Thought
רֵעַStrong’s H7454rea (re-a)
Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Rea is the Hebrew word usually translated “thought my” and “thoughts your”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
“Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.”
Meaning
- Purpose, aim, thought
How it's translated
- thought my 1
- thoughts your 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 2
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary
רֵעַ rea · thought
purpose, aim, thought
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “thought” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
THOUGHT, adjective
thaut. [primarily the passive participle of think, supra.
- Properly, that which the mind thinks. thought is either the act or operation of the mind, when attending to a particular subject or thing or it is the idea consequent on that operation.
- Idea; conception.
- Fancy; conceit; something framed by the imagination.
- Reflection; particular consideration.
All definitions
- Opinion; judgment.
- Meditation; serious consideration.
- Design; purpose.“All their thoughts are against me for evil” Psalms 56:5
- Silent contemplation.
- Solicitude; care; concern.
- Inward reasoning; the workings of conscience.“Their thoughts the meanwhile accusing or else excusing one another” Romans 2:15
- A small degree or quantity; as a thought longer; a thought better. [Not in use.]
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.