STRONGS NUMBER H7281


Word Summary
rega: a moment
Original Word: רֶגַע
Transliteration: rega
Phonetic Spelling: (reh'-gah)
Part of Speech: noun masculine
Short Definition: a moment
Meaning: a wink, a very short space of time
Strong's Concordance
instant, moment, space, suddenly

From raga'. A wink (of the eyes), i.e. A very short space of time -- instant, moment, space, suddenly.

see HEBREW raga'

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H7281. rega

רֶ֫גַעnoun masculine a moment (Late Hebrew id.;ריגעא ᵑ7Ecclesiastes 9:12: probably properly a movement, i.e. twinkling, of the eye; compare momentum, i.e. movimentum); — absolute רָ֑נַע ׳ר,Numbers 16:21 +, plural רְגָעִים‎; —

a. Psalm 30:6 ׳ר בְּאַמּוֺ‎ a moment (passes) in his anger (opposed to ברצונו חיים‎); Isaiah 54:7 ׳בְּר קָטֹן‎ during a little moment

b. usually in adverb phrases: — (a) as adverb accusative, (a) Exodus 33:5 ׳ר אֶהָדfor one moment, so ׳ר‎ alone Isaiah 54:8; repeated Jeremiah 18:7, 9 רֶגַע ֗֗֗ רֶגַעat another moment; . . . at another moment; (β) in a moment, suddenly, Psalm 6:11 רָ֑גַע יֵבשׁוּ יָשׁוּבוּ‎, 4:20; Isaiah 47:9; Job 34:20. (b) בְּרֶגַעin a moment 21:13 ׳ובר יַחַ֫תּוּ שְׁאוֺל‎ (of a quick and painless death; but see 34:20; Psalm 73:19: Hoffm Buhl Baer Bu Du [compare ᵐ5ἐν ἀναπαύσει, בְּמַרְגּוֺעָא ᵑ7‎] take רֶגַע‎ (or read רְגֹעַ‎) as substantive [√ II. רָגַע‎] in tranquility, of a peaceful death). So (c) ׳כְּרNumbers 16:21 = 17:10 כְּרָ֑גַע אֶתֵכֶם וַאֲכַלֶּה‎, Psalm 73:19. (d) ר ׳כְּמוֺLamentations 4:6. (e) רָ֑גַע עֲדֵי‎ while a moment lasts Job 20:5. (f) ר ׳כִּמְעַטlike the littleness of a moment = for a little moment Isaiah 26:20; Ezra 9:8. (g) plural לִרְגָעִיםby moments, at every moment, Isaiah 27:8; Ezekiel 26:16 ל ׳וְחָֽרְדוּ‎ (so 32:10), Job 7:18 ("" לִבְקָרִים‎).