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Strong's #7557 - רַקַּת

Transliteration

Raqqath

Phonetics

rak-kath'

Origin

from (H7556) in its original sense of diffusing

Parts of Speech

proper locative noun

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

Rakkath = "shore"
1. a fortified city in Naphtali

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (1)

Joshua 1

BSB (1)

Joshua 1

CSB (1)

Joshua 1

ESV (1)

Joshua 1

KJV (1)

Joshua 1

LEB (1)

Joshua 1

LSB (1)

Joshua 1

N95 (1)

Joshua 1

NAS (1)

Joshua 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (1)

Joshua 1

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

רַקַּת proper name, of a location in Naphtail, Joshua 19:35; ᵐ5 (Ομαθα) δακεθ, A Ρεκκαθ, ᵐ5^L Ρακκαθ; a Jewish tradition identified with Tiberias, Talm^{Jer. Megilla 2 b} Nbr^{Geogr. 208f.} Buhl^{Geogr. 226} GASm^{Gerogr. 447}.

רָשׁ see רושׁ

רשׁה (√of following; compare Late Hebrew Hiph`il permit, Hoph`al Sirach 3:22; Jewish-Aramaic רְשָׁא have power, Aph`el permit; Old Aramaic רשי cause, occasion, Lzb³⁷⁰, Nabataean allowed, Id^ib.; Syriac is usually blame; Assyrian rašû, possess, râšû, creditor; Arabic () be firm, IV. make firm; Ethiopic set, put in, place over, prepare, etc.; Sabean רשו servant of deity JHMordtm^{ZMG xxx (1876), 31 f.}).

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

רַקַּת (i.q. Chald. רַקְּתָא, Arab. رِقَّةُ “a shore”), [Rakkath], pr.n. of a town in the tribe of Naphtali, standing, according to the Rabbins, where afterwards Tiberias was built, Joshua 19:35.

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List of Word Forms

רַקַּ֥ת רקת rakKat raq·qaṯ raqqaṯ