To tremble
רָגַזStrong’s H7264ragaz (ra-gaz)
Appears in 40 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Ragaz is the Hebrew word usually translated “raging you”, “trembled” and “tremble”. It appears in 40 verses of the Old Testament.
“So he sent his brethren away, and they departed: and he said unto them, See that ye fall not out by the way.”
Meaning
- Tremble, quake, rage, quiver, be agitated, be excited, be perturbed(Qal) to quake, be disquieted, be excited, be perturbed · (Hiphil) to cause to quake, disquiet, enrage, disturb · (Hithpael) to excite oneself
How it's translated
- raging you 4
- they trembled 3
- they tremble 2
- and they will tremble 2
- it will be agitated 2
- let them tremble 2
- they will quake 2
- you stir up 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Isaiah 11
- Psalms 5
- 2 Samuel 3
- 1 Samuel 2
- 2 Kings 2
- Job 2
17 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Exodus 15:14The people shall hear, and be afraid: sorrow shall take hold on the inhabitants of Palestina.
- Deuteronomy 2:25This day will I begin to put the dread of thee and the fear of thee upon the nations that are under the whole heaven, who shall hear report of thee, and shall tremble, and be in anguish because of thee.
- 1 Samuel 14:15And there was trembling in the host, in the field, and among all the people: the garrison, and the spoilers, they also trembled, and the earth quaked: so it was a very great trembling.
- 1 Samuel 28:15And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me up? And Saul answered, I am sore distressed; for the Philistines make war against me, and God is departed from me, and answereth me no more, neither by prophets, nor by dreams: therefore I have called thee, that thou mayest make known unto me what I shall do.
- 2 Samuel 7:10Moreover I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and move no more; neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more, as beforetime,
- 2 Samuel 18:33And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son!
All 40 verses, by book
Hebrew dictionary
רָגַז ragaz · to tremble
1) tremble, quake, rage, quiver, be agitated, be excited, be perturbed 1a)(Qal) to quake, be disquieted, be excited, be perturbed 1b) (Hiphil) to cause to quake, disquiet, enrage, disturb 1c) (Hithpael) to excite oneself
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “tremble” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
TREM'BLE, verb intransitive
[Latin tremo.]
- To shake involuntarily, as with fear, cold or weakness; to quake; to quiver; to shiver; to shudder.
- To shake; to quiver; to totter.
- To quaver; to shake, as sound; as when we say, the voice trembles.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.