1) only, altogether, surely 1a) only 1b) only, nought but, altogether (in limitation) 1c) save, except (after a negative) 1d) only, altogether, surely (with an affirmative) 1e) if only, provided only (prefixed for emphasis) 1f) only, exclusively (for emphasis)
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H7535 — רַק
raq · except · Hebrew/Aramaic
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Genesis 6:5 · רַ֥קThen the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great upon the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was altogether evil all the time.Genesis 14:24 · רַ֚קI will accept nothing but what my men have eaten and the share for the men who went with me—Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre. They may take their portion.”Genesis 19:8 · רַ֠קLook, I have two daughters who have never slept with a man. Let me bring them to you, and you can do to them as you please. But do not do anything to these men, for they have come under the protection of my roof.”Genesis 20:11 · רַ֚קAbraham replied, “I thought to myself, ‘Surely there is no fear of God in this place. They will kill me on account of my wife.’Genesis 24:8 · רַ֣קAnd if the woman is unwilling to follow you, then you are released from this oath of mine. Only do not take my son back there.”Genesis 26:29 · רַק־that you will not harm us, just as we have not harmed you but have done only good to you, sending you on your way in peace. And now you are blessed by the LORD.”Genesis 41:40 · רַ֥קYou shall be in charge of my house, and all my people are to obey your commands. Only with regard to the throne will I be greater than you.”Genesis 47:22 · רַ֛קHowever, he did not acquire the priests’ portion of the land, for it had been given to them by Pharaoh. They ate the rations that Pharaoh supplied; so they did not sell their land.Genesis 47:26 · רַ֞קSo Joseph established a law that a fifth of the produce belongs to Pharaoh, and it is in effect in the land of Egypt to this day. Only the priests’ land does not belong to Pharaoh.Genesis 50:8 · רַ֗קalong with all of Joseph’s household, and his brothers, and his father’s household. Only their children and flocks and herds were left in Goshen.Exodus 8:9 · רַ֥קMoses said to Pharaoh, “You may have the honor over me. When shall I pray for you and your officials and your people that the frogs (except for those in the Nile) may be taken away from you and your houses?”Exodus 8:11 · רַ֥קThe frogs will depart from you and your houses and your officials and your people; they will remain only in the Nile.”Exodus 8:28 · רַ֛קPharaoh answered, “I will let you go and sacrifice to the LORD your God in the wilderness, but you must not go very far. Now pray for me.”Exodus 8:29 · רַ֗ק“As soon as I leave you,” Moses said, “I will pray to the LORD, so that tomorrow the swarms of flies will depart from Pharaoh and his officials and his people. But Pharaoh must not act deceitfully again by refusing to let the people go and sacrifice to the LORD.”Exodus 9:26 · רַ֚קThe only place where it did not hail was in the land of Goshen, where the Israelites lived.Exodus 10:17 · רַ֖קNow please forgive my sin once more and appeal to the LORD your God, that He may remove this death from me.”Exodus 10:24 · רַ֛קThen Pharaoh summoned Moses and said, “Go, worship the LORD. Even your little ones may go with you; only your flocks and herds must stay behind.”Exodus 21:19 · רַ֥קthen the one who struck him shall go unpunished, as long as the other can get up and walk around outside with his staff. Nevertheless, he must compensate the man for his lost work and see that he is completely healed.Numbers 12:2 · הֲרַ֤ק“Does the LORD speak only through Moses?” they said. “Does He not also speak through us?” And the LORD heard this.Numbers 20:19 · רַ֥ק“We will stay on the main road,” the Israelites replied, “and if we or our herds drink your water, we will pay for it. There will be no problem; only let us pass through on foot.”Deuteronomy 2:28 · רַ֖קYou can sell us food to eat and water to drink in exchange for silver. Only let us pass through on foot,Deuteronomy 2:35 · רַ֥קWe carried off for ourselves only the livestock and the plunder from the cities we captured.Deuteronomy 2:37 · רַ֛קBut you did not go near the land of the Ammonites, or the land along the banks of the Jabbok River, or the cities of the hill country, or any place that the LORD our God had forbidden.Deuteronomy 3:11 · רַק־(For only Og king of Bashan had remained of the remnant of the Rephaim. His bed of iron, nine cubits long and four cubits wide, is still in Rabbah of the Ammonites.)Deuteronomy 3:19 · רַ֠קBut your wives, your children, and your livestock—I know that you have much livestock—may remain in the cities I have given you,Deuteronomy 4:6 · רַ֚קObserve them carefully, for this will show