רָעַד
ra.ad
“to tremble”
Definition
to shudder (more or less violently)
a primitive root;
- to tremble, quake 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to tremble 1a2) (earth)quake 1b) (Hiphil) trembling (participle)
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Grammar & Morphology
Verb
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Hebrew Verb
Occurrences
רָעַד appears 3 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
He said to me, “Daniel, you are a man who is highly precious. Consider carefully the words that I am about to say to you. Stand up, for I have now been sent to you.”And when he had said this to me, I stood up trembling.
So within the three days, all the men of Judah and Benjamin assembled in Jerusalem, and on the twentieth day of the ninth month, all the people sat in the square at the house of God, trembling regarding this matter and because of the heavy rain.
He looks on the earth,and it trembles;He touches the mountains,and they smolder.
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