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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.
“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 · HNcmsa
He said, “Go out and stand on the mountain before Yahweh.” Behold, Yahweh passed by, and a great and strong wind tore the mountains and broke in pieces the rocks before Yahweh; but Yahweh was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake; but Yahweh was not in the earthquake.
1 Kings 19:12 · HTd/Ncmsa
After the earthquake a fire passed; but Yahweh was not in the fire. After the fire, there was a still small voice.
Amos 1:1 · HTd/Ncmsa
The words of Amos, who was among the herdsmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.
Ezekiel 3:12 · HNcmsa
Then the Spirit lifted me up, and I heard behind me the voice of a great rushing, saying, “Blessed be Yahweh’s glory from his place.”
Ezekiel 3:13 · HNcmsa
I heard the noise of the wings of the living creatures as they touched one another, and the noise of the wheels beside them, even the noise of a great rushing.
Ezekiel 12:18 · HR/Ncmsa
“Son of man, eat your bread with quaking, and drink your water with trembling and with fearfulness.
Ezekiel 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.