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Trembling

רְתֵתStrong’s H7578

retet (re-tet)

Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament

In short

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

“When Ephraim spake trembling, he exalted himself in Israel; but when he offended in Baal, he died.”
Hosea 13:1 KJV
Meaning
  1. Trembling
How it's translated
  • trembling 1

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

Where it's used most
  • Hosea 1

1 book in all.

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    Hebrew dictionary

    רְתֵת retet · trembling

    trembling

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

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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

    TREM'BLING, participle present

    tense Shaking, as with fear, cold or weakness; quaking; shivering.

      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.