Except
רַקStrong’s H7535raq
Appears in 107 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Raq is the Hebrew word usually translated “only” and “certainly”. It appears in 107 verses of the Old Testament.
“And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.”
Meaning
- Only, altogether, surelyonly · only, nought but, altogether (in limitation) · save, except (after a negative) · only, altogether, surely (with an affirmative) · if only, provided only (prefixed for emphasis) · only, exclusively (for emphasis)
How it's translated
- only 101
- certainly 6
- and only 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Deuteronomy 20
- Joshua 15
- 1 Kings 12
- 2 Kings 11
- 2 Chronicles 11
- Genesis 10
15 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 14:24Save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men which went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their portion.
- Genesis 19:8Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes: only unto these men do nothing; for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof.
- Genesis 20:11And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife’s sake.
- Genesis 24:8And if the woman will not be willing to follow thee, then thou shalt be clear from this my oath: only bring not my son thither again.
- Genesis 26:29That thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee, and as we have done unto thee nothing but good, and have sent thee away in peace: thou art now the blessed of the LORD.
- Genesis 41:40Thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater than thou.
All 107 verses, by book
Hebrew dictionary
רַק raq · except
1) only, altogether, surely 1a) only 1b) only, nought but, altogether (in limitation) 1c) save, except (after a negative) 1d) only, altogether, surely (with an affirmative) 1e) if only, provided only (prefixed for emphasis) 1f) only, exclusively (for emphasis)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “except” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
EXCEPT', verb intransitive
To object; to make an objection or objections; usually followed by to; sometimes by against. I except to a witness, or to his testimony, on account of his interest or partiality.
All definitions and other forms of “except”
EXCEPT', participle passive
Contracted from excepted. Taken out; not included. All were involved in this affair, except one; that is, one excepted, the case absolute or independent clause. except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish; that is, except this fact, that ye repent, or this fact being excepted, removed, taken away, ye shall all likewise perish. Or except may be considered as the imperative mode. except thou or ye, this fact, ye shall all likewise perish. Hence except is equivalent to without, unless, and denotes exclusion.
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.