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רָגַז

to tremble

‘to tremble’ is one of 4 main senses fuller range ↓

H7264 Strong's Hebrew
râgaz Transliteration
/raw-gaz'/ Pronunciation
Usage in the Hebrew Bible 41 appearances

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About this entry

At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.

“to tremble” is the headline sense of the Hebrew verb רגז (râgaz). Its earliest occurrence is Genesis 45:24. The Hebrew Bible uses it across 40 verses — moderately common. More than a quarter of its appearances fall in Isaiah. The verb spans 3 stems, from Qal to Hiphil. See the sense tree, 40-verse concordance, and the renderings breakdown below.

Gloss history

Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship

Strong's · 1890
be afraid
Modern gloss
to tremble
Strong's 1890 sometimes compressed multiple senses — or homonymous roots — under one number, and used 19th-century English phrasing that no longer carries the same connotation. The modern gloss reflects current BDB scholarship; open the Lexicon Entry tab for the full sense breakdown. Download share card

About this word

Strong's H7264 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.

These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →

40
distinct verses
The word appears in 40 distinct verses.
17 / 39
OT books
The word appears in 17 of 39 Old Testament books.
Genesis 45:24
first appearance
The earliest occurrence is in Genesis 45:24.
Habakkuk 3:16
last appearance
The latest occurrence is in Habakkuk 3:16.
#891
by frequency
Top 1000 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 891 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).

View all 40 occurrences in the concordance →


Most concentrated in

By section of the Old Testament

  • Pentateuch 3 · 8%
  • Historical 8 · 20%
  • Wisdom 9 · 23%
  • Prophets 20 · 50%

By traditional corpus

Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 40 distinct verses.

  • Prophets (Nevi'im) 27 verses · 68%
  • Writings (Ketuvim) 10 verses · 25%
  • Torah (Pentateuch) 3 verses · 8%

How translations render this word

Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).

  • King James Version: Tremble 5×, Rage 4×, Did tremble 2×
  • American Standard Version: Tremble 5×, Quaked 3×, Trembled 3×
  • Berean Standard Bible: Tremble 7×, Trembled 4×, Be disturbed 2×
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text: Tremble 8×, And 4×, Raging 4×

King James Version Public Domain

Renders H7264 across 41 tagged occurrences — most commonly:

  • “Tremble” 5×
  • “Rage” 4×
  • “Did tremble” 2×
  • “Moved” 2×
  • “Trembled” 2×

Plus 26 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.

American Standard Version Public Domain

Renders H7264 across 41 tagged occurrences — most commonly:

  • “Tremble” 5×
  • “Quaked” 3×
  • “Trembled” 3×
  • “Raging” 2×
  • “Raging against me” 2×
  • “They may dwell in their own place” 2×

Plus 24 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.

Berean Standard Bible Public Domain

Renders H7264 across 41 tagged occurrences — most commonly:

  • “Tremble” 7×
  • “Trembled” 4×
  • “Be disturbed” 2×
  • “Quake” 2×
  • “Rage” 2×
  • “Raging” 2×

Plus 22 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.

unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0

Renders H7264 across 48 tagged occurrences — most commonly:

  • “Tremble” 8×
  • “And” 4×
  • “Raging” 4×
  • “Quaked” 3×
  • “He will” 2×
  • “Let” 2×
  • “Shook” 2×
  • “Trembled” 2×

Plus 21 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.


Senses in the full BDB

Hebrew verbs can shift meaning by stem (binyan): Qal is the basic action, Niphal is often passive or reflexive, Piel often intensifies or makes it factitive, and Hiphil is typically causative. The senses below are grouped under the stem BDB assigns to each. This entry also uses Hithpael (reflexive or reciprocal).

What do BDB’s symbols mean?

BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:

Symbol Meaning
𝔊 the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX)
𝔙 the Vulgate (the Latin translation)
𝔖 the Syriac version (the Peshitta)
𝔗 the Targum (the Aramaic translation)
ψ the Psalms
√ root (the underlying root or stem)
‖ parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel)
† the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited

The 3 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.