your wisdom and understanding in the sight of the peoples, who will hear of all these statutes and say, “Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.”Deuteronomy 4:9 · רַ֡קOnly be on your guard and diligently watch yourselves, so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen, and so that they do not slip from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and grandchildren.Deuteronomy 10:15 · רַ֧קYet the LORD has set His affection on your fathers and loved them. And He has chosen you, their descendants after them, above all the peoples, even to this day.Deuteronomy 12:15 · רַק֩But whenever you want, you may slaughter and eat meat within any of your gates, according to the blessing the LORD your God has given you. Both the ceremonially clean and unclean may eat it as they would a gazelle or deer,Deuteronomy 12:16 · רַ֥קbut you must not eat the blood; pour it on the ground like water.Deuteronomy 12:23 · רַ֣קOnly be sure not to eat the blood, because the blood is the life, and you must not eat the life with the meat.Deuteronomy 12:26 · רַ֧קBut you are to take your holy things and your vow offerings and go to the place the LORD will choose.Deuteronomy 15:5 · רַ֚קif only you obey the LORD your God and are careful to follow all these commandments I am giving you today.Deuteronomy 15:23 · רַ֥קBut you must not eat the blood; pour it on the ground like water.Deuteronomy 17:16 · רַק֮But the king must not acquire many horses for himself or send the people back to Egypt to acquire more horses, for the LORD has said, ‘You are never to go back that way again.’Deuteronomy 20:14 · רַ֣קBut the women, children, livestock, and whatever else is in the city—all its spoil—you may take as plunder, and you shall use the spoil of your enemies that the LORD your God gives you.Deuteronomy 20:16 · רַ֗קHowever, in the cities of the nations that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, you must not leave alive anything that breathes.Deuteronomy 20:20 · רַ֞קBut you may destroy the trees that you know do not produce fruit. Use them to build siege works against the city that is waging war against you, until it falls.Deuteronomy 28:13 · רַ֣קThe LORD will make you the head and not the tail; you will only move upward and never downward, if you hear and carefully follow the commandments of the LORD your God, which I am giving you today.Deuteronomy 28:33 · רַ֛קA people you do not know will eat the produce of your land and of all your toil. All your days you will be oppressed and crushed.Joshua 1:7 · רַק֩Above all, be strong and very courageous. Be careful to observe all the law that My servant Moses commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right or to the left, so that you may prosper wherever you go.Joshua 1:17 · רַ֠קJust as we obeyed Moses in all things, so we will obey you. And may the LORD your God be with you, as He was with Moses.Joshua 1:18 · רַ֖קAnyone who rebels against your order and does not obey your words, all that you command him, will be put to death. Above all, be strong and courageous!”Joshua 6:15 · רַ֚קThen on the seventh day, they got up at dawn and marched around the city seven times in the same manner. That was the only day they circled the city seven times.Joshua 6:17 · רַק֩Now the city and everything in it must be devoted to the LORD for destruction. Only Rahab the prostitute and all those with her in her house will live, because she hid the spies we sent.Joshua 6:18 · וְרַק־But keep away from the things devoted to destruction, lest you yourself be set apart for destruction. If you take any of these, you will set apart the camp of Israel for destruction and bring disaster upon it.Joshua 6:24 · רַ֣ק׀Then the Israelites burned up the city and everything in it. However, they put the silver and gold and articles of bronze and iron into the treasury of the LORD’s house.Joshua 8:2 · רַק־And you shall do to Ai and its king as you did to Jericho and its king, except that you may carry off their plunder and livestock for yourselves. Set up an ambush behind the city.”Joshua 8:27 · רַ֣קIsrael took for themselves only the cattle and plunder of that city, as the LORD had commanded Joshua.Joshua 11:13 · רַ֣קYet Israel did not burn any of the cities built on their mounds, except Hazor, which Joshua burned.Joshua 11:14 · רַ֣קThe Israelites took for themselves all the plunder and livestock of these cities, but they put all the people to the sword until they had completely destroyed them, not sparing anyone who breathed.Joshua 11:22 · רַ֗קNo Anakim were left in the land of the Israelites; only in Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod did any survive.Joshua 13:6 · רַ֠קAll the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon to Misrephoth-maim—all the Sidonians—I Myself will drive out before the Israelites. Be