Hebrew words starting with resh
345 words in the Bible begin with resh (ר), listed most frequent first. This is page 1 of 2. Every word links to its meaning, its attested forms, and the verses it appears in.
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- ra'ahרָאָהto see: to take something in with the eyes, and from there to perceive, understand, experience, look into, provide for, or (turned around) be seen and shown.
- raרַעbad: failing the standard of what it should be, whether defective, harmful, or unpleasant, with no question of sin
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- calamity: disaster, ruin, or affliction that falls on a person or nation, the trouble that is the opposite of well-being
- morally evil: conduct, intent, or persons that are wrong in the sight of God, the opposite of what is good
- roshרֹאשׁhead: the head on a body, and from that picture the top of a thing, the person in charge, the start of something, the choicest part, and the total of a count.
- ravרַבmany, numerous: large in number or amount
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- great, abundant: large in degree, strength, or extent
- chief, captain: a high officer ranking over others
- ru'aḥרוּחַthe unseen moving power felt in wind and breath: the air that blows, the breath that gives life, the inner drive of a person, and the empowering presence of God.
- rasahרָשָׁעthe one in the wrong: the guilty party a court rules against, and from there the wicked person whose whole life stands condemned, always the opposite of the righteous (צַדִּיק).
- regelרֶגֶלthe foot: the lower limb a person or animal stands and walks on, and the many things that limb comes to stand for
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- a time, an occurrence: one instance counted off in a series
- ravahרָבָהto become many or much: to grow in number, amount, or extent
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- to make many or much: to multiply something, increase it, or supply it in great quantity
- to shoot with a bow; to be an archer
- rumרוּםto be high or rise up, and to lift, raise, or exalt someone or something to a higher place or status
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- to breed worms and go foul, of food that has rotted
- re'aרֵעַthe other person you are associated with: a friend, a fellow member of your community, or simply the other party, with the closeness left to the setting.
- rishonרִאשׁוֹןfirst: the one out in front, whether in a sequence, in time gone by, or in rank
- ra'ahרָעָהto tend a flock: to lead grazing animals out, guard them, and bring them to food and water
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- to keep company with someone: to associate with a person as a friend or companion
- rovרֹבa great amount: a large number of things, or a large degree of something
- radaphרָדַףto chase after someone who is fleeing, especially a beaten enemy in war
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- to hound, harass, or persecute a person who has done you no wrong
- to go hard after something you want, whether a worthy goal or a worthless one
- rekhevרֶכֶבa chariot, or chariots taken together as a fighting force
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- the upper stone of a hand mill, the heavy stone turned on top of the lower one to grind grain
- raqרַקonly: a limiting word that narrows a statement down to one thing and shuts everything else out
- ra'aרָעַעto be bad, go wrong, or be displeasing; to do evil or bring harm on someone
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- to break, shatter, or smash to pieces
- rutsרוּץto run: to move fast on foot, and by extension to act or travel swiftly
- roḥavרֹחַבbreadth: how wide something is, the measure across it from side to side.
- ra'avרָעָבa severe shortage of food, whether a whole land's famine or a single body's hunger
- raḥoqרָחֹקfar off, distant: removed by a wide gap, whether in space, in time, or in closeness.
- rakhavרָכַבto ride: to travel seated on an animal or in a vehicle, carried along by what bears you
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- to set someone riding: to mount a person on an animal or in a chariot, putting them up to ride
- re'uvenרְאוּבֵןReuben: Jacob's firstborn son by Leah, the brother who held the title of firstborn and lost everything that went with it
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- Reuben: the tribe descended from Jacob's firstborn, and the tableland east of the Jordan that the tribe held
- raḥatsרָחַץto wash with water: to rinse the body or a part of it clean
- rivרִיבto press a contention against another: to quarrel, take someone to task, or argue a case against them
- rapahרָפָאto heal: to make a sick, wounded, or broken thing sound and whole again.
