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To bore

רָצַעStrong’s H7527

ratsa (ra-tsa)

Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament

In short

Ratsa is the Hebrew word usually translated “pierce”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.

“Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an aul; and he shall serve him for ever.”
Exodus 21:6 KJV
Meaning
  1. (Qal) to bore, pierceof the ear
How it's translated
  • and he will pierce 1

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

Where it's used most
  • Exodus 1

1 book in all.

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    Hebrew dictionary

    רָצַע ratsa · to bore

    1) (Qal) to bore, pierce 1a) of the ear

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

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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

    BORE, verb transitive

    [Latin foro and perforo, to bore to perforate; Gr. to pierce or transfix; also, to pass over, in which sense it coincides with ferry; Latin veru, from thrusting or piercing, coincide in elements with this root.

    1. To perforate or penetrate a solid body and make a round hole by turning an auger, gimlet, or other instrument.
    2. To eat out or make a hollow by gnawing or corroding, as a worm.
    3. To penetrate or break through by turning or labor; as, to bore through a crowd.
    All definitions and other forms of “bore”

      BORE, verb intransitive

      To be pierced or penetrated by an instrument that turns; as, this timber does not bore well or is hard to bore

      1. To pierce or enter by boring; as, an auger bores well.
      2. To push forward toward a certain point.
      3. With horsemen, a horse bores, when he carries his nose to the ground.
      4. In a transitive or intransitive sense, to pierce the earth with scooping irons, which, when drawn out, bring with them samples of the different stratums, through which they pass.

      BORE, noun

      The hole made by boring. Hence, the cavity or hollow of a gun, cannon, pistol or other fire-arm; the caliber; whether formed by boring or not.

      1. Any instrument for making holes by boring or turning, as an auger, gimlet or wimble.

      BORE, noun

      A tide, swelling above another tide.

        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.