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Lexicon :: Strong's H7281 - reḡaʿ

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רֶגַע
Transliteration
reḡaʿ
Pronunciation
reh'-gah
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Part of Speech
adverb (with a preposition), masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From רָגַע (H7280) a wink (of the eyes), i.e. a very short space of time
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2116a

Strong’s Definitions

רֶגַע regaʻ, reh'-gah; from H7280. a wink (of the eyes), i.e. a very short space of time:—instant, moment, space, suddenly.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 22x

The KJV translates Strong's H7281 in the following manner: moment (18x), instant (2x), space (1x), suddenly (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 22x
The KJV translates Strong's H7281 in the following manner: moment (18x), instant (2x), space (1x), suddenly (1x).
masculine noun

  1. a moment

    adverb

  2. for a moment, at one moment...at another moment

    with preposition

  3. in a moment

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
רֶגַע regaʻ, reh'-gah; from H7280. a wink (of the eyes), i.e. a very short space of time:—instant, moment, space, suddenly.
STRONGS H7281: Abbreviations
† רֶ֫גַע noun masculine a moment (Late Hebrew id.;Targum ריגעא Ecclesiastes 9:12: probably properly a movement, i.e. twinkling, of the eye; compare momentum, i.e. movimentum); — absolute ר׳, רָ֑נַע Numbers 16:21 +, plural רְגָעִים; —
a. Psalm 30:6 בְּאַפּוֹ ר׳ a moment (passes) in his anger (opposed to חיים ברצונו); Isaiah 54:7 קָטֹן בְּר׳ during a little moment
b. usually in adverb phrases: —
(a) as adverb accusative,
(α) Exodus 33:5 אֶהָד ר׳ for one moment, so ר׳ alone Isaiah 54:8; repeated Jeremiah 18:7, 9 רֶגַע ֗֗֗ רֶגַע at another moment;... at another moment;
(β) in a moment, suddenly, Psalm 6:11 יָשׁוּבוּ יֵבשׁוּ רָ֑גַע, Jeremiah 4:20; Isaiah 47:9; Job 34:20.
(b) בְּרֶגַע in a moment Job 21:13 שְׁאוֺל יַחַ֫תּוּ ובר׳ (of a quick and painless death; but see Job 34:20; Psalm 73:19: Hoffm Buhl Baer Bu Du [compare Greek Version of the LXX ἐν ἀναπαύσει, Targum בְּמַרְגּוֺעָא] take רֶגַע (or read רְגֹעַ) as substantive [√ II. רָגַע] in tranquility, of a peaceful death). So
(c) כְּר׳ Numbers 16:21 = Numbers 17:10 וַאֲכַלֶּה אֶתֵכֶם כְּרָ֑גַע, Psalm 73:19.
(d) כְּמוֺ ר׳ Lamentations 4:6.
(e) עֲדֵי רָ֑גַע while a moment lasts Job 20:5.
(f) כִּמְעַט ר׳ like the littleness of a moment = for a little moment Isaiah 26:20; Ezra 9:8.
(g) plural לִרְגָעִים by moments, at every moment, Isaiah 27:8; Ezekiel 26:16 וְחָֽרְדוּ ל׳ (so Ezekiel 32:10), Job 7:18 (|| לִבְקָרִים).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

33:5

Numbers

16:21; 16:21; 17:10

Ezra

9:8

Job

7:18; 20:5; 21:13; 34:20; 34:20

Psalms

30:6; 73:19; 73:19

Ecclesiastes

9:12

Isaiah

26:20; 27:8; 47:9; 54:7; 54:8

Jeremiah

4:20; 18:7; 18:9

Lamentations

4:6

Ezekiel

26:16; 32:10

H7281

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7281 matches the Hebrew רֶגַע (reḡaʿ),
which occurs 22 times in 22 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 33:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:5 - And Jehovah saith unto Moses, 'Say unto the sons of Israel, Ye are a stiff-necked people; one moment -- I come up into thy midst, and have consumed thee; and now, put down thine ornaments from off thee, and I know what I do to thee;'

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 16:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:21 - 'Be ye separated from the midst of this company, and I consume them in a moment;'

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 16:45

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:45 - 'Get you up from the midst of this company, and I consume them in a moment;' and they fall on their faces,

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 9:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:8 - 'And now, as a small moment hath grace been from Jehovah our God, to leave to us an escape, and to give to us a nail in His holy place, by our God's enlightening our eyes, and by giving us a little quickening in our servitude;

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 7:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:18 - And inspectest him in the mornings, In the evenings dost try him?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:5 - That the singing of the wicked is short, And the joy of the profane for a moment,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 21:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:13 - They wear out in good their days, And in a moment to Sheol go down.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 34:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:20 - In a moment they die, and at midnight Shake do people, and they pass away, And they remove the mighty without hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 6:10 - Ashamed and troubled greatly are all mine enemies, They turn back -- ashamed in a moment!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 30:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 30:5 - For -- a moment is in His anger, Life is in His good-will, At even remaineth weeping, and at morn singing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 73:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:19 - How have they become a desolation as in a moment, They have been ended -- consumed from terrors.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 26:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:20 - Come, My people, enter into thy inner chambers, And shut thy doors behind thee, Hide thyself shortly a moment till the indignation pass over.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 27:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:3 - I, Jehovah, am its keeper, every moment I water it, Lest any lay a charge against it, Night and day I keep it!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 47:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:9 - And come in to thee do these two things, In a moment, in one day, childlessness and widowhood, According to their perfection they have come upon thee, In the multitude of thy sorceries, In the exceeding might of thy charms.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 54:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:7 - In a small moment I have forsaken thee, And in great mercies I do gather thee,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 54:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:8 - In overflowing wrath I hid my face for a moment from thee, And in kindness age-during I have loved thee, Said thy Redeemer -- Jehovah!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 4:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:20 - Destruction on destruction is proclaimed, For spoiled hath been all the land, Suddenly spoiled have been my tents, In a moment -- my curtains.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 18:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:7 - The moment I speak concerning a nation, And concerning a kingdom, To pluck up and to break down, and to destroy,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 18:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:9 - And the moment I speak concerning a nation, And concerning a kingdom, to build, and to plant,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:6 - And greater is the iniquity of the daughter of my people, Than the sin of Sodom, That was overturned as in a moment, And no hands were stayed on her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 26:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:16 - And come down from off their thrones have all princes of the sea, And they have turned aside their robes, And their embroidered garments strip off, Trembling they put on, on the earth they sit, And they have trembled every moment, And they have been astonished at thee,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 32:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:10 - And I have made many peoples astonished at thee, And their kings are afraid at thee with trembling, In My brandishing My sword before their faces, And they have trembled every moment, Each for his life -- in the day of thy fall.
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