- rivרִיבa dispute: a clash between two sides, from a hot quarrel to a formal legal case
- re'aḥרֵיחַa smell or scent: the odor a thing gives off, whether sweet or foul.
- revi'iרְבִיעִיfourth: the ordinal number, the one that comes after the third; also a fourth part, one quarter.
- raḥaqרָחַקto be far away, to stay at a distance
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- to remove something far away, to put or keep it at a distance
- ratsahרָצָהto be pleased with someone or something: to accept them gladly, look on them with favor, and take delight in them
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- to pay off in full: to satisfy a debt or serve out a sentence until the account is settled
- ratsonרָצוֹןfavorable pleasure: what pleases someone, and so the acceptance or favor they grant and the will they choose to carry out
- rananרָנַןto send up a loud, ringing cry: most often a shout or song of joy, but at heart simply to call out at full voice
- reshitרֵאשִׁיתthe foremost of something: what stands at its head, whether first in time, first in rank, or the first and finest portion.
- reḥavamרְחַבְעָםRehoboamnot studied yet
- raḥelרָחֵלRachelnot studied yet
- raḥamרָחַםto feel and act on tender compassion, the gut-deep mercy a parent feels for a child
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- to love (someone) deeply
- ratsaḥרָצַחto take a fellow human being's life by violence in a way the community must answer for: the killing that triggers Israel's blood-revenge and refuge-city laws, covering murder, accidental killing, and even the killing done in response to it
- raphahרָפָהto go slack: for a grip, a hand, or strength to loosen and give way, or to make it do so, ranging from losing heart to letting go to leaving alone
- raḥamimרַחֲמִיםdeep, tender compassion: the gut-level mercy a parent feels toward a child
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- the womb: the part of a woman's body where a child is carried
- ru'aרוּעַto raise a loud, ringing shout: a mass cry let out together, whether as a war cry, a roar of triumph, or a burst of joy
- reḥovרְחוֹבa broad open place in a town: the public square at the gate, or the wide street where people gather.
- ragazרָגַזto shake: to be thrown into violent, involuntary motion, whether the earth quaking, a person trembling, or an inward shuddering of dread, grief, or excitement
- ramahרָמָהRamahnot studied yet
- rasahרָשַׁעto be guilty, or to do wrong: to stand in the wrong before God or a just standard, and to act that way
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- to condemn, to declare guilty: to hand down or pronounce a verdict that someone is in the wrong
- rinnahרִנָּהa ringing cry: a loud, high, resounding shout that carries far, raised in glad celebration or in urgent pleading
- ravshaqehרַבְשָׁקֵהRabshakehnot studied yet
- rimmonרִמּוֹןpomegranate: the round, leathery-skinned fruit packed with red seeds and the tree that bears it, and the pomegranate-shaped ornaments modeled on it
- ravatsרָבַץto lie down: to settle the body low against the ground, the way an animal drops to rest or a predator couches over its lair
- rivqahרִבְקָהRebekahnot studied yet
- ra'ashרָעַשׁto shake or quake: to move with a violent, shuddering motion, the way the ground heaves in an earthquake
- resahרֶשַׁעwickedness: wrongdoing that sets itself against what is right, and the guilt it brings
- rekhushרְכוּשׁmovable property: the goods, livestock, and belongings a person or group owns and can carry
- radahרָדָהto rule, exercise dominion: to hold and exercise authoritative control as a sovereign, king, or appointed governor
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- to scrape out: to draw or extract something by pressing or pulling
- reḥemרֶחֶםthe womb: the organ in a woman's body where a child is conceived and carried until birth
- ragalרָגַלto spy out: to scout a land, city, or people secretly in order to gather military or strategic information
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- to go about spreading damaging reports about someone; to slander
- raḥavרָחַבto be wide or spacious, and to make wide: to enlarge, broaden, or make room.
