Lexicon :: Strong's G4469 - rhaka
ῥακά
Transliteration
rhaka
(Key)
Pronunciation
rhak-ah'
Part of Speech
Aramaism
Root Word (Etymology)
Dictionary Aids
Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry
TDNT Reference: 6:973,983
KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's G4469 in the following manner: Raca (1x).
empty, i.e. a senseless, empty headed man
a term of reproach used among the Jews in the time of Christ
Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ῥακά rhaká, rhak-ah'; of Chaldee origin (compare H7386); O empty one, i.e. thou worthless (as
a term of utter vilification):—Raca.
STRONGS G4469:
ῤακά (Tdf. ῤαχά; (the better accentuation seems to be ῤακά; cf. , Gram. d. Biblical-Aram., p. 8)), an Aramaic word רֵיקָא (but according to (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 (, under the word ; Wünsche, Erläuterung as above with, p. 47):
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