G4469 – rhaka, rhacha – ῥακά, ῥαχά an idiot

Strong’s ID:
G4469
Greek Word:
ῥακά, ῥαχά
Transliteration:
rhaka, rhacha
Pronunciation:
rhak-ah’
Part of Speech:
noun
Usage Count:
1
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Find “rhaka, rhacha” in the Bible (New Testament)

Strong’s Greek Lexicon

of Aramaic origin [compare H7386]; O empty one, i.e. thou worthless (as a term of utter vilification):—Raca.

Owing to changes in the enumeration while in progress, there were no words left for numbers 2717 and 3203–3302, which were therefore silently dropped out of the vocabulary and references as redundant.

Thayer’s Greek Definitions

1) empty, i.e. a senseless, empty headed man
2) a term of reproach used among the Jews in the time of Christ

Thayer’s Definitions are as edited by the Online Bible of Winterbourne, Ontario. They removed the etymology, cross-references, and Greek phrases and changed some of Thayer’s Unitarian doctrinal positions concerning the work and person of Christ.