Hebrew · Strong's H7490
רְעַע
reareh-ah'
{properly, to spoil (literally, by breaking to pieces)
1890 spelling: rᵉʻaʻ
Strong's Dictionary · 1890
{properly, to spoil (literally, by breaking to pieces); figuratively, to make (or be) good fornothing, i.e. bad (physically, socially or morally)}
Rendered in the KJV as
break, bruise.
- 2occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 1 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 2inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 2 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 2
- וְתֵרֹֽעַ׃1
- מְרָעַ֥ע1
How it is rendered · 2
- [is] crushing1
- so it may crush1
The sense the word carries at each spot: how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- AC/Vqu3fs1
- verb · intensive (piel), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular1
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- AC/Vqu3fs · 1
- AVprmsa · 1
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Daniel2 occurrences
- Daniel 2:40מְרָעַ֥עmeraa'verb · intensive (piel), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularFinally, there will be a fourth kingdom as strong as iron; for iron shatters and crushes all things, and like iron that crushes all things, it will shatter and crush all the others.here: [is] crushing
- Daniel 2:40וְתֵרֹֽעַ׃veteroa'AC/Vqu3fsFinally, there will be a fourth kingdom as strong as iron; for iron shatters and crushes all things, and like iron that crushes all things, it will shatter and crush all the others.here: so it may crush