◄ 4469. rhaka ►
Strong's Lexicon rhaka: Fool; Empty-headed; Worthless Original Word: ῥακά Part of Speech: Aramaic Transliterated Word (Indeclinable) Transliteration: rhaka Pronunciation: rah-KAH Phonetic Spelling: (rhak-ah') Definition: Fool; Empty-headed; Worthless Meaning: empty, foolish. HELPS Word-studies 4469 rhaká (apparently related to the Aramaic term rōq, "empty") – properly, empty-headed. This term expressed contempt for a man's head, viewing him as stupid (without sense) – i.e. a "numbskull" who acts presumptuously and thoughtlessly (TDNT). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origin of Aramaic origin reqam Definition empty (an expression of contempt) NASB Translation good-for-nothing (1). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 4469: ῤακά ῤακά (Tdf. ῤαχά; (the better accentuation seems to be ῤακά; cf. Kautzsch, Gram. d. Biblical-Aram., p. 8)), an Aramaic word רֵיקָא (but according to Kautzsch (as above), p. 10) not the stative emphatic of רֵיק, but shortened from רֵיקָן (Hebrew רִיק), empty, i. e. a senseless, empty-headed man, a term of reproach used by the Jews in the time of Christ (B. D., under the word ; Wünsche, Erläuterung as above with, p. 47): Matthew 5:22. STRONGS NT 4469: ῤαχά [ῤαχά, see ῤακά.] Strong's Exhaustive Concordance Raca. Of Chaldee origin (compare reyq); O empty one, i.e. Thou worthless (as a term of utter vilification) -- Raca. see HEBREW reyq Forms and Transliterations Ρακα ρακά Ῥακά Raka Rhaka Rhaká Links Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts Englishman's Concordance Matthew 5:22 Aram GRK: ἀδελφῷ αὐτοῦ Ῥακά ἔνοχος ἔσται NAS: to his brother, You good-for-nothing,' shall be guilty KJV: brother, Raca, shall be INT: brother of him Raca liable will be Strong's Greek 4469 1 Occurrence Ῥακά — 1 Occ.