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Lexicon :: Strong's H7535 - raq

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רַק
Transliteration
raq
Pronunciation
rak
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Part of Speech
adverb
Root Word (Etymology)
The same as רַק (H7534) as a noun
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TWOT Reference: 2218a

Strong’s Definitions

רַק raq, rak; the same as H7534 as a noun; properly, leanness, i.e. (figuratively) limitation; only adverbial, merely, or conjunctional, although:—but, even, except, howbeit howsoever, at the least, nevertheless, nothing but, notwithstanding, only, save, so (that), surely, yet (so), in any wise.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x

The KJV translates Strong's H7535 in the following manner: only, surely, nothing but, except, but, in any wise.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x
The KJV translates Strong's H7535 in the following manner: only, surely, nothing but, except, but, in any wise.

  1. only, altogether, surely

    1. only

    2. only, nought but, altogether (in limitation)

    3. save, except (after a negative)

    4. only, altogether, surely (with an affirmative)

    5. if only, provided only (prefixed for emphasis)

    6. only, exclusively (for emphasis)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
רַק raq, rak; the same as H7534 as a noun; properly, leanness, i.e. (figuratively) limitation; only adverbial, merely, or conjunctional, although:—but, even, except, howbeit howsoever, at the least, nevertheless, nothing but, notwithstanding, only, save, so (that), surely, yet (so), in any wise.
STRONGS H7535: Abbreviations
רַק
† 1. see H7534.
2. 109 adverb with restrictive force, only, altogether, surely (synonym אַךְ); —
a. only, Genesis 14:24; Genesis 41:40 מִמֶּךָּ אֶגְדַּל הַכִּסֵּא רַק only as regards the throne, etc., Genesis 47:22רַק אַדְמַת הַכֹּהֲנִים לֹא קָנָה, Genesis 50:8; Exodus 8:5 רַק בַּיְאֹר תִּשָּׁאַרְנָה, Exodus 10:17 וְיָסֵר מֵעָלַי רַק הַמָּוֶת הַזֶּה only this death, Deuteronomy 2:35 (compare Deuteronomy 20:14; Joshua 8:2, Joshua 8:27), Joshua 3:11; Judges 6:39 (compare אַךְ ib. Genesis 18:32; Exodus 10:17), Exodus 11:34 (circumstantial clause) רַק הִיא יְחִידָה (there being) only she, an only one, 1 Samuel 1:13; Amos 3:2 רק אתכם ידעתי only you have I known, etc., Job 1:15, Job 1:16, Job 1:17, Job 1:19 וָאִמָּֽלְטָה רַק אֲנִי לְבַדִּי I only, Psalm 91:8+ often. Once strengthening אַךְ, † Numbers 12:2 הֲרַק אַךְבְּֿמשֶׁה דִּבֶּר י׳. And separated (as sometimes in English) from the word actually emphasized, Proverbs 13:10 רִק בְּזָדוֺן יִתֵּן מַצָּה by pride there only cometh [נָתַן 1z] contention.
b. prefixed to sentences, to add a limitation on something previously expressed (or implied), Genesis 19:8 only to these men do nothing, Genesis 24:8 אֶת־בְּנִי רַק הֵ֫נָּה לֹא־תָשֵׁב, Exodus 8:24 I will let you go..., only go not far, Exodus 8:25 [H7537Exodus 8:29]; Numbers 20:19 only — it is nothing — let me pass through on my feet (compare Deuteronomy 2:28); especially in Deuteronomic writers, as Deuteronomy 10:15; Deuteronomy 12:15; Deuteronomy 20:16; 1 Kings 3:2, 1 Kings 3:3 (compare 2 Kings 12:4 [2 Kings 12:3]; 2 Kings 14:4; 2 Kings 15:4, 2 Kings 15:35), 2 Kings 8:19; 2 Kings 11:13; 2 Kings 15:14, 2 Kings 15:23; 2 Kings 3:2 (compare 2 Kings 14:3; 2 Kings 17:2), etc., Isaiah 4:1; emphasizing a command, Deuteronomy 4:9; Deuteronomy 12:16, Deuteronomy 12:23; Joshua 1:7, Joshua 1:18; Joshua 6:18; Joshua 13:6; Joshua 22:5 (all D2).
c. emphasizing single words, especially adjectives, only = nought but, altogether, Genesis 6:5 רַע רַק לִבּוֹ מַחְשְׁבוֹתיֵצֶר is only evil, i.e. exclusively evil, nought but evil, Genesis 26:29 טוֹב רַק עִמְּךָ עָשִׂינוּ nothing but good, H7533Deuteronomy 28:33 עָשׁוּק רַק וְהָיִיתָ, Isaiah 28:19 זְוָעָה רַק it shall be nought but terror to, etc., 1 Kings 14:8 (compare אַךְ 2b β); followed by an adverb Deuteronomy 28:13 וְהָיִיתָ רִק לְמַ֫עְלָה above only; followed by a verb, Judges 14:16 thou dost but hate me.
† d. after a negative, save, except (synonym כִּי אִם 2a), 1 Kings 8:9 (= 2 Chronicles 5:10) אֵין בָּאָרוֺן רִק שְׁנֵי לֻהוֺת הָאֲבָנִים, 1 Kings 15:5; 1 Kings 22:16 (= 2 Chronicles 18:15), 2 Kings 17:18.
† e. with an affirmative, asseverative force, only, altogether = surely, Genesis 20:11 רַק אֵין יִרְאַת אלהים במקום הזה, Deuteronomy 4:6 (so EV; but Ges populus mere sapiens, so Di), 1 Kings 21:25; 2 Chronicles 28:10; Psalm 32:6 אליו רבים מים לְשֶׁטֶף רַק יַגִּ֑יעוּ לא.
† f. אִם רַק (רַק prefixed for emphasis) if only, provided only, Deuteronomy 15:5 וג׳, תשׁמע שׁמוע אִם רַק, 1 Kings 8:25 (= 2 Chronicles 6:16) דרכם בניך ישׁמרו אִם רַק וג׳ללכת, 2 Kings 21:8 (= 2 Chronicles 33:8).