- repha'imרְפָאִיםRephaimnot studied yet
- rushרוּשׁto be poor, to lack property: the condition of having little or nothing, set plainly against being rich
- regaרֶגַעa moment: the briefest span of time, an instant that is over almost as soon as it begins
- ramotרָמוֹתRamothnot studied yet
- reshetרֶשֶׁתa net: a mesh of cords for trapping birds, animals, or people, most often pictured as a hidden and deadly trap
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- a grating: the net-shaped bronze meshwork fitted to the altar of burnt offering
- ravavרָבַבto be or become many: to grow large in number or quantity, and so to be abundant or great.
- raḥavרָחָבbroad, wide: reaching far across a space, and by extension stretching beyond ordinary limits
- ra'evרָעֵבhungry: feeling the physical need for food, often as a word for the poor who lack it
- ra'ananרַעֲנָןluxuriant, green, and fresh: full of the moist, living vigor of a well-watered tree in full leaf
- ruqרִיקto empty out: to make a container give up what it holds, whether by pouring out its liquid, tipping out its contents, or baring the weapon in its sheath.
- ramasרָמַסto trample: to bring the foot down on something, crushing, subduing, or spoiling what is trodden
- ro'aרֹעַevilnot studied yet
- ratsatsרָצַץto crush: to break or grind something to pieces by pressure or a blow, and so to oppress and grind down the weak
- re'uveniרְאוּבֵנִיReubenitenot studied yet
- rakhalרָכַלa traveling merchant: a trader or peddler who goes from place to place buying and selling goods
- ramasרָמַשׂto move with a low, light, gliding motion: to creep, crawl, glide, or steal along
- remesרֶמֶשׂthe moving creatures: small animals named for how they go, gliding or scurrying low to the ground
- ra'ashרַעַשׁa violent shaking, and the roar or rattling such shaking makes: an earthquake, a rumbling commotion, or a body's trembling
- raqi'aרָקִיעַthe firm vault of the sky: a solid expanse God beat out overhead, holding back the waters above and carrying the lights
- revavahרְבָבָהten thousand: the largest amount Hebrew names with a single word, used both as an exact figure and, in poetry, for a crowd too great to count
- ragamרָגַםto stone: to kill a person by pelting them with stones
- reqamרֵיקָםempty-handed: with nothing to show for it, whether one comes or goes with no goods, acts to no effect, or acts for no reason.
- rakhרַךְsoft, tender: yielding rather than hard, whether in flesh, in age, in manner, or in resolve
- rimmonרִמּוֹן(Rock of) Rimmonnot studied yet
- rabbahרַבָּהRabbahnot studied yet
- romaḥרֹמַחa spear or lance: a long-shafted weapon tipped with a metal point, used for thrusting or braced against a charge rather than thrown.
- remiyyahרְמִיָּהdeceit: treacherous falsehood, whether spoken or acted out
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- slackness: laziness or negligent, half-hearted effort
- rishahרִשְׁעָהwickedness: active moral evil and the guilt it carries, the settled opposite of doing right
- ravahרָוָהto saturate or be saturated with liquid: to drink one's fill, and to water something to overflowing
- reqרֵיקempty: holding nothing, and so, of people or words, without worth or substance
- ragaרָגַעto stir water up: to set the sea heaving so that its waves roar
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- to bring to a settled stop: to grant rest and relief, or to come to rest oneself
- in an instant: to happen in a flash, or to last no longer than a moment
- of diseased skin: to close over and harden into a crust
- raḥumרַחוּםcompassionate: moved with tender, parent-like mercy toward someone in need
- rekhavרֵכָבRechabnot studied yet
- remalyahuרְמַלְיָהוּRemaliahnot studied yet