sure to divide it by lot as an inheritance to Israel, as I have commanded you.Joshua 13:14 · רַ֚קTo the tribe of Levi, however, Moses had given no inheritance. The food offerings to the LORD, the God of Israel, are their inheritance, just as He had promised them.Joshua 22:5 · רַ֣ק׀But be very careful to observe the commandment and the law that Moses the servant of the LORD gave you: to love the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways, to keep His commandments, to hold fast to Him, and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul.”Judges 3:2 · רַ֗ק · רַ֥קif only to teach warfare to the subsequent generations of Israel, especially to those who had not known it formerly:Judges 6:39 · רַק־Then Gideon said to God, “Do not be angry with me; let me speak one more time. Please allow me one more test with the fleece. This time let it be dry, and the ground covered with dew.”Judges 11:34 · וְרַק֙And when Jephthah returned home to Mizpah, there was his daughter coming out to meet him with tambourines and dancing! She was his only child; he had no son or daughter besides her.Judges 14:16 · רַק־Then Samson’s wife came to him, weeping, and said, “You hate me! You do not really love me! You have posed to my people a riddle, but have not explained it to me.” “Look,” he said, “I have not even explained it to my father or mother, so why should I explain it to you?”Judges 19:20 · רַ֥ק · רַ֥ק“Peace to you,” said the old man. “Let me supply everything you need. Only do not spend the night in the square.”1 Samuel 1:13 · רַ֚קHannah was praying in her heart, and though her lips were moving, her voice could not be heard. So Eli thought she was drunk1 Samuel 5:4 · רַ֥קBut when they got up early the next morning, there was Dagon, fallen on his face before the ark of the LORD, with his head and his hands broken off and lying on the threshold. Only the torso remained.1 Kings 3:2 · רַ֣קThe people, however, were still sacrificing on the high places because a house for the Name of the LORD had not yet been built.1 Kings 3:3 · רַ֚קAnd Solomon loved the LORD and walked in the statutes of his father David, except that he sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.1 Kings 8:9 · רַ֗קThere was nothing in the ark except the two stone tablets that Moses had placed in it at Horeb, where the LORD had made a covenant with the Israelites after they had come out of the land of Egypt.1 Kings 8:19 · רַ֣קNevertheless, you are not the one to build it; but your son, your own offspring, will build the house for My Name.’1 Kings 8:25 · רַ֠קTherefore now, O LORD, God of Israel, keep for Your servant, my father David, what You promised when You said: ‘You will never fail to have a man to sit before Me on the throne of Israel, if only your descendants guard their way to walk before Me as you have done.’1 Kings 11:13 · רַ֤קYet I will not tear the whole kingdom away from him. I will give one tribe to your son for the sake of My servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, which I have chosen.”1 Kings 14:8 · רַ֖קI tore the kingdom away from the house of David and gave it to you. But you have not been like My servant David, who kept My commandments and followed Me with all his heart, doing only what was right in My eyes.1 Kings 15:5 · רַ֕קFor David had done what was right in the eyes of the LORD and had not turned aside from anything the LORD commanded all the days of his life, except in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.1 Kings 15:14 · רַ֣קThe high places were not removed, but Asa’s heart was fully devoted to the LORD all his days.1 Kings 15:23 · רַ֚קNow the rest of the acts of Asa, along with all his might, all his accomplishments, and the cities he built, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? In his old age, however, he became diseased in his feet.1 Kings 21:25 · רַ֚ק(Surely there was never one like Ahab, who sold himself to do evil in the sight of the LORD, incited by his wife Jezebel.1 Kings 22:16 · רַק־But the king said to him, “How many times must I make you swear not to tell me anything but the truth in the name of the LORD?”2 Kings 3:2 · רַ֕קAnd he did evil in the sight of the LORD, but not as his father and mother had done. He removed the sacred pillar of Baal that his father had made.2 Kings 3:3 · רַ֠קNevertheless, he clung to the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit; he did not turn away from them.2 Kings 10:29 · רַ֠קbut he did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit—the worship of the golden calves at Bethel and Dan.2 Kings 12:3 · רַ֥קNevertheless, the high places were not removed; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense there.2 Kings 14:3 · רַ֕קAnd he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, but not as his father David had done. He did everything