רָמָה

râmâh · Hebrew · Strong's H7411 · 13 occurrences

The KJV renders 16 different Hebrew and Greek words as “carry”

What it means

to hurl; specifically, to shoot; figuratively, to delude or betray (as if causing to fall)

a primitive root;

How the KJV renders it

beguile, betray, bowman, carry, deceive, throw

Where that flattens a distinction

The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.

“carry”

also renders apophérō (G667), aírō (G142), ágō (G71), phérō (G5342), elaúnō (G1643), synkomízō (G4792), diaphérō (G1308), bastázō (G941), bâsar (H1319), gâlâh (H1540), yâbal (H2986), yᵉbal (H2987), nᵉchath (H5182), çâbal (H5445), râkab (H7392)

“deceive”

also renders exapatáō (G1818), planáō (G4105), paralogízomai (G3884), apatáō (G538), phrenapatáō (G5422), hâthal (H2048), nâshâʼ (H5377), ʻâshaq (H6231), pâthâh (H6601), shâgâh (H7686), shâlâh (H7952), tâʻâh (H8582)

“beguile”

also renders exapatáō (G1818), deleázō (G1185), paralogízomai (G3884), nâshâʼ (H5377)

“throw”

also renders rhíptō (G4496), bállō (G906)

“betray”

also renders paradídōmi (G3860)

“bowman”

also renders qesheth (H7198)

Questions this word decides

Should Christians pray to saints?

Where it appears

13 occurrences in the Hebrew text.

1 Chronicles 12:17 HR/Vpc/Sp1cs1 Samuel 19:17 HVpp2fs/Sp1cs1 Samuel 28:12 HVpp2ms/Sp1cs2 Samuel 19:26 HVpp3ms/Sp1csExodus 15:1 HVqp3msExodus 15:21 HVqp3msGenesis 29:25 HVpp2ms/Sp1csJeremiah 4:29 HC/VqrmscJoshua 9:22 HVpp2mpLamentations 1:19 HVpp3cp/Sp1csNumbers 15:30 HVqrfsaProverbs 26:19 HVpp3msPsalm 78:9 HVqrmpc

Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Hebrew text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.