Bible Dictionaries
Raca
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
Chaldee reeiqua , "worthless, vain man" (James 2:20; Judges 9:4; Judges 11:3). Expressing contempt of one as at once despicable and worthless; three degrees of angry bitterness, and of corresponding punishment, are described Matthew 5:22.
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Fausset, Andrew R. Entry for 'Raca'. Fausset's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/fbd/r/raca.html. 1949.