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Strong's Number H7554

רָקַע
raqa` · raw-kah'
Transliteration:
raqa`{raw-kah'}
Word Origin:
a primitive root
TWOT:
2217
Part of Speech:
verb
Strong's Definition:
to pound the earth (as a sign of passion); by analogy to expand (by hammering); by implication, to overlay (with thin sheets of metal)
Usage in the KJV:
spread... 6, stamp 2, stretch 1, beat 1, made broad 1

Total: 11
Occurs 11 times in the Hebrew text.
Definition:
  1. to beat, stamp, beat out, spread out, stretch
    1. (Qal)
      1. to stamp, beat out
      2. one who beats out (participle)
    2. (Piel) to overlay, beat out (for plating)
    3. (Pual) beaten out (participle)
    4. (Hiphil) to make a spreading (of clouds)
TDNT - Theological Dictionary of the New Testament
TWOT - Theological Word Book of the Old Testament