To disturb
רָגַעStrong’s H7280raga (ra-ga)
Appears in 13 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Raga is the Hebrew word usually translated “stirs up”, “act in a moment” and “rest”. It appears in 13 verses of the Old Testament.
“And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest: but the LORD shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind:”
Meaning
- To act in an instant, stir up, disturb(Qal) to stir up, disturb · (Hiphil) to make a twinkling
- To rest or repose, be at rest or repose, settle, quiet, give rest(Niphal) · (Hiphil)
- To harden
How it's translated
- stirs up 2
- i will act in a moment 2
- you will rest 1
- it has hardened 1
- he stirred up 1
- i will grant rest 1
- it will rest 1
- i will make suddenly 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Jeremiah 6
- Isaiah 3
- Job 2
- Deuteronomy 1
- Proverbs 1
5 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Job 7:5My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and become loathsome.
- Job 26:12He divideth the sea with his power, and by his understanding he smiteth through the proud.
- Proverbs 12:19The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.
- Isaiah 34:14The wild beasts of the desert shall also meet with the wild beasts of the island, and the satyr shall cry to his fellow; the screech owl also shall rest there, and find for herself a place of rest.
- Isaiah 51:4Hearken unto me, my people; and give ear unto me, O my nation: for a law shall proceed from me, and I will make my judgment to rest for a light of the people.
- Isaiah 51:15But I am the LORD thy God, that divided the sea, whose waves roared: The LORD of hosts is his name.
Hebrew dictionary
רָגַע raga · to disturb
1) to act in an instant, stir up, disturb 1a) (Qal) to stir up, disturb 1b) (Hiphil) to make a twinkling
רָגַע raga · to rest
1) to rest or repose, be at rest or repose, settle, quiet, give rest 1a) (Niphal) 1a1) to cause to rest (of sword, of the sea) 1a2) to wink (with prep) 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to give rest to 1b2) to rest, repose
רָגַע raga · to harden
to harden
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “disturb” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
DISTURB, verb transitive
[Latin, to trouble, disorder, discompose; a crowd, a tumult; Gr., a tumult. The primary sense seems to be to stir, or to turn or whirl round.]
- To stir; to move; to discompose; to excite from a state of rest or tranquillity.
- To move or agitate; to disquiet; to excite uneasiness or a slight degree of anger in the mind; to move the passions; to ruffle.
- To move from any regular course or operation; to interrupt regular order; to make irregular.
- To interrupt; to hinder; to incommode.
All definitions and other forms of “disturb”
- To turn off from any direction; with from. [Unusual.]
DISTURB, noun
Confusion; disorder. [Not used.]
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.