as his father Joash had done.2 Kings 14:4 · רַ֥קNevertheless, the high places were not taken away, and the people continued sacrificing and burning incense on the high places.2 Kings 15:4 · רַ֥קNevertheless, the high places were not taken away; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense there.2 Kings 15:35 · רַ֤קNevertheless, the high places were not taken away; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense there. Jotham rebuilt the Upper Gate of the house of the LORD.2 Kings 17:2 · רַ֗קAnd he did evil in the sight of the LORD, but not like the kings of Israel who preceded him.2 Kings 17:18 · רַ֛קSo the LORD was very angry with Israel, and He removed them from His presence. Only the tribe of Judah remained,2 Kings 21:8 · רַ֣ק׀I will never again cause the feet of the Israelites to wander from the land that I gave to their fathers, if only they are careful to do all I have commanded them—the whole Law that My servant Moses commanded them.”2 Chronicles 5:10 · רַ֚קThere was nothing in the ark except the two tablets that Moses had placed in it at Horeb, where the LORD had made a covenant with the Israelites after they had come out of Egypt.2 Chronicles 6:9 · רַ֣קNevertheless, you are not the one to build it; but your son, your own offspring, will build the house for My Name.’2 Chronicles 6:16 · רַ֠קTherefore now, O LORD, God of Israel, keep for Your servant, my father David, what You promised when You said: ‘You will never fail to have a man to sit before Me on the throne of Israel, if only your descendants guard their way to walk in My law as you have walked before Me.’2 Chronicles 15:17 · רַ֧קThe high places were not removed from Israel, but Asa’s heart was fully devoted all his days.2 Chronicles 18:15 · רַק־But the king said to him, “How many times must I make you swear not to tell me anything but the truth in the name of the LORD?”2 Chronicles 25:2 · רַ֕קAnd he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, but not wholeheartedly.2 Chronicles 27:2 · רַ֕קAnd he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father Uzziah had done. In addition, he did not enter the temple of the LORD. But the people still behaved corruptly.2 Chronicles 28:10 · רַק־And now you intend to reduce to slavery the men and women of Judah and Jerusalem. But are you not also guilty before the LORD your God?2 Chronicles 29:34 · רַ֤קHowever, since there were not enough priests to skin all the burnt offerings, their Levite brothers helped them until the work was finished and until the priests had consecrated themselves. For the Levites had been more diligent in consecrating themselves than the priests had been.2 Chronicles 33:8 · רַ֣ק׀I will never again cause the feet of the Israelites to leave the land that I assigned to your fathers, if only they are careful to do all that I have commanded them through Moses—all the laws, statutes, and judgments.”2 Chronicles 33:17 · רַ֖קNevertheless, the people still sacrificed at the high places, but only to the LORD their God.Job 1:12 · רַ֣ק“Very well,” said the LORD to Satan. “Everything he has is in your hands, but you must not lay a hand on the man himself.” Then Satan went out from the presence of the LORD.Job 1:15 · רַק־the Sabeans swooped down and took them away. They put the servants to the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”Job 1:16 · רַק־While he was still speaking, another messenger came and reported: “The fire of God fell from heaven. It burned and consumed the sheep and the servants, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”Job 1:17 · רַק־While he was still speaking, another messenger came and reported: “The Chaldeans formed three bands, raided the camels, and took them away. They put the servants to the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”Job 1:19 · רַק־when suddenly a mighty wind swept in from the desert and struck the four corners of the house. It collapsed on the young people and they are dead, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”Psalm 32:6 · רַ֗קTherefore let all the godly pray to You while You may be found. Surely when great waters rise, they will not come near.Psalm 91:8 · רַ֭קYou will only see it with your eyes and witness the punishment of the wicked.Proverbs 13:10 · רַק־Arrogance leads only to strife, but wisdom is with the well-advised.Isaiah 4:1 · רַ֗קIn that day seven women will take hold of one man and say, “We will eat our own bread and provide our own clothes. Just let us be called by your name. Take away our disgrace!”Isaiah 28:19 · רַק־As often as it passes through, it will carry you away; it will sweep through morning after morning, by day and by night.” The understanding of this message will bring sheer terror.Amos 3:2 · רַ֚ק“Only you have I known from all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.”