Thought
רַעְיוֹןStrong’s H7476rayon (ra-yon)
Appears in 6 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Rayon is the Aramaic word usually translated “thought your”, “thoughts his” and “thoughts of”. It appears in 6 verses of the Old Testament.
“As for thee, O king, thy thoughts came into thy mind upon thy bed, what should come to pass hereafter: and he that revealeth secrets maketh known to thee what shall come to pass.”
Meaning
- Thought
How it's translated
- thought your 2
- and thoughts his 2
- and thoughts of 1
- thoughts my 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Daniel 6
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Explore in Scripture
- Daniel 2:30In contextBut as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom that I have more than any living, but for their sakes that shall make known the interpretation to the king, and that thou mightest know the thoughts of thy heart.
- Daniel 4:19In contextThen Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was astonied for one hour, and his thoughts troubled him. The king spake, and said, Belteshazzar, let not the dream, or the interpretation thereof, trouble thee. Belteshazzar answered and said, My lord, the dream be to them that hate thee, and the interpretation thereof to thine enemies.
- Daniel 5:6In contextThen the king’s countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another.
- Daniel 5:10In contextNow the queen by reason of the words of the king and his lords came into the banquet house: and the queen spake and said, O king, live for ever: let not thy thoughts trouble thee, nor let thy countenance be changed:
- Daniel 7:28In contextHitherto is the end of the matter. As for me Daniel, my cogitations much troubled me, and my countenance changed in me: but I kept the matter in my heart.
Aramaic dictionary
רַעְיוֹן rayon · thought
thought Aramaic of ra.yon (רַעְיוֹן "striving" H7475)
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 Aramaic, not from any one translation.