to beat, stamp, beat out, spread out Original Word: רָקַעTransliteration: raqa Phonetic Spelling: (raw-kah') Short Definition: beat
a prim. root Definition to beat, stamp, beat out, spread out NASB Word Usage beaten (1), hammered (2), plates (1), spread (3), spreading (1), stamp (1), stamped (2). NAS Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible with Hebrew-Aramaic and Greek Dictionaries Copyright © 1981, 1998 by The Lockman Foundation All rights reserved Lockman.org
A primitive root; to pound the earth (as a sign of passion); by analogy to expand (by hammering); by implication, to overlay (with thin sheets of metal) -- beat, make broad, spread abroad (forth, over, out, into plates), stamp, stretch.
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