רָעַשׁ
ra.ash
to shake
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Hebrew word "ra.ash" (H7493) is a verb that means "to shake." Its primary action is physical, indicating movement or agitation. The word appears 30 times in the Bible, suggesting its significance in various contexts. In its range of usage, "ra.ash" can describe the physical act of shaking, such as the earth shaking during an earthquake (e.g., Psalm 68:8), or the act of shaking off something, like dust or water (e.g., Job 2:7). The word can also be used metaphorically to convey a sense of turmoil or upheaval, as in the shaking of the foundations of the earth (e.g., Isaiah 2:19). The significance of "ra.ash" lies in its ability to convey a sense of sudden and intense movement, often associated with divine intervention or judgment. Its repeated use in the Bible highlights the importance of this concept in the Hebrew worldview, where the natural world is seen as reflecting the actions of God.
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Occurrences in Scripture
30 total occurrences across the text
Have you made him to leap as a locust? The glory of his snorting is awesome.
Psalms 18:7Then the earth shook and trembled. The foundations also of the mountains quaked and were shaken, because he was angry.
Psalms 46:3though its waters roar and are troubled, though the mountains tremble with their swelling.
Psalms 60:2You have made the land tremble. You have torn it. Mend its fractures, for it quakes.
Psalms 68:8The earth trembled. The sky also poured down rain at the presence of the God of Sinai— at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
Psalms 72:16Abundance of grain shall be throughout the land. Its fruit sways like Lebanon. Let it flourish, thriving like the grass of the field.
Psalms 77:18The voice of your thunder was in the whirlwind. The lightnings lit up the world. The earth trembled and shook.
Isaiah 24:18It will happen that he who flees from the noise of the fear will fall into the pit; and he who comes up out of the middle of the pit will be taken in the snare; for the windows on high are opened, and the foundations of the earth tremble.
Isaiah 13:13Therefore I will make the heavens tremble, and the earth will be shaken out of its place in Yahweh of Armies’ wrath, and in the day of his fierce anger.
Isaiah 14:16Those who see you will stare at you. They will ponder you, saying, “Is this the man who made the earth to tremble, who shook kingdoms,
Jeremiah 4:24I saw the mountains, and behold, they trembled, and all the hills moved back and forth.
Jeremiah 8:16The snorting of his horses is heard from Dan. The whole land trembles at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones; for they have come, and have devoured the land and all that is in it, the city and those who dwell therein.”
Jeremiah 10:10But Yahweh is the true God. He is the living God, and an everlasting King. At his wrath, the earth trembles. The nations aren’t able to withstand his indignation.
Jeremiah 51:29The land trembles and is in pain; for the purposes of Yahweh against Babylon stand, to make the land of Babylon a desolation, without inhabitant.
Jeremiah 49:21The earth trembles at the noise of their fall; there is a cry, the noise which is heard in the Red Sea.
Jeremiah 50:46At the noise of the taking of Babylon the earth trembles; and the cry is heard among the nations.
Ezekiel 26:10By reason of the abundance of his horses, their dust will cover you. Your walls will shake at the noise of the horsemen, of the wagons, and of the chariots, when he enters into your gates, as men enter into a city which is broken open.
Ezekiel 26:15“The Lord Yahweh says to Tyre: ‘Won’t the islands shake at the sound of your fall, when the wounded groan, when the slaughter is made within you?
Ezekiel 27:28At the sound of the cry of your pilots, the pasture lands will shake.
Ezekiel 31:16I made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall, when I cast him down to Sheol with those who descend into the pit. All the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, were comforted in the lower parts of the earth.
Ezekiel 38:20so that the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, the animals of the field, all creeping things who creep on the earth, and all the men who are on the surface of the earth will shake at my presence. Then the mountains will be thrown down, the steep places will fall, and every wall will fall to the ground.
Joel 2:10The earth quakes before them. The heavens tremble. The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining.
Joel 3:16Yahweh will roar from Zion, and thunder from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth will shake; but Yahweh will be a refuge to his people, and a stronghold to the children of Israel.
Amos 9:1I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and he said, “Strike the tops of the pillars, that the thresholds may shake; and break them in pieces on the head of all of them; and I will kill the last of them with the sword: there shall not one of them flee away, and there shall not one of them escape.
Nahum 1:5The mountains quake before him, and the hills melt away. The earth trembles at his presence, yes, the world, and all who dwell in it.
Haggai 2:6For this is what Yahweh of Armies says: ‘Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, the earth, the sea, and the dry land;
Haggai 2:7and I will shake all nations. The precious things of all nations will come, and I will fill this house with glory, says Yahweh of Armies.
Haggai 2:21“Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying, ‘I will shake the heavens and the earth.
Judges 5:4“Yahweh, when you went out of Seir, when you marched out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, the sky also dropped. Yes, the clouds dropped water.
2 Samuel 22:8Then the earth shook and trembled. The foundations of heaven quaked and were shaken, because he was angry.