Hebrew word study
רָקַע H7554
- Transliteration
- râqaʻ
- Pronunciation
- raw-kah'
- KJV glosses
- beat, make broad, spread abroad (forth, over, out, into plates), stamp, stretch.
Lexical summary
to pound the earth (as a sign of passion)
by analogy to expand (by hammering)
by implication, to overlay (with thin sheets of metal)
Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance
to pound the earth (as a sign of passion)
by analogy to expand (by hammering)
by implication, to overlay (with thin sheets of metal)
A word’s possible definitions do not determine its meaning in every passage. Meaning is established by grammar, syntax, literary context, and usage.
Source: Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon. Data source information