Raga רָגַע

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Raga
רָגַע
Transliteration	raga
Strong's number	H7280 (H7280A, H7280B, H7280C)
Language	Hebrew
Part of speech	verb
Gloss	to disturb
Occurrences	13 in 13 verses
Most frequent in	Jeremiah (6)

Raga (Hebrew רָגַע, Strong's H7280) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to disturb”. It occurs 13 times in 13 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

H7280A: to disturb

1) to act in an instant, stir up, disturb
1a) (Qal) to stir up, disturb
1b) (Hiphil) to make a twinkling

H7280B: to rest

1) to rest or repose, be at rest or repose, settle, quiet, give rest
1a) (Niphal)
1a1) to cause to rest (of sword, of the sea)
1a2) to wink (with prep)
1b) (Hiphil)
1b1) to give rest to
1b2) to rest, repose

H7280C: to harden

to harden

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJV	rest (5), divideth (2), suddenly (2), ease (1), broken (1), moment (1), divided (1)
BSB	who stirs up (2), instant (2), repose (1), is cracked (1), he stirred (1), moment (1), will settle (1), i will bring it about quickly (1), find rest (1), cease (1), he may bring rest (1)

Verses

Every verse with Raga, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Deuteronomy

Deuteronomy 28:65
And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest: but the Lord shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind:Among those nations you will find no repose, not even a resting place for the sole of your foot. There the LORD will give you a trembling heart, failing eyes, and a despairing soul.

Job

Job 7:5
My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and become loathsome.My flesh is clothed with worms and encrusted with dirt; my skin is cracked and festering.
Job 26:12
He divideth the sea with his power, and by his understanding he smiteth through the proud.By His power He stirred the sea; by His understanding He shattered Rahab.

Proverbs

Proverbs 12:19
The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue lasts only a moment.

Isaiah

Isaiah 34:14
The wild beasts of the desert shall also meet with the wild beasts of the island, and the satyr shall cry to his fellow; the screech owl also shall rest there, and find for herself a place of rest.The desert creatures will meet with hyenas, and one wild goat will call to another. There the night creature will settle and find her place of repose.
Isaiah 51:4
Hearken unto me, my people; and give ear unto me, O my nation: for a law shall proceed from me, and I will make my judgment to rest for a light of the people.Pay attention to Me, My people, and listen to Me, My nation; for a law will go out from Me, and My justice will become a light to the nations; I will bring it about quickly.
Isaiah 51:15
But I am the Lord thy God, that divided the sea, whose waves roared: The Lord of hosts is his name.For I am the LORD your God who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar— the LORD of Hosts is His name.

Jeremiah

Jeremiah 31:2
Thus saith the Lord, The people which were left of the sword found grace in the wilderness; even Israel, when I went to cause him to rest.This is what the LORD says: “The people who survived the sword found favor in the wilderness when Israel went to find rest.”
Jeremiah 31:35
Thus saith the Lord, which giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The Lord of hosts is his name:Thus says the LORD, who gives the sun for light by day, who sets in order the moon and stars for light by night, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar—the LORD of Hosts is His name:
Jeremiah 47:6
O thou sword of the Lord, how long will it be ere thou be quiet? put up thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and be still.‘Alas, O sword of the LORD, how long until you rest? Return to your sheath; cease and be still!’
Jeremiah 49:19
Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan against the habitation of the strong: but I will suddenly make him run away from her: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her? for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who is that shepherd that will stand before me?Behold, one will come up like a lion from the thickets of the Jordan to the watered pasture. For in an instant I will chase Edom from her land. Who is the chosen one I will appoint for this? For who is like Me, and who can challenge Me? What shepherd can stand against Me?”
Jeremiah 50:34
Their Redeemer is strong; the Lord of hosts is his name: he shall throughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the land, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.Their Redeemer is strong; the LORD of Hosts is His name. He will fervently plead their case so that He may bring rest to the earth, but turmoil to those who live in Babylon.
Jeremiah 50:44
Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan unto the habitation of the strong: but I will make them suddenly run away from her: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her? for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who is that shepherd that will stand before me?Behold, one will come up like a lion from the thickets of the Jordan to the watered pasture. For in an instant I will chase Babylon from her land. Who is the chosen one I will appoint for this? For who is like Me, and who can challenge Me? What shepherd can stand against Me?”

Notes

Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).