Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
| Strong's Number: | H7407 |
|---|---|
| Word: | רוֹכֶס |
| Part of Speech: | noun masc |
| Etymology: | from H7405 |
| Language: | Hebrew |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | rokec |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | ro'-kes |
| Meaning: | 1. a snare (as of tied meshes) |
| KJV Renderings: | pride. |
Strong's is an index and starting point, not the final meaning of a word. Do not build doctrine from a gloss, root, or number. Test meaning by sentence, grammar, authorial usage, context, and the passage argument.
[רֹ֫כֶס] noun [masculine] dubious, Thes Hup-Now snare, or band (Dr banding together), or (most) league, conspiracy ( RV plottings); Ol reads derivatives of רכל = slander, so (רְכִילֵי) Che Du; Bae despairs; — plural construct רֻכְסֵיאִֿישׁ Ps 31:21 (|| דִיב לְשֹׁנוֺת).
Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke
