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רַעַשׁ

raʻash · Hebrew · Strong's H7494 · 17 occurrences

The KJV renders 3 different Hebrew and Greek words as “rushing”

What it means

vibration, bounding, uproar

from H7493 (רָעַשׁ);

How the KJV renders it

commotion, confused noise, earthquake, fierceness, quaking, rattling, rushing, shaking

Where that flattens a distinction

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

rushing
also renders phérō (G5342), shâʼôwn (H7588)
shaking
also renders mânôwd (H4493), tᵉnûwphâh (H8573)
commotion
also renders akatastasía (G181)
earthquake
also renders seismós (G4578)
fierceness
also renders thymós (G2372)
quaking
also renders chărâdâh (H2731)

Where it appears

17 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 16 verses shown.

1 Kings 19:11 HNcmsa1 Kings 19:12 HTd/NcmsaAmos 1:1 HTd/NcmsaEzekiel 3:12 HNcmsaEzekiel 3:13 HNcmsaEzekiel 12:18 HR/NcmsaEzekiel 37:7 HNcmsaEzekiel 38:19 HNcmsaIsaiah 9:5 HR/NcmsaIsaiah 29:6 HC/R/NcmsaJeremiah 10:22 HC/NcmsaJeremiah 47:3 HR/NcmscJob 39:24 HR/NcmsaJob 41:29 HR/NcmscNahum 3:2 HNcmscZechariah 14:5 HTd/Ncmsa

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.