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רָגַע
râgaʻ · Hebrew · Strong's H7280 · 13 occurrences
The KJV renders 39 different Hebrew and Greek words as “give”
What it means
properly, to toss violently and suddenly (the sea with waves, the skin with boils); figuratively (in a favorable manner) to settle, i.e. quiet; specifically, to wink (from the motion of the eye-lids)
a primitive root;
How the KJV renders it
break, divide, find ease, be a moment, cause, give, make to rest, make suddenly
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“give”
also renders
chorēgéō (G5524), pareisphérō (G3923), poiéō (G4160), martyréō (G3140), metadídōmi (G3330), dōréomai (G1433), títhēmi (G5087), dídōmi (G1325), symbouleúō (G4823), apodídōmi (G591), aponémō (G632), diatássō (G1299), anapaúō (G373), kataphérō (G2702), epidídōmi (G1929), paréchō (G3930), charízomai (G5483), diadídōmi (G1239), apodekatóō (G586), bîyn (H995), gâdal (H1431), dâbar (H1696), hâlal (H1984), hâphak (H2015), châlaq (H2505), chânan (H2603), yâhab (H3051), yᵉhab (H3052), yâṭab (H3190), yânaq (H3243), yâʻats (H3289), mâʻaṭ (H4591), nûwach (H5117), ʻâbar (H5674), râbâh (H7235), rûwm (H7311), sûwm (H7761), shâqaṭ (H8252)“break”
also renders
schízō (G4977), synthrýptō (G4919), syntríbō (G4937), katágnymi (G2608), rhḗgnymi (G4486), katakláō (G2622), kláō (G2806), lýō (G3089), synthláō (G4917), diarrhḗssō (G1284), ʼâbad (H6), gâram (H1633), hâlam (H1986), nûwʼ (H5106), nâthaʻ (H5421), nâthaq (H5423), pûwr (H6331), pâtsam (H6480), pâraq (H6561), rᵉʻaʻ (H7490), shûwph (H7779)“cause”
also renders
aitía (G156), poiéō (G4160), katergázomai (G2716), lógos (G3056), bûwsh (H954), bᵉṭêl (H989), bîyn (H995), bâʻâh (H1158), dâbâr (H1697), dibrâh (H1700), dîyn (H1779), châṭâʼ (H2398), kâshal (H3782), nᵉçibbâh (H5252), nâthan (H5414), çibbâh (H5438), rîyb (H7379)“divide”
also renders schízō (G4977), aphorízō (G873), merízō (G3307), diairéō (G1244), diamerízō (G1266), diadídōmi (G1239), gâzar (H1504), châlaq (H2505), châtsab (H2672), nâchal (H5157), pâlag (H6385), pârad (H6504), pâraç (H6536), pᵉraç (H6537)
Where it appears
13 occurrences in the Hebrew text.
Deuteronomy 28:65 · HVhi2ms
Among these nations you will find no ease, and there will be no rest for the sole of your foot; but Yahweh will give you there a trembling heart, failing of eyes, and pining of soul.
Isaiah 34:14 · HVhp3fs
The wild animals of the desert will meet with the wolves, and the wild goat will cry to his fellow. Yes, the night creature shall settle there, and shall find herself a place of rest.
Isaiah 51:4 · HVhi1cs
“Listen to me, my people; and hear me, my nation, for a law will go out from me, and I will establish my justice for a light to the peoples.
Isaiah 51:15 · HVqrmsc
For I am Yahweh your God, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar. Yahweh of Armies is his name.
Jeremiah 31:2 · HR/Vhc/Sp3ms
Yahweh says, “The people who survive the sword found favor in the wilderness; even Israel, when I went to cause him to rest.”
Jeremiah 31:35 · HVqrmsa
Yahweh, who gives the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, who stirs up the sea, so that its waves roar— Yahweh of Armies is his name, says:
Jeremiah 47:6 HVNv2fsJeremiah 49:19 HVhh1csJeremiah 50:34 HVhcJeremiah 50:44 HVhh1csJob 7:5 HVqp3msJob 26:12 HVqp3msProverbs 12:19 HVhh1cs
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