- ra'evרָעֵבto be hungry: to feel or suffer the lack of food
- ra'amרָעַםto thunder or roar: to give out a loud, rolling, resonant sound, whether God thundering from the heavens or the sea roaring
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- to stir up inner turmoil: to provoke someone to fret and grieve, or for the face to be convulsed with distress
- ro'ehרֹאֶהa seer: a prophet described as one who sees, the person people went to for an answer from God
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- a prophetic vision: what a prophet sees when God shows him something
- roshרֹאשׁpoison: a bitter, deadly substance, whether the plant that yields it, the drink brewed from it, or the venom of a snake
- ravaרָבַעsquare: shaped with four sides of equal length and four right-angled corners
- ragliרַגְלִיon footnot studied yet
- rutרוּתRuthnot studied yet
- riqרִיקemptiness that yields nothing: a container with nothing in it, and so work, strength, or scheming that comes back with no result
- ramahרָמָהto send something flying with force: to hurl a body, or to shoot arrows from a bow
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- to fool someone who trusted you: to break faith by trickery
- riqmahרִקְמָהmulticolored work: material in which several colors are worked into one patterned piece, most often costly cloth
- rivlahרִבְלָהRiblahnot studied yet
- ru'aḥרִיחַto smell: to take in a scent, and so, when God is the one smelling, to receive an offering with favor
- re'u'elרְעוּאֵלReuelnot studied yet
- retsinרְצִיןRezinnot studied yet
- raqaרָקַעto pound something flat, and so to stretch it out into a wide, thin surface.
- ribboרִבּוֹten thousandnot studied yet
- reḥovרְחוֹבRehobnot studied yet
- re'emרְאֵםthe wild ox: a massive horned animal of the open country that no one could tame or put to work, and so the stock picture of unstoppable strength
- rayahרַעְיָהthe woman a man loves, addressed as his own companion and friend.
- raqadרָקַדto leap: to move in quick, springing bounds, whether in dancing, in play, or in a violent charge
- raqamרָקַםto work colored threads into cloth: to produce a fabric patterned in more than one color
- reḥumרְחוּםRehumnot studied yet
- rakhakhרָכַךְto be or become soft: to lose firmness, so that a wound, a spoken word, or a person's courage gives way.
- rapahרְפָאִיםthe shades: the company of the dead who go on existing in the world below, stripped of the strength and standing they had in life
- ritspahרִצְפָּהa floor of set stone: the finished paving of a courtyard, temple, or palace
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- a stone or ember glowing hot from a fire, too hot to be picked up by hand
- raqaḥרָקַחto blend fragrant ingredients into a scented oil, incense, or ointment; the skilled work of a perfumer.
- raqiqרָקִיקa wafer: a very thin, flat cake of bread baked without yeast, oiled on its surface rather than in the dough, and made for Israel's offerings
- revaרֶבַעfourthnot studied yet
- rogezרֹגֶזagitation: shaking, churning commotion that will not settle, whether in a rumbling sky, a quivering body, an unquiet life, or a burst of anger
- raganרָגַןto mutter against someone under the breath: to grumble in private, or to whisper talk that turns people against each other
- radamרָדַםto fall into a heavy, sunken sleep: a deep stupor that shuts down the senses, often sent by God
- reshרֵישׁpoverty: having no means to live on. It names the condition itself, not the person who is poor.
- ramרָםRamnot studied yet
- rimmahרִמָּהmaggots: the small worms that breed in spoiled food or in a dead body
- re'utרְעוּתa chasing after: the reaching for something that cannot be caught, used only in the Ecclesiastes phrase "a chasing after wind".
