Hebrew · H7493 · unreviewed

רָעַשׁ

To undulate (as the earth, the sky, etc.; also a field of grain), particularly through fear; specifically, to spring (as a locust)

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רָעַשׁ H7493

What does רָעַשׁ mean in the Bible?

רָעַשׁ is a Hebrew word meaning "to undulate (as the earth, the sky, etc.; also a field of grain), particularly through fear; specifically, to spring (as a locust)". to undulate (as the earth, the sky, etc.

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Meaning

to undulate (as the earth, the sky, etc.; also a field of grain), particularly through fear; specifically, to spring (as a locust)
Extended definition

to undulate (as the earth, the sky, etc.; also a field of grain), particularly through fear; specifically, to spring (as a locust) BDB: quake Usage: make afraid, (re-) move, quake, (make to) shake, (make to) tremble.

Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
Grammatical Forms

How the stem changes the meaning of this verb across the biblical text.

Qal basic active stem — the word in its most common, direct sense 13×
Perfect Jer 8:16 · Jer 49:21 · Judg 5:4 · Ps 68:9 · Joel 2:10 · Nah 1:5
Imperfect Ezek 26:15 · Ezek 27:28 · Ps 46:4 · Ezek 26:10 · Jer 10:10 · Ps 72:16
Participle active Jer 4:24
Hiphil causative active — the subject causes someone else to perform the action
Participle active Hag 2:6 · Hag 2:21 · Isa 14:16
Perfect Ezek 31:16 · Ps 60:4
Niphal passive or reflexive — the subject receives or experiences the action
Perfect Jer 50:46
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