Strong's Concordance rhaka: empty (an expression of contempt) Original Word: ῥακάPart of Speech: Aramaic Transliterated Word (Indeclinable) Transliteration: rhaka Phonetic Spelling: (rhak-ah') Short Definition: empty, foolish Definition: empty, foolish. HELPS Word-studies 4469 rhaká (apparently related to the Aramaic term rōq, "empty") – properly, empty-headed. This term expressed contempt for a man's head, viewing him as stupid (without sense) – i.e. a "numbskull" who acts presumptuously and thoughtlessly (TDNT). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 4469: ῤακάῤακά (Tdf. ῤαχά; (the better accentuation seems to be ῤακά; cf. Kautzsch, Gram. d. Biblical-Aram., p. 8)), an Aramaic word רֵיקָא (but according to Kautzsch (as above), p. 10) not the stative emphatic of רֵיק, but shortened from רֵיקָן (Hebrew רִיק), empty, i. e. a senseless, empty-headed man, a term of reproach used by the Jews in the time of Christ (B. D., under the word STRONGS NT 4469: ῤαχά [ῤαχά, see ῤακά.] Strong's Exhaustive Concordance Raca. Of Chaldee origin (compare reyq); O empty one, i.e. Thou worthless (as a term of utter vilification) -- Raca. see HEBREW reyq Forms and Transliterations Ρακα ρακά Ῥακά Raka Rhaka RhakáLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 44691 Occurrence Ῥακά — 1 Occ. Matthew 5:22 Aram GRK: ἀδελφῷ αὐτοῦ Ῥακά ἔνοχος ἔσται NAS: to his brother, You good-for-nothing,' shall be guilty KJV: brother, Raca, shall be INT: brother of him Raca liable will be |
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