Bible Names

Raca: meaning of the name

Raca means “worthless; good-for-nothing.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)

Raca in Hebrew and Greek

ῥακά G4469

rhaká — O empty one, i.e. thou worthless (as a term of utter vilification)

of Chaldee origin (compare H07386);

Raca in Scripture

“Raca” appears in 1 verse of the King James Version.

  • Matthew 5:22

    But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.