raash · quake, shake

What it means

raash (רָעַשׁ) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “quake, shake”.

Said of the earth, the heavens and the mountains.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To rumble, like the earth or mountains.
2. To make leap, as a horse is made to leap.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• quake ×9
• shake ×6
• quakes ×5
• quaked ×3
• trembled ×2
• Do you make him leap ×1
• they were quaking ×1
• tremble ×1
• wave ×1
• who shook ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Judges×1
• 2 Samuel×1
• Job×1
• Psalms×6
• Isaiah×3
• Jeremiah×6
• Ezekiel×5
• Joel×2
• Amos×1
• Nahum×1
• Haggai×3

• Judges 5:4

  YHWH, when you went out from Seir, when you marched from the field of Edom, the earth trembled, the heavens also dripped, the clouds also dripped water.

• 2 Samuel 22:8

  The earth shook and quaked; the foundations of the heavens trembled and shook, because he burned with anger.

• Job 39:20

  Do you make him leap like the locust? The splendor of his snorting is terror.

• Psalms 18:7

  The earth shook and quaked; the foundations of the mountains trembled and shook, because he burned with anger.

• Psalms 46:3

  its waters roar, foam; the mountains tremble at its pride. Selah.

• Psalms 60:2

  You made the earth quake, you split it open; heal its fractures, for it totters.

• Psalms 68:8

  the earth trembled, the heavens also dripped before Elohim, this Sinai, before Elohim, the Elohim of Israel.

• Psalms 72:16

  May there be abundance of grain in the land, on the top of the mountains; may its fruit wave like Lebanon; and may those of the city flourish like the grass of the earth.

• Psalms 77:18

  The voice of your thunder was in the whirlwind; the lightning flashes lit up the world; the earth shuddered and quaked.

• Isaiah 13:13

  Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth will quake out of its place at the wrath of YHWH Tsevaot, and on the day of his burning anger.

• Isaiah 14:16

  Those who see you will gaze at you, they will ponder you: ‘Is this the man who made the earth tremble, who shook kingdoms,

• Isaiah 24:18

  And it will happen: the one who flees from the sound of the terror will fall into the pit, and the one who climbs up out of the middle of the pit will be caught in the snare; for the floodgates on high have been opened, and the foundations of the earth quake.

• Jeremiah 4:24

  I looked at the mountains, and look, they were quaking, and all the hills were swaying.

• Jeremiah 8:16

  From Dan is heard the snorting of his horses; at the sound of the neighing of his stallions the whole land quakes; and they come and devour the land and all that fills it, the city and those who live in it.

• Jeremiah 10:10

  But YHWH is the true Elohim; he is the living Elohim and the eternal King. At his wrath the earth quakes, and the nations cannot bear his indignation.

• Jeremiah 49:21

  At the sound of their fall the earth quakes; there is a cry; at the Sea of Reeds its sound is heard.

• Jeremiah 50:46

  At the sound “Babylon is seized!” the earth quakes, and a cry among the nations is heard.

• Jeremiah 51:29

  And the earth quakes and writhes, for the plans of YHWH against Babylon stand, to make the land of Babylon a horror, without inhabitant.

• Ezekiel 26:10

  From the abundance of his horses their dust will cover you; from the noise of horseman and wheel and chariot your walls will quake when he enters your gates as one enters a breached city.

• Ezekiel 26:15

  Thus says Adonai YHWH to Tyre: Will not the coastlands quake at the noise of your fall, when the mortally wounded groan, when the killing is carried out in your midst?

• Ezekiel 27:28

  At the sound of the cry of your pilots the open lands will quake.

• Ezekiel 31:16

  At the sound of its fall I made nations quake, when I brought it down to Sheol with those who go down to the pit; and they were comforted in the land below, all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all who drink water.

• Ezekiel 38:20

  And they will quake before me, the fish of the sea, and the birds of the heavens, and the animals of the field, and every creeping thing that creeps on the ground, and every human being that is on the face of the ground; and the mountains will be thrown down, and the steep places will fall, and every wall will fall to the earth.

• Joel 2:10

  Before it the earth quakes, the heavens shake; sun and moon grow dark, and the stars withdraw their brightness.

• Joel 3:16

  And YHWH roars from Zion, and from Jerusalem utters his voice, and the heavens and the earth shake; but YHWH is a refuge for his people, and a stronghold for the children of Israel.

• Amos 9:1

  I saw Adonai standing beside the altar, and he said, “Strike the capital, so that the thresholds shake, and shatter them on the head of all of them; and the last of them I will kill with the sword; not one of them who flees will get away, and not one of them who escapes will be delivered.

• Nahum 1:5

  The mountains quake before him, and the hills melt; and the earth heaves at his presence, and the world and all who dwell in it.

• Haggai 2:6

  For thus says YHWH Tsevaot: ‘Once more, in a little while, I will shake the heavens and the earth, and the sea and the dry land.

• Haggai 2:7

  And I will shake all the nations, and the treasures of all the nations will come, and I will fill this house with glory,’ says YHWH Tsevaot.

• Haggai 2:21

  “Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying, I will shake the heavens and the earth;