Qal

  • Pf. 3 ms. consec. וְרָגַז Pr 29:9, 3 fs. רָֽגְזָה Is 14:9 +, etc.; Impf. 3 ms. יִרְגַּז 2 S 7:10; 1 Ch 17:9, 2 fs. וַתִּרְגְּזִי Ez 16:43 (but v. infr.); 3 mpl. יִרְגְּזוּן Hb 3:7, יִרְגָּז֑וּן Ex 15:14, etc.; Imv. ms. רְגָ֫זָה (Ges§ 48 i) Is 32:11, mpl. רִגְזוּ ψ 4:5;—quake, subj. אֶרֶץ 1 S 14:15 Am 8:8 (עַל rei), ψ 77:19 (+ רָעַשׁ), Jo 2:10 (לִפְנֵי of locusts; ‖ רעשׁ), Pr 30:21 (תַּחַת pers.); subj. מוֹסְדֵי הָרִים ψ 18:8 (‖ רעשׁ), = 2 S 22:8 (מוֹסְדוֹת הַשָּׁמַיִם; ‖ id.); הֶהָרִים Is 5:25; תְּהֹמוֹת ψ 77:17; of tent-curtains Hb 3:7 (fig. of terror of tent-dwellers); of people, in dread, c. מִפְּנֵי pers. Dt 2:25 (‖ חול), Is 64:1; c. עַל rei Je 33:9 (+ פָּחַד); abs., Ex 15:14 (‖ חִיל אָחַז וגו׳), ψ 99:1 Jo 2:1; pregn. = come quivering Mi 7:17 (מִן loc.); of pers., in fear, awe, Gn 45:24 (ב loc.), Is 32:11 (‖ חָרַד), v 10 ψ 4:5, Hb 3:16 (תַּחְתַּי), cf. of בִּטְנִי Hb 3:16; quarrel Gn 45:24; be disquieted, 2 S 7:10 = 1 Ch 17:9; be excited, perturbed, of pers. 2 S 19:1 (by grief; cf. Dr). שְׁאוֹל Is 14:9 (surprise; ל pers.); in rage, c. ל at, Ez 16:43 (of Jerus. personif.; but read Hiph. (i.e. didst enrage me) 𝔊 𝔖 𝔙 𝔗 Hi Sm Co Berthol Toy Krae); prob. also וְר׳ וְשָׂחַק Pr 29:9; of י׳ Is 28:21. e.g. Proverbs 29:9

Hiphil

  • Pf. 3 ms. הִרְגִּיו Is 23:11; 2 ms. sf. הִרְגַּוְתַּנִי 1 S 28:15; Impf. 1 s. אַרְגִּיו Is 13:13; Inf. cstr. הִרְגִּיז (Ges§ 53 l) Je 50:34; Pt. מַרְגִּיז Is 14:16; Jb 9:6, pl. cstr. מַרְגִּיזֵי 12:6;—cause to quake, disquiet, enrage: cause earth to quake Is 14:16 (fig.; ‖ רעשׁ), Jb 9:6 shake earth מִמְּקוֹמָהּ; heavens Is 13:13 (‖ רעשׁ); kingdoms 23:11; cause disquiet, c. ל pers., Je 50:34 (‖ רגע); = disturb 1 S 28:15 (cf. Ph. תרגזן, Inscr. Tabn.4 DrSm xxviii); = enrage, provoke, מַרְגִּיזֵי אֵל Jb 12:6; so also prob. Ez 16:43 (reading תַּרְגִּזִי לִי), v. Qal ad fin. e.g. Isaiah 23:11

Hithpael

  • excite oneself, only Inf. cstr. sf. הִתְרַגֶּזְךָ אלי thine exciting thyself (to rage) against me, 2 K 19:27, 28 = Is 37:28, 29. e.g. 2 Kings 19:27

Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.


Word origin

vb. be agitated, quiver, quake, be excited, perturbed (Ph. Iph. (+ Inf. abs. Qal) disquiet, disturb, Inscr. Tabn.4.6.7; NH Hiph. provoke to wrath; رجز tremble (with rage, fear, Dozy); v, viii, rumble (of thunder, Frey), رَجَزٌ a trembling disease (of camels), etc.; Aramaic רְגַז tremble, rage, ܪܓܰܙ be enraged; Zinj. רגז wrath, Lzb 367);—

— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.

