Raca

Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary · Matthew George Easton, Noah Webster

Raca - (Easton's Bible Dictionary)

Vain, empty, worthless, only found in Matt. 5:22. The Jews used it as a word of contempt. It is derived from a root meaning "to spit."

Raca - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)

R'ACA, n. A Syriac word signifying empty, beggarly, foolish; a term of extreme contempt. Mat 5.

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Matthew George Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary; Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)

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