Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)
to bore
Usage: 1) (Qal) to bore, pierce 1a) of the ear
Ratsa means “bore” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Strong's H7527 רָצַע (ratsa`) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. ratsa` (raw-tsah') v. 1. to pierce [a primitive root] It has 1 linked Bible usage across 1 book. Visible English usage signals include bore. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
ratsa` (raw-tsah') v. 1. to pierce [a primitive root] KJV: bore.
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to bore
Usage: 1) (Qal) to bore, pierce 1a) of the ear
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render ratsa`, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
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1 indexed usage in Old Testament.
Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an aul; and he shall serve him for ever.
First 1 linked usage excerpt for Strong's H7527.
Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an aul; and he shall serve him for ever.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H7527, grouped by book.
Ratsa (Strong's H7527) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "bore". ratsa` (raw-tsah') v. 1. to pierce [a primitive root]
This page currently indexes 1 linked usage for Strong's H7527 across 1 book.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H7527 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as bore. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.