Origin: a primitive root

Part of speech: Verb TWOT: 2112


Jastrow Dictionary

A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.

רָגַז

  • to be unsteady, restless; to be agitated. Taan. 10ᵇ (ref. to Gen. XLV, 24) שמא תִרְגּוֹז עליכם הדרך lest the road become unsteady for you (you lose your way); Yalk. Gen. 152 תִרְגַּז. e.g. Genesis 45:24
    • 1. to stir, excite, incite to anger. Ruth R. end אַרְגֵּיו יצרך (= הַרְגֵּיז), v. כָּעַס; Midr. Till. to Ps. IV, 5; Yalk. ib. 627; Pesik. Shub., p. 158ᵃ. Midr. Till. l. c. עד מתי … ומַרְגִּיזִין וכ׳ how long will you sin and create anger by saying &c.?; Yalk. l. c. ומְרַגְּזִים (v. infra). Ber. 5ᵃ (ref. to Ps. l. c.) לעולם יַרְגִּיז וכ׳ at all times let man stir up his good inclination against his evil inclination. B. Bath. 16ᵃ יורד … ומַרְגִּיז וכ׳ Satan comes down and leads (men) astray, and goes up and arouses (the Lord’s) anger, takes permission and takes life. Tanḥ. Emor 2 לא היה לך להַרְגִּיז לבוראך וכ׳ hadst thou no other means to provoke thy Creator to anger than through me, making me an object of worship?; Lev. R. s. 26. Esth. R. to IV, 15 וידע המרגיז וכ׳ and let this provoker (Haman) know that thou hast not forgotten &c.; a. e.
    • 2. to be excited, fear. Tanḥ. l. c. הייתי מרגיז שמא וכ׳ I (Samuel) was frightened, lest it be the judgment day, and I feared myself.
    • to be excited; to quarrel. Nidd. 16ᵇ שר הנִרְגָּז (בבית המשתאות) a chief officer (or scholar) that gets excited in the drinking house (a variant to הנרגן), v. רָגַל a. רָגַן.
    • to rage. Mekh. B’shall., Shir., s. 9 התחילו מְרַגְּזִין they began to rage. Yalk. Ps. l. c., v. supra.
    • same. Mekh. l. c. מִתְרַגְּזִין; Yalk. Ex. 251.

רְגַז I

  • , to tremble; to be agitated, angry. Targ. Ps. LXXVII, 19. Targ. II Sam. XIX, 1. Targ. O. Gen. XL, 2. Targ. Ps. II, 12; a. fr.—Part. רָגֵיז. Targ. Zech. I, 15; a. e.
    • to be shaken; to be excited. Targ. Ps. LXXVII, 17. Targ. Y. Ex. XV, 14.
    • 1. to shake; to excite; to scandalize, make angry. Targ. Job IX, 6. Targ. Ps. LXXVIII, 8. Targ. O. a. Y. I Deut. XXXII, 21. Targ. Is. III, 16 (h. text תעכסנה!); a. fr.—Esp. to blaspheme. Targ. O. Lev. XXIV, 11. Targ. Prov. XXII, 14; a. fr. e.g. Deuteronomy 32:21
    • 2. to be angry. Targ. Ps. LXXVIII, 62 (h. text התעבר).—[Midr. Till. to Ps. XXV, 4 מרגזין, read: מזגין, v. מְזַג.]

רֹגֶז

  • , v. רוֹגֶז

רְגַז II

  • (preced.) anger, wrath. Targ. Deut. IX, 20. Ib. XXIX, 27; a. e.

רַגָּז

  • preced. wds.) trembling, fearful. Cant. R. to VIII, 9 (ref. to Lev. XXVIII, 65) שמה לב ר׳ וכ׳ there (in Babylonian captivity) a fearful heart, but &c.

A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature (Marcus Jastrow; London, Luzac, 1903) — Public Domain. Digitized via Sefaria. Digitized via Sefaria. Full attribution on Sources.


Forms in the corpus

The 35 distinct written forms H7264 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that stem’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.

