רָקַע
râqaʻ(raw-kah')
“to pound the earth (as a sign of passion); by analogy to expand (by hammering); by implication, to overlay (with thin sheets of metal)”
11 occurrencesOld TestamentUncommon Word
Definition
Strong’s Definition
to pound the earth (as a sign of passion); by analogy to expand (by hammering); by implication, to overlay (with thin sheets of metal)
Translated in KJV as
beatmake broadspread abroad (forth, over, out, into plates)stampstretch.
Etymology
a primitive root;
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“And they did beat the gold into thin plates, and cut it into wires, to work it in the blue, and in the purple, and in the scarlet, and in the fine linen, with cunning work.”