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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - ῥακά
ῥακά
G4469
Transliteration: rhaká
Pronunciation: rhak-ah'
Definition: Raca
- Original: ῥακά - Transliteration: Rhaka - Phonetic: rhak-ah'
- Definition:
1. empty, i.e. a senseless, empty headed man
2. a term of reproach used among the Jews in the time of Christ
- Origin: of Aramaic origin cf H7386" class="dictionary-topic-link">H7386 - TDNT entry: 22:14,0 - Part(s) of speech: Noun - Strong's: Of Chaldee origin (compare [H7386" class="dictionary-topic-link">H7386]); O empty one that is thou worthless (as a term of utter vilification): - Raca.