Form Parsing Example Uses
הִֽתְרַגֶּזְ/ךָ֥ Verb, Hithpael, Infinitive Construct 2 Kings 19:27 2
הִתְרַגֶּזְ/ךָ֣ Verb, Hithpael, Infinitive Construct 2 Kings 19:28 2
וַ/תִּרְגַּ֣ז Verb, Qal, Sequential Imperfect, 3rd Person, Feminine, Singular Habakkuk 3:16 2
יִרְגַּ֖ז Verb, Qal, Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular 1 Chronicles 17:9 2
יִרְגָּ֑זוּ Verb, Qal, Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural 2 Samuel 22:8 2
רָ֣גְזָה Verb, Qal, Perfect, 3rd Person, Feminine, Singular Joel 2:10 2
אֶרְגָּ֑ז Verb, Qal, Imperfect, 1st Person, Common, Singular Habakkuk 3:16 1
אַרְגִּ֔יז Verb, Hiphil, Imperfect, 1st Person, Common, Singular Isaiah 13:13 1
הִרְגִּ֖יז Verb, Hiphil, Perfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular Isaiah 23:11 1
הִרְגַּזְתַּ֖/נִי Verb, Hiphil, Perfect, 2nd Person, Masculine, Singular 1 Samuel 28:15 1
הַ/מַּרְגִּ֣יז Verb, Hiphil, Participle Active, Masculine, Singular, Absolute Job 9:6 1
וְ/הִרְגִּ֖יז Verb, Hiphil, Infinitive Construct Jeremiah 50:34 1
וְ/רָֽגְז֗וּ Verb, Qal, Sequential Perfect, 3rd Person, Common, Plural Jeremiah 33:9 1
וְ/רָגְז֥וּ Verb, Qal, Sequential Perfect, 3rd Person, Common, Plural Deuteronomy 2:25 1
וְ/רָגַ֥ז Verb, Qal, Sequential Perfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular Proverbs 29:9 1
וַ/יִּרְגַּ֣ז Verb, Qal, Sequential Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular 2 Samuel 18:33 1
וַ/תִּרְגְּזִי Verb, Qal, Sequential Imperfect, 2nd Person, Feminine, Singular Ezekiel 16:43 1
וַֽ/יִּרְגְּזוּ֙ Verb, Qal, Sequential Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural Isaiah 5:25 1
יִרְגְּז֕וּ Verb, Qal, Jussive, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural Joel 2:1 1
יִרְגְּז֕וּ/ן Verb, Qal, Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural Habakkuk 3:7 1
יִרְגְּז֖וּ Verb, Qal, Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural Micah 7:17 1
יִרְגְּז֣וּ Verb, Qal, Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural Psalms 99:1 1
יִרְגְּז֥וּ Verb, Qal, Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural Psalms 77:16 1
יִרְגָּ֑ז Verb, Qal, Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular Isaiah 28:21 1
יִרְגָּֽזוּ Verb, Qal, Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural Isaiah 64:2 1
יִרְגָּז֑וּ/ן Verb, Qal, Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural Exodus 15:14 1
לְ/מַרְגִּ֣יזֵי Verb, Hiphil, Participle Active, Masculine, Plural, Construct Job 12:6 1
מַרְגִּ֣יז Verb, Hiphil, Participle Active, Masculine, Singular, Absolute Isaiah 14:16 1
רְגָ֖זָה Verb, Qal, Imperative, 2nd Person, Feminine, Plural Isaiah 32:11 1
רִגְז֗וּ Verb, Qal, Imperative, 2nd Person, Masculine, Plural Psalms 4:4 1
רָגְזָ֖ה Verb, Qal, Perfect, 3rd Person, Feminine, Singular Psalms 77:18 1
רָגְזָ֥ה Verb, Qal, Perfect, 3rd Person, Feminine, Singular Isaiah 14:9 1
תִרְגַּ֣ז Verb, Qal, Imperfect, 3rd Person, Feminine, Singular Amos 8:8 1
תִּרְגְּז֖וּ Verb, Qal, Jussive, 2nd Person, Masculine, Plural Genesis 45:24 1
תִּרְגַּ֖זְנָה Verb, Qal, Imperfect, 2nd Person, Feminine, Plural Isaiah 32:10 1

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