Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Worthless; naught: a transliterated word occurring in Mat. v. 22, common among the Jews in Christ's time as an expression of contempt.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective A term of reproach used by the Jews of our Savior's time, meaning “worthless.”
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Examples
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"Fool" translates an ever stronger term of abuse than "raca" - implying that a per - son has lost all moral and religious sense, to the point of apostasy.
Latest Articles 2009
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"Fool" translates an ever stronger term of abuse than "raca" - implying that a per - son has lost all moral and religious sense, to the point of apostasy.
Latest Articles 2009
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"Fool" translates an ever stronger term of abuse than "raca" -- implying that a person has lost all moral and religious sense, to the point of apostasy.
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His use of "raca" and "moreh" for reviling, shows their meaning was not lost upon him.
A Retrospect James Hudson Taylor 1868
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How shall a man say "raca," or "that fox," if there be no equivalents for the words in barbarous languages?
Memoirs of 30 Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers Schoolcraft, H R 1851
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Is it akin to "raca", meaning worthless, or "fool", in danger of the fires of Gehenna?
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Is it akin to "raca", meaning worthless, or "fool", in danger of the fires of Gehenna?
Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] ApatheticAgnostic 2010
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Is it akin to "raca", meaning worthless, or "fool", in danger of the fires of Gehenna?
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"raca," or "that fox," if there be no equivalents for the words in barbarous languages?
Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers Henry Rowe Schoolcraft 1828
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Again, anyone who says to his brother, ‘raca’ an Aramaic term of contempt, is answerable to the Sanhedrin.
God is Not a Christian, Nor a Jew, Muslim, Hindu … Carlton Pearson 2010
irmizell095 commented on the word raca
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September 12, 2010
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{wordnik, word of the day, 13 Sept. 2010}
September 28, 2010