G4469

ῥακά

rhakaA:N

fool

ῥακά (T, ῥαχά), usually taken to represent the Aram. רֵיקָא, a shortened form of H7386, " empty," as vocalized in the Galilæan dialect; an expression of contempt, raca: Mat.5:22 (cf. DB, iv, 191 f.; and for other explanations, see Zorell, see word).† (AS)

The KJV translates G4469 in the following manner:

Raca (2x)

Full Thayer's lexicon entry

ῥακά — rhaká

ῤακά (Tdf. ῤαχά; (the better accentuation seems to be ῤακά; cf. Kautzsch, Gram. d. Biblical-Aram., p. 8)), an Aramaic word רֵיקָא (but according to Kautzsch (as above), p. 10) not the stative emphatic of רֵיק, but shortened from רֵיקָן (Hebrew רִיק), empty, i. e. a senseless, empty-headed man, a term of reproach used by the Jews in the time of Christ (B. D., under the word; Wünsche, Erläuterung as above with, p. 47): Mat 5:22.

STRONGS NT 4469: ῤαχά [ῤαχά, see ῤακά.]

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