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To throng

רָגַשׁStrong’s H7283

ragash (ra-gash)

Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament

In short

Ragash is the Hebrew word usually translated “do they plot”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.

“Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?”
Psalms 2:1 KJV
Meaning
  1. (Qal) to be in a tumult or commotion
  2. (TWOT) to conspire, plot
How it's translated
  • do they plot 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Psalms 1

1 book in all.

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    Hebrew dictionary

    רָגַשׁ ragash · to throng

    1) (Qal) to be in a tumult or commotion 2) (TWOT) to conspire, plot Aramaic equivalent: re.gash (רְגַשׁ "to throng" H7284)

    From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “throng” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    THRONG, noun

    1. A crowd; a multitude of persons or of living beings pressing or pressed into a close body or assemblage; as a throng of people at a play-house.
    2. A great multitude; as the heavenly throng
    All definitions and other forms of “throng”

      THRONG, verb intransitive

      To crowd together; to press into a close body, as a multitude of persons; to come in multitudes.

        THRONG, verb transitive

        To crowd or press, as persons; to oppress or annoy with a crowd of living beings.

        1. “Much people followed him, and thronged him” Mark 5:24

        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.