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Raca

A Syriac word which properly signifies _empty_, _vain_, _beggarly_, _foolish_, and which includes in it a strong idea of contempt. Our Saviour pronounces a censure on every person using this term to his neighbour, Matt. Raca is rendered in the installed Bible Names resource as “worthless; good-for-nothing.” This unified study connects 7 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.

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  • Historical Reference: Nave’s Topical Bible — Public domain
  • Historical Reference: Hitchcock’s Bible Names Dictionary (1869)
  • Historical Reference: Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
  • Historical Reference: A Biblical and Theological Dictionary
  • Historical Reference: concordance
  • Historical Reference: Installed reference work
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Subject type
Subject
Strong’s
G4469
Greek
ῥακά · rhaká
Name meaning
worthless; good-for-nothing According to Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Strong’s and original-language information

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

ῥακά

G4469
Transliteration
rhaká
Language
Greek
Indexed occurrences
1

Glosses

Raca

Lexicon definition

O empty one, i.e. thou worthless (as a term of utter vilification)

Hebrew lexical coverage

No safely matched Hebrew Strong’s entry

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Complete dictionary entries

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Raca

worthless; good-for-nothing

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A Biblical and Theological Dictionary

RACA

a Syriac word which properly signifies _empty_, _vain_, _beggarly_, _foolish_, and which includes in it a strong idea of contempt. Our Saviour pronounces a censure on every person using this term to his neighbour, Matt. v, 22. Lightfoot assures us that, in the writings of the Jews, the word _raca_ is a term of the utmost contempt, and that it was usual to pronounce it with marked signs of indignation.

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Concordance

Strong's Concordance

Raca

Indexed occurrences: 1

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All Scripture references5 references

2 Kings 1

2 Kings 18:26

Ezra 1

Ezra 4:7

Matthew 1

Matthew 5:22

Mark 2

Mark 7:34Mark 15:34

Topical Bible

Nave's Topical Bible

RACA

Entry:
Nave’s Topical Bible references for RACA.

Indexed references: 1

Scripture references:
Matthew 5:22

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Bible Names

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Raca

Meaning:
worthless; good-for-nothing

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Topic

RACA

Nave’s Topical Bible references for RACA.

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Dictionary

Raca

worthless; good-for-nothing

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Dictionary

Syriac

(2 Kings 18:26; Ezra 4:7; Dan. 2:4), more correctly rendered "Aramaic," including both the Syriac and the Chaldee languages. In the New Testament there are several Syriac words, such as "Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?" (Mark 15:34; Matt. 27:46 gives the Heb. form, "Eli, Eli"), "Raca" (Matt. 5:22), "Ephphatha" (Mark 7:34), "Maran-atha" (1 Cor. 16:22). A Syriac version of the Old Testament, containing all the canonical books, along with some apocryphal books (called the Peshitto, i.e., simple translation, and not a paraphrase), was made early in the second century, and is therefore the first Christian translation of the Old Testament. It was made directly from the original, and not from the LXX. Version. The New Testament was also translated from Greek into Syriac about the same time. It is noticeable that this version does not contain the Second and Third Epistles of John, 2 Peter, Jude, and the Apocalypse. These were, however, translated subsequently and placed in the version. (See [614]VERSION.)

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