- reshephרֶשֶׁףa burning flash: a flame, spark, or fiery bolt that flares up or flies through the air
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- burning plague: a lethal, fever-like scourge that consumes a person, sent as God's judgment
- ravivרְבִיבִיםshowernot studied yet
- rav-sarisרַב־סָרִיסRab-sarisnot studied yet
- rumרוּםheightnot studied yet
- razanרָזַןto rulenot studied yet
- ratashרָטַשׁto dash in piecesnot studied yet
- rakhilרָכִילslandernot studied yet
- ramamרָמֹםbe exaltednot studied yet
- ra'adרַעַדtremblingnot studied yet
- re'utרְעוּתneighbornot studied yet
- ra'amרַעַםthundernot studied yet
- reqemרֶקֶםRekemnot studied yet
- ro'iרֳאִיsight as a thing in itself, without settling who is doing the looking: seeing, the look a person has, or something others stare at
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- the one who sees me: the person whose eyes are on the speaker
- raḥavרָחָבRahabnot studied yet
- reḥavyahרְחַבְיָהוּRehabiahnot studied yet
- reḥehרֵחֶהmillstonenot studied yet
- rekhaviרֵכָבִיRechabitenot studied yet
- rakhashרָכַשׁto gathernot studied yet
- ramahרָמָהhigh placenot studied yet
- re'uרְעוּReunot studied yet
- ramahרַעְמָהRaamahnot studied yet
- ramesesרַעַמְסֵסRamesesnot studied yet
- ra'aphרָעַףto dripnot studied yet
- rephidimרְפִידִיםRephidimnot studied yet
- rephayahרְפָיָהRephaiahnot studied yet
- raqavרָקָבrottennessnot studied yet
- raqqahרַקָּהtemplenot studied yet
- re'ayahרְאָיָהReaiahnot studied yet
- ramotרָאמוֹתRamothnot studied yet
- rav-magרַב־מָגRab-magnot studied yet
- ribbe'aרִבֵּעַfourthnot studied yet
- revetsרֵבֶץrestnot studied yet
- rahavרָהַבto be assertivenot studied yet
- rahavרַהַבRahab monsternot studied yet
- rahatרַהַטtroughnot studied yet
- rudרוּדto roamnot studied yet
- romamti ezerרֹמַמְתִּי עֶזֶרRomamti-ezernot studied yet
- reḥovotרְחֹבוֹתRehobothnot studied yet
- raḥelרָחֵלewenot studied yet
- rekhullahרְכֻלָּהmerchandisenot studied yet
- rekheshרֶכֶשׁsteednot studied yet
- rimmon peretsרִמֹּן פָּרֶץRimmon-pereznot studied yet
- renanahרְנָנָהa ringing shout of joy: loud, carrying celebration made with the voice
- resenרֶסֶןbridlenot studied yet
- raphehרָפֶהweaknot studied yet
- ritspahרִצְפָּהRizpah: Saul's concubine, the daughter of Aiah, who kept watch over the bodies of her executed sons
- retemרֹתֶםbroomnot studied yet
- ravרַבarchernot studied yet
- ravakhרָבַךְto stirnot studied yet
- ravaרָבַעto matenot studied yet
- radadרָדַדto subduenot studied yet
- ravehרָוֶהwaterednot studied yet
- ravaḥרָוַחbe widenot studied yet
- razonרָזוֹןleannessnot studied yet
- raḥaphרָחַףto hover: to hold a place in the air above something, wings working, without moving on
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- to tremble: to shake with dread, said of a body or its bones
- rakkavרַכָּבcharioteernot studied yet
- re'aרֵעַshoutingnot studied yet
- re'avonרְעָבוֹןfaminenot studied yet
- ra'adרָעַדto tremblenot studied yet
- re'ehרֵעֶהfriendnot studied yet
- re'ahרֵעָהcompanionnot studied yet
- rayonרַעְיוֹןa straining after something: the reaching of a person's will toward what it wants and cannot hold.
- rephu'ahרְפֻאָהremedynot studied yet
- raphadרָפַדto spreadnot studied yet
- raphasרָפַשׂto foulnot studied yet
- raqרַקthinnot studied yet
- roqרֹקspittlenot studied yet
- rataḥרָתַחto boilnot studied yet
- dodanimרוֹדָנִיםDodanimnot studied yet
- ramahרָאמוֹתcoralnot studied yet
- ravavרָבַבto multiply ten thousandnot studied yet
- ravidרָבִידnecklacenot studied yet
- revaרֶבַעRebanot studied yet
- rovaרֹבַעfourthnot studied yet