Quaking
רַ֫עַשׁStrong’s H7494raash (ra-ash)
Appears in 16 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Raash is the Hebrew word usually translated “earthquake”, “shaking” and “rumbling”. It appears in 16 verses of the Old Testament.
“And ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah: and the LORD my God shall come, and all the saints with thee.”
Meaning
- Quaking, rattling, shakingearthquake · quaking, trembling (of person) · shaking, quivering (of dart)
How it's translated
- the earthquake 3
- an earthquake 2
- with shaking 2
- rumbling 2
- in the earthquake 1
- to shaking of 1
- and with earthquake 1
- and a din 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ezekiel 5
- 1 Kings 2
- Job 2
- Isaiah 2
- Jeremiah 2
- Amos 1
8 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 1 Kings 19:11And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the LORD. And, behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the LORD; but the LORD was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the LORD was not in the earthquake:
- 1 Kings 19:12And after the earthquake a fire; but the LORD was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.
- Job 39:24He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet.
- Job 41:29Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a spear.
- Isaiah 9:5For every battle of the warrior is with confused noise, and garments rolled in blood; but this shall be with burning and fuel of fire.
- Isaiah 29:6Thou shalt be visited of the LORD of hosts with thunder, and with earthquake, and great noise, with storm and tempest, and the flame of devouring fire.
Hebrew dictionary
רַ֫עַשׁ raash · quaking
1) quaking, rattling, shaking 1a) earthquake 1b) quaking, trembling (of person) 1c) shaking, quivering (of dart)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “quaking” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
QUA'KING, participle present
tense Shaking; trembling.
All definitions and other forms of “quaking”
QUA'KING, noun
A shaking; tremulous agitation; trepidation.
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.