What does רָגַשׁ (rāḡəšû) mean in the Bible?
רָגַשׁ (rāḡəšû): Emotional or social turbulence—inward agitation surfacing as outward commotion, often rage or rebellion
Hebrew · H7283
רָגַשׁ
To be tumultuous
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רָגַשׁ H7283
Pronunciation rāḡəšû
What does רָגַשׁ (rāḡəšû) mean in the Bible?
רָגַשׁ (rāḡəšû): Emotional or social turbulence—inward agitation surfacing as outward commotion, often rage or rebellion
Full entry for רָגַשׁ (H7283) · Open the biblical lexicon
Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H7283?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include rage (1).
Where does רָגַשׁ (rāḡəšû) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Psalms 2:1. Its strongest book concentrations include Psalms (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It rage 1× Psalms 2:1
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First aligned row Psalms 2:1
Aligned rows 1
Books represented 1
Psalms 1
Source forms
רָגְשׁ֣וּ 1x rā·ḡə·šū Psalms 2:1
Parsing patterns
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural 1x Psalms 2:1
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. Emotional or social turbulence—inward agitation surfacing as outward commotion, often rage or rebellion
Source Gloss
to be tumultuous
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
Emotional or social turbulence—inward agitation surfacing as outward commotion, often rage or rebellion
to be tumultuous BDB: be in tumult Usage: rage.
Grammatical Forms
How the stem changes the meaning of this verb across the biblical text.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 1 Aligned forms 1
Qal basic active stem — the word in its most common, direct sense 1×
Perfect Ps 2:1 1×
Where It Appears in Scripture
Where this word appears in Scripture: passage, original form, and sense in context.
Witnesses
Psalms 2:1-6 רָגְשׁוּ rāḡəšû
conspire; rage; throng
Word Origins
רָגַשׁ is a primitive root - no further derivation.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain