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Shattering

רֶ֫צַחStrong’s H7524

retsach (re-tsach)

Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Retsach is the Hebrew word usually translated “shattering”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.

“As with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where is thy God?”
Psalms 42:10 KJV
Meaning
  1. Shattering
How it's translated
  • with a shattering 1
  • for shattering 1

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

Where it's used most
  • Psalms 1
  • Ezekiel 1

2 books in all.

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Hebrew dictionary

רֶ֫צַח retsach · shattering

shattering

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

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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

SHAT'TERING, participle present

tense Dashing or breaking to pieces; rending; disordering.

    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.