Raqa means “over” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Strong's H7554 רָקַע (raqa`) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. raqa` (raw-kah') v. 1. to pound the earth (as a sign of passion) 2. (by analogy) to expand (by hammering) It has 11 linked Bible usages across 8 books. Visible English usage signals include earth and thin. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
raqa` (raw-kah') v. 1. to pound the earth (as a sign of passion) 2. (by analogy) to expand (by hammering) 3. (by implication) to overlay (with thin sheets of metal) [a primitive root] KJV: beat, make broad, spread abroad (forth, over, out, into plates), stamp, stretch.
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H7554. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
to beat
Usage: 1) to beat, stamp, beat out, spread out, stretch 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to stamp, beat out 1a2) one who beats out (participle) 1b) (Piel) to overlay, beat out (for plating) 1c) (Pual) beaten out (participle) 1d) (Hiphil) to make a spreading (of clouds)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render raqa`, 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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11 indexed usages in Old Testament.
And they did beat the gold into thin plates, and cut it into wires, to work it in the blue, and in the purple, and in the scarlet, and in the fine linen, with cunning work.
And Eleazar the priest took the brasen censers, wherewith they that were burnt had offered; and they were made broad plates for a covering of the altar:
Then did I beat them as small as the dust of the earth, I did stamp them as the mire of the street, and did spread them abroad.
First 11 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H7554.
And they did beat the gold into thin plates, and cut it into wires, to work it in the blue, and in the purple, and in the scarlet, and in the fine linen, with cunning work.
And Eleazar the priest took the brasen censers, wherewith they that were burnt had offered; and they were made broad plates for a covering of the altar:
Then did I beat them as small as the dust of the earth, I did stamp them as the mire of the street, and did spread them abroad.
Hast thou with him spread out the sky, which is strong, and as a molten looking glass?
To him that stretched out the earth above the waters: for his mercy endureth for ever.
The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains.
Thus saith God the LORD, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein:
Thus saith the LORD, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I am the LORD that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself;
Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the workman, and of the hands of the founder: blue and purple is their clothing: they are all the work of cunning men.
Thus saith the Lord GOD; Smite with thine hand, and stamp with thy foot, and say, Alas for all the evil abominations of the house of Israel! for they shall fall by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence.
For thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast clapped thine hands, and stamped with the feet, and rejoiced in heart with all thy despite against the land of Israel;
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H7554, grouped by book.
Raqa (Strong's H7554) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "over". raqa` (raw-kah') v. 1. to pound the earth (as a sign of passion) 2. (by analogy) to expand (by hammering)
This page currently indexes 11 linked usages for Strong's H7554 across 8 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H7554 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as earth and thin. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.