רֶ֫גַע
re.ga
moment
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredBased on the provided data, the Hebrew word "reg'a" (H7281) translates to "moment." This word appears 22 times in the Bible. Its classification under the semantic domain of "Deity & Divine" suggests that it may have a connection to time, duration, or an instant related to the divine realm. The word is used to describe brief, instantaneous periods, often in a temporal or eternal sense. This could imply that the concept of a "moment" in the biblical context goes beyond the ordinary concept of time, perhaps involving a fleeting glimpse of eternity or divine presence. The significance of "reg'a" in the Bible may indicate the brevity and fragility of existence, the importance of seizing opportunities in a moment, or the revelation of divine presence at a specific instant. The frequency of its occurrence (22 times) and its connection to the divine realm underscores its importance in the biblical narrative, pointing to the significance of time, duration, and the divine in the biblical worldview.
Source data & methodology
Occurrences in Scripture
22 total occurrences across the text
Now for a little moment grace has been shown from Yahweh our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and revived us a little in our bondage.
Job 7:18that you should visit him every morning, and test him every moment?
Job 20:5that the triumphing of the wicked is short, the joy of the godless but for a moment?
Job 21:13They spend their days in prosperity. In an instant they go down to Sheol.
Job 34:20In a moment they die, even at midnight. The people are shaken and pass away. The mighty are taken away without a hand.
Psalms 6:10May all my enemies be ashamed and dismayed. They shall turn back, they shall be disgraced suddenly.
Psalms 30:5For his anger is but for a moment. His favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may stay for the night, but joy comes in the morning.
Psalms 73:19How they are suddenly destroyed! They are completely swept away with terrors.
Isaiah 26:20Come, my people, enter into your rooms, and shut your doors behind you. Hide yourself for a little moment, until the indignation is past.
Isaiah 27:3I, Yahweh, am its keeper. I will water it every moment. Lest anyone damage it, I will keep it night and day.
Isaiah 47:9But these two things will come to you in a moment in one day, the loss of children and widowhood. They will come on you in their full measure, in the multitude of your sorceries, and the great abundance of your enchantments.
Isaiah 54:7“For a small moment I have forsaken you, but I will gather you with great mercies.
Isaiah 54:8In overflowing wrath I hid my face from you for a moment, but with everlasting loving kindness I will have mercy on you,” says Yahweh your Redeemer.
Jeremiah 4:20Destruction on destruction is decreed, for the whole land is laid waste. Suddenly my tents are destroyed, and my curtains gone in a moment.
Jeremiah 18:7At the instant I speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up and to break down and to destroy it;
Jeremiah 18:9At the instant I speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it;
Lamentations 4:6For the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the sin of Sodom, which was overthrown as in a moment. No hands were laid on her.
Ezekiel 26:16Then all the princes of the sea will come down from their thrones, and lay aside their robes, and strip off their embroidered garments. They will clothe themselves with trembling. They will sit on the ground, and will tremble every moment, and be astonished at you.
Ezekiel 32:10Yes, I will make many peoples amazed at you, and their kings will be horribly afraid for you, when I brandish my sword before them. They will tremble at every moment, every man for his own life, in the day of your fall.”
Exodus 33:5Yahweh had said to Moses, “Tell the children of Israel, ‘You are a stiff-necked people. If I were to go up among you for one moment, I would consume you. Therefore now take off your jewelry from you, that I may know what to do to you.’ ”
Numbers 16:21“Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment!”
Numbers 16:45“Get away from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment!” They fell on their faces.