רָהַב
rahav · press, embolden
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H7292 · appears 4 times in the Bible
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rahav (רָהַב) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “press, embolden”.
To press, to urge; also to give courage. In Psalm 138:3, "you gave me courage".
How to say it
ra·hav
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
- Treat others with arrogance.
- Urge someone with pleas.
- Make bold, give daring.
- Agitate the mind, disquiet.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- press ×1
- unsettle me ×1
- will be insolent ×1
- you emboldened me ×1
Related words
Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Psalms 138:3
On the day I called, you answered me; you emboldened me with strength in my soul.
- Proverbs 6:3
Do this, then, my son, and free yourself, for you have come into the palm of your neighbor: go, humble yourself, and press your neighbor.
- Song of Songs 6:5
Turn away your eyes from me, for they unsettle me; your hair is like a flock of goats that ripple down from Gilead.
- Isaiah 3:5
And the people will be oppressed, man by man, and man by his neighbor; the youth will be insolent toward the elder, and the despised toward the honored.