רַעַשׁ raash

Hebrew word for “quaking” · Strong’s H7494 · used 17 times in 16 verses

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Meaning

1) quaking, rattling, shaking; 1a) earthquake; 1b) quaking, trembling (of person); 1c) shaking, quivering (of dart)

How it is translated

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

• earthquake 7
• shaking 3
• rattling 3
• rumbling 2
• din 1
• quaking 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

1 Kings 19 (2), Ezekiel 3 (2), Job 39 (1), Job 41 (1), Isaiah 9 (1), Isaiah 29 (1), Jeremiah 10 (1), Jeremiah 47 (1), Ezekiel 12 (1), Ezekiel 37 (1)

Forms

• רעשׁ 6
• ברעשׁ 4
• הרעשׁ 3
• לרעשׁ 1
• וברעשׁ 1
• ורעשׁ 1
• מרעשׁ 1

Words used with it

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

• קוֹל qol “voice” 9
• גָּדוֹל gadol “great” 6
• אֵשׁ esh “fire” 4
• אוֹפָן ophan “wheel” 2
• עֻזִּיָּהוּ uzziyyah “Uzziah” 2
• אַחַר achar “after” 3
• יְהוּדָה yehudah “Judah” 3
• הִנֵּה hinneh “behold” 3
• רוּחַ ruach “spirit” 2
• הַר har “mountain” 2
• אָכַל akhal “to eat” 2
• עִם im “with” 2

Key verses

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

• 1 Kings 19:11 — And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the LORD. And, behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in…
• 1 Kings 19:12 — And after the earthquake a fire; but the LORD was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.
• Isaiah 9:5 — For every battle of the warrior is with confused noise, and garments rolled in blood; but this shall be with burning and fuel of fire.
• Isaiah 29:6 — Thou shalt be visited of the LORD of hosts with thunder, and with earthquake, and great noise, with storm and tempest, and the flame of devouring fire.
• Jeremiah 10:22 — Behold, the noise of the bruit is come, and a great commotion out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah desolate, and a den of dragons.
• Jeremiah 47:3 — At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his strong horses, at the rushing of his chariots, and at the rumbling of his wheels, the fathers shall not look…
• Ezekiel 3:12 — Then the spirit took me up, and I heard behind me a voice of a great rushing, saying, Blessed be the glory of the LORD from his place.
• Ezekiel 12:18 — Son of man, eat thy bread with quaking, and drink thy water with trembling and with carefulness;
• Ezekiel 38:19 — For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel;
• Amos 1:1 — The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son…
• Nahum 3:2 — The noise of a whip, and the noise of the rattling of the wheels, and of the pransing horses, and of the jumping chariots.
• Zechariah 14:5 — And ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled from before the…

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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.