Raq רַק

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Raq
רַק
Transliterationraq
Strong's numberH7535
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechpreposition
Glossexcept
Occurrences109 in 107 verses
Most frequent inDeuteronomy (20)

Raq (Hebrew רַק, Strong's H7535) is a Hebrew preposition meaning “except”. It occurs 109 times in 107 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

1) only, altogether, surely
1a) only
1b) only, nought but, altogether (in limitation)
1c) save, except (after a negative)
1d) only, altogether, surely (with an affirmative)
1e) if only, provided only (prefixed for emphasis)
1f) only, exclusively (for emphasis)

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

Translated as

KJVonly (1), surely (1), except (1), wise (1), howsoever (1), save (1), nevertheless (1), howbeit (1), yet (1), notwithstanding (1), even (1)
BSBonly (29), nevertheless (8), however (7), except (5), surely (4), yet (3), you will only (2), above all (2), anything (2), altogether (1), we carried off for ourselves only (1), was the only (1), and 8 other renderings

Verses

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

Genesis

Exodus

Numbers

Deuteronomy

Joshua

Judges

1 Samuel

1 Kings

2 Kings

2 Chronicles

Job

Psalms

Proverbs

Isaiah

Amos

Notes

  1. 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.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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