Strong's H7554 (Hebrew)

Hebrew: רָקַע (râqaʻ)

Pronunciation: raw-kah'

Morphology: v

Derivation: a primitive root

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)

KJV Renderings: beat, make broad, spread abroad (forth, over, out, into plates), stamp, stretch

Senses

1. to beat, stamp, beat out, spread out, stretch
   1. (Qal)
      1. to stamp, beat out
      2. one who beats out (participle)
   2. (Piel) to overlay, beat out (for plating)
   3. (Pual) beaten out (participle)
   4. (Hiphil) to make a spreading (of clouds)

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