7493. raash
Strong's Lexicon
raash: To shake, quake, tremble, rage

Original Word: רָעַשׁ
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: ra`ash
Pronunciation: rah-ash
Phonetic Spelling: (raw-ash)
Definition: To shake, quake, tremble, rage
Meaning: to undulate, through fear, to spring

Word Origin: A primitive root

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - G4579 (σεισμός, seismos): Often used in the New Testament to describe an earthquake or a great shaking, as seen in Matthew 27:54 and Acts 16:26.

Usage: The Hebrew verb "raash" primarily conveys the idea of shaking or quaking, often in the context of the earth or mountains trembling. It can also describe the trembling of people, whether from fear, divine judgment, or awe. The term is used to depict both literal and metaphorical shaking, such as the tumult of nations or the agitation of individuals.

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Hebrew culture, natural phenomena like earthquakes were often seen as manifestations of divine power or judgment. The shaking of the earth was a powerful symbol of God's presence and authority. In a historical context, the Israelites understood such events as reminders of God's sovereignty and a call to reverence and repentance.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
a prim. root
Definition
to quake, shake
NASB Translation
leap (1), quake (4), quaked (5), quakes (3), quaking (1), shake (9), shaken (2), shook (2), tremble (2), wave (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
[רָעַשׁ] verb quake, shake, intransitive (Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew, so Aramaic (rare), and (once) רְשְַׁ toss, rage (of sea); Arabic , usually , , (loan-word?), tremble, quiver, quake; compare perhaps Assyrian rêšu, exult); —

Qal Perfect3feminine singular רָעֲשָׁה Jeremiah 8:16; Jeremiah 49:21, רָעָ֑שָׁה Judges 5:4; Psalm 68:9; 3plural רָעֲשׁוּ Joel 2:10 +, etc. Imperfect3masculine singular יִרְעַשׁ Psalm 72:16, 3feminine plural תִּרְעַשְׁנָה Ezekiel 26:10, etc.; Participle plural רֹעֲשִׁים Jeremiah 4:24; — quake, shake, of earth Judges 5:4 = Psalm 68:9, 2 Samuel 22:8 ("" רגז) = Psalm 18:8 ("" id.), Psalm 77:19 (+ רגז), also Isaiah 13:13 (with עַלכֵּֿן, + מִמְּקוֺמוֺ, pregnantly; "" רָגַז), Jeremiah 51:29; with מִן causative Jeremiah 8:16; Jeremiah 10:10; Jeremiah 49:21; of מוֺסְדֵי אָ֑רֶץ Isaiah 24:18; of heavens Joel 2:10 (לִפְנֵי causative; "" רָגַז); heavens and earth Joel 4:16; mountains Jeremiah 4:24; Nahum 1:5 (מִן person causative ), Psalm 46:4 (ב causative ); walls Ezekiel 26:10 (מִן causative ); אִיִּים Ezekiel 26:15 (id.); מִגְרשׁוֺת Ezekiel 27:28 (ל causative ); הַסִּמִּים Amos 9:1; all living things Ezekiel 38:20 (מִמָּנַי causative ); of waving grain Psalm 72:16.

Niph`al נִרְעֲשָׁה הָאָרֶץ Jeremiah 50:46 is made to quake (מִקּוֺל).

Hiph`il Perfect2masculine singular הִרְעַשְׁתָּה Psalm 60:4; 1singular הַרְעַשְׁתִּי Ezekiel 31:16; ׳וְהִר consecutive Haggai 2:7; Imperfect2masculine singular suffix 3 masculine singular (הֲ)תַרְעִישֶׁנּוּ Job 39:20; Participle מַרְעִישׁ Isaiah 14:16 2t.; —

1 cause to quake, subject ׳י, with accusative of heavens, earth, nations, etc., Haggai 2:6,7,21, compare Psalm 60:4; nations + מִקּוֺל Ezekiel 31:16; subject man, with accusative of kingdoms Isaiah 14:16 ("" מַרְגִּיז).

2 cause (horse) to spring, leap (like locust), man subject, Job 39:20.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
make afraid, remove, quake, make to shake, make to tremble

A primitive root; to undulate (as the earth, the sky, etc.; also a field of grain), partic. Through fear; specifically, to spring (as a locust) -- make afraid, (re-)move, quake, (make to) shake, (make to) tremble.

Forms and Transliterations
הְֽ֭תַרְעִישֶׁנּוּ הִרְעַ֣שְׁתִּי הִרְעַ֣שְׁתָּה הרעשתה הרעשתי התרעישנו וְהִרְעַשְׁתִּי֙ וְיִרְעֲשׁ֣וּ וְרָעֲשׁ֖וּ וְרָעֲשׁ֣וּ וְתִרְעַ֥שׁ וַֽיִּרְעֲשׁ֖וּ וַתִּרְעַ֣שׁ וַתִּרְעַ֥שׁ וַתִּרְעַ֨שׁ ׀ וַתִּרְעַשׁ֙ והרעשתי וירעשו ורעשו ותרעש יִֽרְעֲשֽׁוּ־ יִרְעֲשׁ֖וּ יִרְעַ֣שׁ ירעש ירעשו ירעשו־ מַרְעִ֔ישׁ מַרְעִ֖ישׁ מַרְעִישׁ֙ מרעיש נִרְעֲשָׁ֖ה נרעשה רָעֲשָׁ֖ה רָעֲשׁ֖וּ רָעֲשׁ֣וּ רָעָ֔שָׁה רָעָ֨שָׁה ׀ רֹעֲשִׁ֑ים רעשה רעשו רעשים תִּרְעַ֙שְׁנָה֙ תִּרְעַ֣שׁ תרעש תרעשנה hə·ṯar·‘î·šen·nū həṯar‘îšennū Hetarishennu hir‘aštāh hir‘aštî hir·‘aš·tāh hir·‘aš·tî hirAshtah hirAshti mar‘îš mar·‘îš marIsh nir‘ăšāh nir·‘ă·šāh niraShah rā‘ăšāh rā‘āšāh rā‘ăšū rā·‘ă·šāh rā·‘ā·šāh rā·‘ă·šū raAshah raaShu rō‘ăšîm rō·‘ă·šîm roaShim tir‘aš tir‘ašnāh tir·‘aš tir·‘aš·nāh tirAsh tirAshnah vaiyiraShu vattirAsh vehirashTi veraaShu vetirAsh veyiraShu wat·tir·‘aš wattir‘aš way·yir·‘ă·šū wayyir‘ăšū wə·hir·‘aš·tî wə·rā·‘ă·šū wə·ṯir·‘aš wə·yir·‘ă·šū wəhir‘aštî wərā‘ăšū wəṯir‘aš wəyir‘ăšū yir‘aš yir‘ăšū yir‘ăšū- yir·‘ă·šū yir·‘ă·šū- yir·‘aš yirAsh yirashu
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Judges 5:4
HEB: אֱד֔וֹם אֶ֣רֶץ רָעָ֔שָׁה גַּם־ שָׁמַ֖יִם
NAS: The earth quaked, the heavens
KJV: the earth trembled, and the heavens
INT: of Edom the earth quaked also the heavens

2 Samuel 22:8
HEB: (וַיִּתְגָּעַ֤שׁ ק) וַתִּרְעַשׁ֙ הָאָ֔רֶץ מוֹסְד֥וֹת
NAS: shook and quaked, The foundations
KJV: shook and trembled; the foundations
INT: shook and quaked the earth the foundations

Job 39:20
HEB: הְֽ֭תַרְעִישֶׁנּוּ כָּאַרְבֶּ֑ה ה֖וֹד
NAS: Do you make him leap like the locust?
KJV: Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper?
INT: leap grasshopper beauty

Psalm 18:7
HEB: וַתִּגְעַ֬שׁ וַתִּרְעַ֨שׁ ׀ הָאָ֗רֶץ וּמוֹסְדֵ֣י
NAS: shook and quaked; And the foundations
KJV: shook and trembled; the foundations
INT: shook and quaked the earth the foundations

Psalm 46:3
HEB: יֶחְמְר֣וּ מֵימָ֑יו יִֽרְעֲשֽׁוּ־ הָרִ֖ים בְּגַאֲוָת֣וֹ
NAS: Though the mountains quake at its swelling pride.
KJV: [though] the mountains shake with the swelling
INT: foam waters quake the mountains swelling

Psalm 60:2
HEB: הִרְעַ֣שְׁתָּה אֶ֣רֶץ פְּצַמְתָּ֑הּ
NAS: You have made the land quake, You have split it open;
KJV: Thou hast made the earth to tremble; thou hast broken
INT: quake the land have split

Psalm 68:8
HEB: אֶ֤רֶץ רָעָ֨שָׁה ׀ אַף־ שָׁמַ֣יִם
NAS: The earth quaked; The heavens also
KJV: The earth shook, the heavens
INT: the earth quaked also the heavens

Psalm 72:16
HEB: בְּרֹ֪אשׁ הָ֫רִ֥ים יִרְעַ֣שׁ כַּלְּבָנ֣וֹן פִּרְי֑וֹ
NAS: Its fruit will wave like [the cedars of] Lebanon;
KJV: the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon:
INT: top of the mountains will wave Lebanon fruit

Psalm 77:18
HEB: תֵּבֵ֑ל רָגְזָ֖ה וַתִּרְעַ֣שׁ הָאָֽרֶץ׃
NAS: The earth trembled and shook.
KJV: the earth trembled and shook.
INT: the world trembled and shook the earth

Isaiah 13:13
HEB: שָׁמַ֣יִם אַרְגִּ֔יז וְתִרְעַ֥שׁ הָאָ֖רֶץ מִמְּקוֹמָ֑הּ
NAS: And the earth will be shaken from its place
KJV: and the earth shall remove out of her place,
INT: the heavens tremble will be shaken and the earth place

Isaiah 14:16
HEB: מַרְגִּ֣יז הָאָ֔רֶץ מַרְעִ֖ישׁ מַמְלָכֽוֹת׃
NAS: tremble, Who shook kingdoms,
KJV: to tremble, that did shake kingdoms;
INT: tremble the earth shook kingdoms

Isaiah 24:18
HEB: מִמָּרוֹם֙ נִפְתָּ֔חוּ וַֽיִּרְעֲשׁ֖וּ מ֥וֹסְדֵי אָֽרֶץ׃
NAS: of the earth shake.
KJV: of the earth do shake.
INT: high are opened shake and the foundations of the earth

Jeremiah 4:24
HEB: הֶֽהָרִ֔ים וְהִנֵּ֖ה רֹעֲשִׁ֑ים וְכָל־ הַגְּבָע֖וֹת
NAS: and behold, they were quaking, And all
KJV: the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills
INT: the mountains and behold were quaking and all the hills

Jeremiah 8:16
HEB: מִצְהֲל֣וֹת אַבִּירָ֔יו רָעֲשָׁ֖ה כָּל־ הָאָ֑רֶץ
NAS: land quakes; For they come
KJV: the whole land trembled at the sound
INT: of the neighing of his stallions quakes the whole land

Jeremiah 10:10
HEB: עוֹלָ֑ם מִקִּצְפּוֹ֙ תִּרְעַ֣שׁ הָאָ֔רֶץ וְלֹֽא־
NAS: the earth quakes, And the nations
KJV: the earth shall tremble, and the nations
INT: and the everlasting his wrath quakes the earth cannot

Jeremiah 49:21
HEB: מִקּ֣וֹל נִפְלָ֔ם רָעֲשָׁ֖ה הָאָ֑רֶץ צְעָקָ֕ה
NAS: The earth has quaked at the noise
KJV: The earth is moved at the noise
INT: the noise of their downfall has quaked the earth is an outcry

Jeremiah 50:46
HEB: נִתְפְּשָׂ֣ה בָבֶ֔ל נִרְעֲשָׁ֖ה הָאָ֑רֶץ וּזְעָקָ֖ה
NAS: the earth is shaken, and an outcry
KJV: the earth is moved, and the cry
INT: has been seized Babylon is shaken the earth and an outcry

Jeremiah 51:29
HEB: וַתִּרְעַ֥שׁ הָאָ֖רֶץ וַתָּחֹ֑ל
NAS: So the land quakes and writhes,
KJV: And the land shall tremble and sorrow:
INT: quakes the land and writhes

Ezekiel 26:10
HEB: וְגַלְגַּ֜ל וָרֶ֗כֶב תִּרְעַ֙שְׁנָה֙ חֽוֹמוֹתַ֔יִךְ בְּבֹאוֹ֙
NAS: you; your walls will shake at the noise
KJV: thee: thy walls shall shake at the noise
INT: and wagons and chariots will shake your walls enters

Ezekiel 26:15
HEB: הֶ֙רֶג֙ בְּתוֹכֵ֔ךְ יִרְעֲשׁ֖וּ הָאִיִּֽים׃
NAS: Shall not the coastlands shake at the sound
KJV: Shall not the isles shake at the sound
INT: the slaughter the midst shake the coastlands

Ezekiel 27:28
HEB: זַעֲקַ֣ת חֹבְלָ֑יִךְ יִרְעֲשׁ֖וּ מִגְרֹשֽׁוֹת׃
NAS: The pasture lands will shake.
KJV: The suburbs shall shake at the sound
INT: of the cry of your pilots will shake the pasture

Ezekiel 31:16
HEB: מִקּ֤וֹל מַפַּלְתּוֹ֙ הִרְעַ֣שְׁתִּי גוֹיִ֔ם בְּהוֹרִדִ֥י
NAS: I made the nations quake at the sound
KJV: I made the nations to shake at the sound
INT: the sound fall quake the nations go

Ezekiel 38:20
HEB: וְרָעֲשׁ֣וּ מִפָּנַ֡י דְּגֵ֣י
NAS: of the earth will shake at My presence;
KJV: of the earth, shall shake at my presence,
INT: will shake the face the fish

Joel 2:10
HEB: רָ֣גְזָה אֶ֔רֶץ רָעֲשׁ֖וּ שָׁמָ֑יִם שֶׁ֤מֶשׁ
NAS: The heavens tremble, The sun
KJV: them; the heavens shall tremble: the sun
INT: quakes the earth tremble the heavens the sun

Joel 3:16
HEB: יִתֵּ֣ן קוֹל֔וֹ וְרָעֲשׁ֖וּ שָׁמַ֣יִם וָאָ֑רֶץ
NAS: and the earth tremble. But the LORD
KJV: and the earth shall shake: but the LORD
INT: and utters his voice tremble and the heavens and the earth

30 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 7493
30 Occurrences


hə·ṯar·‘î·šen·nū — 1 Occ.
hir·‘aš·tāh — 1 Occ.
hir·‘aš·tî — 1 Occ.
mar·‘îš — 3 Occ.
nir·‘ă·šāh — 1 Occ.
rā·‘ā·šāh — 4 Occ.
rā·‘ă·šū — 2 Occ.
rō·‘ă·šîm — 1 Occ.
tir·‘aš — 1 Occ.
tir·‘aš·nāh — 1 Occ.
way·yir·‘ă·šū — 1 Occ.
wat·tir·‘aš — 4 Occ.
wə·hir·‘aš·tî — 1 Occ.
wə·rā·‘ă·šū — 2 Occ.
wə·ṯir·‘aš — 1 Occ.
wə·yir·‘ă·šū — 1 Occ.
yir·‘aš — 1 Occ.
yir·‘ă·šū- — 3 Occ.















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