See top portion of this BDB entry H7534.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

6:5; 14:24; 18:32; 19:8; 20:11; 24:8; 26:29; 41:40; 47:22; 50:8

Exodus

8:5; 8:24; 8:29; 10:17; 10:17

Numbers

12:2; 20:19

Deuteronomy

2:28; 2:35; 4:6; 4:9; 10:15; 12:15; 12:16; 12:23; 15:5; 20:14; 20:16; 28:13; 28:33

Joshua

1:7; 1:18; 3:11; 6:18; 8:2; 8:27; 13:6; 22:5

Judges

6:39; 14:16

1 Samuel

1:13

1 Kings

3:2; 3:3; 8:9; 8:25; 14:8; 15:5; 21:25; 22:16

2 Kings

3:2; 8:19; 11:13; 12:3; 14:3; 14:4; 15:4; 15:14; 15:23; 15:35; 17:2; 17:18; 21:8

2 Chronicles

5:10; 6:16; 18:15; 28:10; 33:8

Job

1:15; 1:16; 1:17; 1:19

Psalms

32:6; 91:8

Proverbs

13:10

Isaiah

4:1; 28:19

Amos

3:2

H7535

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Strong's Number H7535 matches the Hebrew רַק (raq),
which occurs 109 times in 107 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 3 (Gen 6:5–Jos 11:13)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:5 - And Jehovah seeth that abundant is the wickedness of man in the earth, and every imagination of the thoughts of his heart only evil all the day;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:24 - save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men who have gone with me -- Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre -- they take their portion.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:8 - lo, I pray you, I have two daughters, who have not known any one; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do to them as is good in your eyes; only to these men do not anything, for therefore have they come in within the shadow of my roof.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:11 - And Abraham saith, 'Because I said, 'Surely the fear of God is not in this place, and they have slain me for the sake of my wife;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:8 - and if the woman be not willing to come after thee, then thou hast been acquitted from this mine oath: only my son thou dost not cause to turn back thither.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:29 - do not evil with us, as we have not touched thee, and as we have only done good with thee, and send thee away in peace; thou art now blessed of Jehovah.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:40 - thou -- thou art over my house, and at thy mouth do all my people kiss; only in the throne I am greater than thou.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 47:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:22 - Only the ground of the priests he hath not bought, for the priests have a portion from Pharaoh, and they have eaten their portion which Pharaoh hath given to them, therefore they have not sold their ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 47:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:26 - and Joseph setteth it for a statute unto this day, concerning the ground of Egypt, that Pharaoh hath a fifth; only the ground of the priests alone hath not become Pharaoh's.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:8 - and all the house of Joseph, and his brethren, and the house of his father; only their infants, and their flock, and their herd, have they left in the land of Goshen;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:9 - And Moses saith to Pharaoh, 'Beautify thyself over me; when do I make supplication for thee, and for thy servants, and for thy people, to cut off the frogs from thee and from thy houses -- only in the River they do remain?'

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 8:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:11 - and the frogs have turned aside from thee, and from thy houses, and from thy servants, and from thy people; only in the River they do remain.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 8:28

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:28 - And Pharaoh saith, 'I send you away, and ye have sacrificed to Jehovah your God in the wilderness, only go not very far off; make ye supplication for me;'

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 8:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:29 - and Moses saith, 'Lo, I am going out from thee, and have made supplication unto Jehovah, and the beetle hath turned aside from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people -- to-morrow, only let not Pharaoh add to deceive -- in not sending the people away to sacrifice to Jehovah.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 9:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:26 - only in the land of Goshen, where the sons of Israel are, there hath been no hail.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:17 - and now, bear with, I pray you, my sin, only this time, and make ye supplication to Jehovah your God, that He turn aside from off me only this death.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:24 - And Pharaoh calleth unto Moses and saith, 'Go ye, serve Jehovah, only your flock and your herd are stayed, your infants also go with you;'

