Strong's Hebrew · H7280
H7280 râgaʻ
רָגַע
raw-gah'
to disturb
râgaʻ appears 13 times in Scripture, including Deuteronomy 28:65 and Job 7:5. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
properly, to toss violently and suddenly (the sea with waves, the skin with boils); figuratively (in a favorable manner) to settle, i.e. quiet; specifically, to wink (from the motion of the eye-lids)
In the King James Version
break, divide, find ease, be a moment, (cause, give, make to) rest, make suddenly.
Derivation
a primitive root;
Appears 13 times in Scripture
“My flesh is clothed with worms and encrusted with dirt; my skin is cracked and festering.”
“Among those nations you will find no repose, not even a resting place for the sole of your foot. There the LORD will give you a trembling heart, failing eyes, and a despairing soul.”
“By His power He stirred the sea; by His understanding He shattered Rahab.”
“Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue lasts only a moment.”
“Thus says the LORD, who gives the sun for light by day, who sets in order the moon and stars for light by night, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar—the LORD of Hosts is His name:”
“Pay attention to Me, My people, and listen to Me, My nation; for a law will go out from Me, and My justice will become a light to the nations; I will bring it about quickly.”
“The desert creatures will meet with hyenas, and one wild goat will call to another. There the night creature will settle and find her place of repose.”
“This is what the LORD says: “The people who survived the sword found favor in the wilderness when Israel went to find rest.””
“For I am the LORD your God who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar—the LORD of Hosts is His name.”
“Their Redeemer is strong; the LORD of Hosts is His name. He will fervently plead their case so that He may bring rest to the earth, but turmoil to those who live in Babylon.”
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
