To tremble
רָפַףStrong’s H7322ruph
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Ruph is the Hebrew word usually translated “shake”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his reproof.”
Meaning
- (Polel) to shake, rock
How it's translated
- they shake 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Job 1
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary
רָפַף ruph · to tremble
(Polel) to shake, rock
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.