, and my curtains in a moment.
• Jeremiah 18:7 — At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it;
• Ezekiel 26:16 — Then all the princes of the sea shall come down from their thrones, and lay away their robes, and put off their broidered garments: they shall clothe…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.