rega · moment

What it means

rega (רֶגַע) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “moment”.

Instant, a very brief moment.

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. So short a time that it is hardly noticed.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

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

• moment ×19
• instant ×3

Related words

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

Where it appears

• Exodus×1
• Numbers×2
• Ezra×1
• Job×4
• Psalms×3
• Isaiah×5
• Jeremiah×3
• Lamentations×1
• Ezekiel×2

• Exodus 33:5

  And YHWH said to Moses, “Say to the sons of Israel, ‘You are a stubborn people. If for one moment I went up in your midst, I would consume you. So now, take off your ornaments from you, and I will know what I will do with you.’”

• Numbers 16:21

  “Separate yourselves from the midst of this community, and I will consume them in an instant.”

• Numbers 16:45

  “Get away from the midst of this community, and I will consume them in an instant.” And they fell on their faces.

• Ezra 9:8

  And now, for a brief moment there has been favor from YHWH our Elohim, to leave us escapees, and to give us a peg in his holy place, that our Elohim may brighten our eyes and give us a little life in our servitude.

• Job 7:18

  and inspect him every morning and test him every moment?

• Job 20:5

  the shout of joy of the wicked is short, and the joy of the godless is for a moment?

• Job 21:13

  They finish their days in prosperity, and in a moment they go down to Sheol.

• Job 34:20

  In a moment they die, and at midnight; the people are shaken and pass away, and they remove the mighty without hand.

• Psalms 6:10

  All my enemies will be ashamed and greatly dismayed; they will turn back, they will be ashamed in an instant.

• Psalms 30:5

  For a moment in his anger, life in his favor; in the evening weeping lodges, and at morning, a shout of joy.

• Psalms 73:19

  How they have become a desolation in a moment! They have come to an end, they have been consumed by horrors.

• Isaiah 26:20

  Go, my people, enter your rooms, and shut your doors behind you; hide yourself for a little moment, until the indignation passes.

• Isaiah 27:3

  I, YHWH, keep it; every moment I water it; lest anyone come upon it, night and day I keep it.

• Isaiah 47:9

  And these two things will come to you in a moment, in one day: loss of children and widowhood; in their fullness they will come upon you, in spite of the great number of your sorceries, in spite of the great power of your spells.

• Isaiah 54:7

  “For a brief moment I abandoned you, but with great compassion I will gather you.

• Isaiah 54:8

  In a surge of anger I hid my face from you for a moment, but with eternal loyal love I will have compassion on you,” says your Redeemer, YHWH.

• Jeremiah 4:20

  Breaking upon breaking is proclaimed, for the whole land is devastated; suddenly my tents are devastated, in a moment my curtains.

• Jeremiah 18:7

  At one moment I speak concerning a nation or concerning a kingdom, to uproot and to tear down and to destroy;

• Jeremiah 18:9

  And at another moment I speak concerning a nation or concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant;

• Lamentations 4:6

  And greater was the iniquity of the daughter of my people than the sin of Sodom, which was overthrown as in a moment, and no hands were turned against her.

• Ezekiel 26:16

  And all the chiefs of the sea will come down from their thrones, and remove their robes, and strip off their embroidered garments; with tremblings they will clothe themselves; on the ground they will sit, and tremble every moment, and be appalled at you.

• Ezekiel 32:10

  And I will make many peoples appalled at you, and their kings will bristle at you with horror when I brandish my sword before them; and they will tremble every moment, each for his own soul, on the day of your fall.