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:19 - if he rise, and hath gone up and down without on his staff, then hath the smiter been acquitted; only his cessation he giveth, and he is thoroughly healed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:2 - and they say, 'Only by Moses hath Jehovah spoken? also by us hath he not spoken?' and Jehovah heareth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:19 - And the sons of Israel say unto him, 'In the highway we go, and if of thy waters we drink -- I and my cattle -- then I have given their price; only (it is nothing) on my feet I pass over.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 2:28

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:28 - food for money thou dost sell me, and I have eaten; and water for money thou dost give to me, and I have drunk; only, let me pass over on my feet, --

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 2:35

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:35 - only, the cattle we have spoiled for ourselves, and the spoil of the cities which we have captured.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 2:37

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:37 - 'Only, unto the land of the sons of Ammon thou hast not drawn near, any part of the brook Jabbok, and cities of the hill-country, and anything which Jehovah our God hath not commanded.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:11 - for only Og king of Bashan had been left of the remnant of the Rephaim; lo, his bedstead is a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbath of the sons of Ammon? nine cubits its length, and four cubits its breadth, by the cubit of a man.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 3:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:19 - Only, your wives, and your infants, and your cattle -- I have known that ye have much cattle -- do dwell in your cities which I have given to you,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:6 - and ye have kept and done them (for it is your wisdom and your understanding) before the eyes of the peoples who hear all these statutes, and they have said, Only, a people wise and understanding is this great nation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:9 - 'Only, take heed to thyself, and watch thy soul exceedingly, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they turn aside from thy heart, all days of thy life; and thou hast made them known to thy sons, and to thy sons' sons.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 10:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:15 - only in thy fathers hath Jehovah delighted -- to love them, and He doth fix on their seed after them -- on you, out of all the peoples as at this day;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 12:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:15 - 'Only, with all the desire of thy soul thou dost sacrifice, and hast eaten flesh according to the blessing of Jehovah thy God which He hath given to thee, in all thy gates; the unclean and the clean do eat it, as of the roe, and as of the hart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 12:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:16 - 'Only, the blood ye do not eat -- on the earth thou dost pour it as water;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 12:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:23 - 'Only, be sure not to eat the blood, for the blood is the life, and thou dost not eat the life with the flesh;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 12:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:26 - 'Only, thy holy things which thou hast, and thy vows, thou dost take up, and hast gone in unto the place which Jehovah doth choose,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 15:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:5 - 'Only, if thou dost diligently hearken to the voice of Jehovah thy God, to observe to do all this command which I am commanding thee to-day,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 15:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:23 - Only, its blood thou dost not eat; on the earth thou dost pour it as water.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 17:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:16 - 'Only, he doth not multiply to himself horses, nor cause the people to turn back to Egypt, so as to multiply horses, seeing Jehovah hath said to you, Ye do not add to turn back in this way any more.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 20:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:14 - Only, the women, and the infants, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, all its spoil, thou dost seize for thyself, and thou hast eaten the spoil of thine enemies which Jehovah thy God hath given to thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 20:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:16 - 'Only, of the cities of these peoples which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee for an inheritance, thou dost not keep alive any breathing;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 20:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:20 - Only, the tree, which thou knowest that it is not a fruit-tree, it thou dost destroy, and hast cut down, and hast built a bulwark against the city which is making with thee war till thou hast subdued it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:13 - 'And Jehovah hath given thee for head, and not for tail; and thou hast been only above, and art not beneath, for thou dost hearken unto the commands of Jehovah thy God, which I am commanding thee to-day, to keep and to do,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:33

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:33 - The fruit of thy ground, and all thy labour, eat up doth a people whom thou hast not known; and thou hast been only oppressed and bruised all the days;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:7 - 'Only, be strong and very courageous, to observe to do according to all the law which Moses My servant commanded thee; thou dost not turn aside from it right or left, so that thou dost act wisely in every place whither thou goest;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:17 - according to all that we hearkened unto Moses in, so we hearken unto thee; surely Jehovah thy God is with thee as He hath been with Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:18 - Any man who doth provoke thy mouth, and doth not hear thy words, in all that thou dost command him, is put to death; only, be strong and courageous.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 6:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:15 - And it cometh to pass, on the seventh day, that they rise early, at the ascending of the dawn, and compass the city, according to this manner, seven times; (only, on that day they have compassed the city seven times);

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:17 - and the city hath been devoted, it and all that is in it, to Jehovah; only Rahab the harlot doth live, she and all who are with her in the house, for she hid the messengers whom we sent;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 6:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:18 - and surely ye have kept from the devoted thing, lest ye devote yourselves, and have taken from the devoted thing, and have made the camp of Israel become a devoted thing, and have troubled it;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 6:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:24 - And the city they have burnt with fire, and all that is in it; only, the silver and the gold, and the vessels of brass, and of iron, they have given to the treasury of the house of Jehovah;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:2 - and thou hast done to Ai and to her king as thou hast done to Jericho and to her king; only, its spoil and its cattle ye spoil for yourselves; set for thee an ambush for the city at its rear.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:27 - only, the cattle and the spoil of that city have Israel spoiled for themselves, according to the word of Jehovah which He commanded Joshua.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:13 - Only, all the cities which are standing by their hill, Israel hath not burned them, save Hazor only, it hath Joshua burnt;

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