רָעַשׁ raash
Hebrew word for “to shake” · Strong’s H7493 · used 30 times in 30 verses
Meaning
1) to quake, shake; 1a) (Qal) to quake, shake;
How it is translated
Glosses given for raash in context, with how often each is used:
- will shake 6
- quaked 4
- shook 2
- may shake 2
- will quake 2
- about to shake 2
- ¿ do you make leap 1
- have made quake 1
- may it wave 1
- who made shake 1
- have shaken 1
- quaking 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Psalms | 6 | 0.3 | |
| Jeremiah | 6 | 0.3 | |
| Ezekiel | 5 | 0.3 | |
| Isaiah | 3 | 0.2 | |
| Haggai | 3 | 5.0 | |
| Joel | 2 | 2.1 | |
| Judges | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 2 Samuel | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Job | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Amos | 1 | 0.5 | |
| Nahum | 1 | 1.8 |
Chapters where it is used most
Haggai 2 (3), Ezekiel 26 (2), Judges 5 (1), 2 Samuel 22 (1), Job 39 (1), Psalms 18 (1), Psalms 46 (1), Psalms 60 (1), Psalms 68 (1), Psalms 72 (1)
Forms
- ותרעשׁ 5
- רעשׁה 4
- ירעשׁו 3
- מרעישׁ 3
- וירעשׁו 2
- ורעשׁו 2
- רעשׁו 2
- התרעישׁנו 1
- הרעשׁתה 1
- ירעשׁ 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with raash more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- קוֹל qol “voice” 10
- רָגַז ragaz “to tremble” 6
- שָׁמַיִם shamayim “heaven” 9
- הַר har “mountain” 6
- נַחַר nachar “snorting” 2
- גָּעַשׁ gaash “to shake” 2
- מוֹסָד mosad “foundation” 2
- מַפֶּלֶת mappelet “carcass” 2
- גַּלְגַּל galgal “wheel” 2
- גּוֹי goy “nation” 4
- נָטַף nataph “to drip/prophesy” 2
- זְעָקָה zeaqah “outcry” 2
Key verses
The verses using raash that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Psalms 18:7 — Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.
- Psalms 72:16 — 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…
- Jeremiah 10:10 — 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…
- Jeremiah 51:29 — 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…
- Ezekiel 31:16 — 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…
- Joel 2:10 — 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 — 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…
- Amos 9:1 — 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…
- Nahum 1:5 — 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 — 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 — 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 — Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying, I will shake the heavens and the earth;
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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.